Fasting at Hotel Ödhof

Alkaline fasting in the Bavarian Forest

We have been successfully offering alkaline fasting vacations with 100% alkaline-forming and alkaline-rich food at the fasting hotel Ödhof for several years. This includes a comprehensive lecture program on fasting and nutrition topics, as well as tips and suggestions on how you can apply the knowledge you have learned at home. Daily fasting consultations round off your individual support.

In addition to professional support during alkaline fasting, we offer a wide range of relaxation activities such as muscle relaxation according to Jacobson or meditation exercises. You can also take part in a varied sports and activity program with hiking, yoga, Pilates, Nordic walking or aqua aerobics to keep your fasting cure active.

Fasting lessons

What is alkaline fasting?

Alkaline fasting is a method of fasting that has been specially developed to stimulate the self-regulation of bodily functions and to cleanse and deacidify the body. Alkaline fasting is also often called alkaline fasting or nutrition according to the “Wacker method”, after the co-founder and book author, Sabine Wacker. An alkaline fasting cure during a vacation is often used to lose weight, although the main reasons are to detoxify and reduce acidosis.

Gerichte beim Basenfasten entsäuern den Körper.

What is the goal of alkaline fasting?

As with Buchinger therapeutic fasting, the aim of alkaline fasting is to purify and detoxify the body through a modified form of nutrition, to relieve the tissues and metabolism and to help restore vitality. But mental fasting should not be neglected during an alkaline fasting vacation either, as stress also promotes hyperacidity. Often an alkaline fasting week also helps us to re-evaluate the intake of medication and to reconsider the necessity of taking it, as medication also places a large acid load on our metabolism. An equally important component in this structure is exercise in the fresh air, as the oxygen has a strong alkalizing effect and physical activity ensures that the acids (metabolic end products) can be excreted.

Omitting, not renouncing, is a significant difference to conventional fasting programs. Of course, with alkaline fasting, as with all other fasting methods, the intention is to maintain health and avoid diseases that are promoted by hyperacidity.

Do you need advice on alkaline fasting?

Das professionelle Fastenteam des Hotel Ödhof informiert Sie gerne ausführlich über den Ablauf der Fastenkur in unserem Haus und berät Sie hinsichtlich Dauer, Programm und vielem mehr. Call us at:

+49 (0) 9923 8413-0

or send us an e-mail with your request to info@hotel-oedhof.de.

Alkaline fasting at Ödhof

How does alkaline fasting work in a hotel?

Alkaline fasting on vacation means voluntarily going without for a limited period of time and eliminating everything that would be metabolized in an acid-forming way from your diet for 1-2 weeks. Alkaline fasting is a mild form of fasting because, unlike traditional fasting, solid foods are consumed to a limited extent. This is why alkaline fasting is particularly suitable for those who, for various reasons, cannot imagine giving up food completely.

Alkaline fasting in the hotel can be the start of a healthier and more conscious life for you, because during your stay you will receive valuable tips, suggestions and recipes on how an alkaline-rich diet plan could look at home. Enjoy carefree without being plagued by a feeling of fullness, belching or heartburn afterwards.

The time after alkaline fasting is therefore particularly suitable for a permanent change in your diet. It is recommended to adopt an alkaline-rich diet. The products of first choice during alkaline fasting, as well as afterwards, are lots of vegetables, fruit and still water as a healthy basis. This will provide you with a lasting supply of valuable vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals without having to follow a diet.

Your alkaline fasting cure in our hotel

In our house, we pay particular attention to ensuring that there are plenty of stimuli and opportunities to get involved and enjoy the security of the community. However, we also offer plenty of scope for individual design. With alkaline fasting, it is also important to pause for a moment, to allow calm to return, to reflect on the essentials and to reassess your position in life.

The highlight of our alkaline fasting week offer – the alkaline fasting workshop – is always popular. Here we conjure up a delicious menu together as a group. Unlike the lecture on alkaline nutrition topics, you can actively participate here. We can then clarify very practical everyday questions, because sometimes it really is only the very small changes in our daily diet that bring about the really big changes in lifestyle.

How do I eat on an alkaline fasting vacation?

As already mentioned, alkaline fasting is not a complete renunciation of food. This is why, strictly speaking, it no longer falls under fasting, but is often referred to as partial fasting or a strict diet. The foods you eat are exclusively alkaline-forming foods. The bottom line is: as many vital substances as possible, as few calories as necessary.

Start the day with a delicious alkaline muesli made from fresh fruit, dried fruit, nuts, seeds and kernels. At lunchtime and in the evening, vegetables and salad are available in many variations, e.g. as a delicious alkaline soup, creamy vegetable casserole, crunchy raw vegetable salad or hearty vegetable pan. Alkaline fasting in a hotel is particularly attractive because you place the responsibility for selecting the right ingredients, as well as their careful preparation and decorative design, in the hands of experienced nutritionists and chefs. You can devote yourself fully to the beautiful aspects of fasting. You will also receive a wealth of information on how to follow an alkaline-rich diet after the alkaline fasting cure.

Gesunde Gerichte im Ödhof beim Arrangement Basenfasten.
Gesunde Säfte beim Basenfasten.
Leckeres Essen beim Basenfasten im Ödhof.

Choosing the right products is a little easier with an alkaline-rich diet at home. In contrast to an alkalizing cure, you only make sure that you eat predominantly, but not exclusively, alkaline food. The bottom line is that you consume an average of around 900 to 1,000 kcal per day during alkaline fasting. But you don’t need to worry about hunger, the large selection of vegetable dishes and fruit variations will keep you full for a long time. You can also effectively counteract the yo-yo effect by applying some of the tips and tricks given to you at home and adjusting your eating habits.

Frequently asked questions about alkaline fasting at Ödhof

Eliminating certain food groups, as you do with alkaline fasting, allows you to reduce existing acidity in the body, reduce inflammatory processes and start important healing processes. Diet-related diseases in particular, such as high blood pressure or type II diabetes, can be positively influenced by a comprehensive alkaline diet. In our experience, rheumatic diseases also respond to an alkaline-rich diet with a reduction in pain and increased joint mobility.

All measures that support the detoxification organs in their work have a positive effect on alkaline fasting. These primarily include the liver, skin, kidneys and lungs. It is important to stimulate the metabolism in order to reduce existing acidosis and detoxify. Healing clay, lemon water, breathing and relaxation exercises, as well as physical activity are decisive aids.

  • A daily intake of alkaline powder is not necessary. We regard alkaline fasting as a holistic method in which the body can regain a healthy self-regulation.
  • Steam baths, relaxing sauna sessions and brush massages have a supportive effect on alkaline fasting in the hotel. Water treatments of all kinds, such as Kneipp therapy, and wellness, massages and packs help to reduce hyperacidity.
  • Another plus point for fasting is the pure fresh air of our beautiful region in the Bavarian Forest. Without industry and largely left to nature itself, this environment offers you the perfect conditions for a successful alkaline fasting vacation in our hotel.

Arrangement

Alkaline fasting

A week of alkaline fasting combined with a tailored activity program and accompanied by our professional team.

What are the benefits of a week of alkaline fasting?

It is not uncommon for you to see and, above all, feel the first successes after just one week of alkaline fasting. Experience has shown that this includes: a visible tightening of the body silhouette, radiant eyes, positive effects on the complexion and general well-being. Of course, you also lose body weight during alkaline fasting. Up to 4 kg are possible in one week. Although losing weight is not the focus of alkaline fasting, it is of course a welcome side effect.

Daily activities such as yoga, Pilates, Nordic walking, hiking and, of course, relaxation and wellness are integral elements of alkaline fasting at our hotel. Massages or liver wraps to support the detoxification function of the liver and relaxation in a pleasant atmosphere are also included.

What comes after alkaline fasting?

After the alkaline fast, a so-called post-fasting cure is recommended in order to maintain the positive effect you have achieved during the fast for a long time, to slowly get used to certain products again and to deacidify in the long term. At least 1 week, preferably 2 weeks of a raw food, vegan or alkaline-rich diet have a very positive effect. All 3 suggested dietary methods have an alkalizing effect on the body, compensate for hyperacidity and are a good basis for a long-term healthy dietary change.

After alkaline fasting, it is often easy to put what you have learned into practice at home and eat an alkaline-rich diet in the long term. Even small changes have a big impact on health. Two alkaline days a week, especially without meat, ready meals, sweets and alcohol, bring new energy and the joy of movement. Long-term stabilization of body weight is also possible – healthy weight loss without dieting. The foods you should eat on such alkaline fasting days are mainly fresh vegetables and salad in all variations. If you tolerate it well, then also in the form of raw food.

For your health

What applications does an alkaline cure offer?

  • Alkaline fasting is particularly suitable for allergy sufferers. An alkaline fasting cure is completely free of foods with the greatest allergy potential, e.g. eggs, dairy products and cereals.

  • However, fructose intolerance or histamine intolerance are also no problem, as the alkaline cure can easily be adapted to individual needs. Experience has even shown that these intolerances are suddenly no longer a problem, as animal proteins, dairy products and cereals are no longer an additional burden.

  • Another positive aspect is, of course, that alkaline fasting does not focus on abstinence. Especially people who are reluctant to embark on a conventional fasting cure can experience an alkaline fasting cure without any problems and without any fasting crises.

  • Traditional therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger can be accompanied by slight acidosis, a so-called fasting acidosis. An alkaline diet with lots of fruit and vegetables during the build-up days will help here.

What does conventional medicine say?

The acid-base balance of the human organism is part of homeostasis. These are control processes in the body that ensure that certain control variables remain within the vital range. The pH value is the measure of the acid-base balance. In the blood this should be 7.35 – 7.45. In other compartments of the body, the pH value varies from very acidic, e.g. in the stomach, to alkaline, e.g. in the small intestine. This is necessary to positively influence and limit physiological reactions, but is also used for defense mechanisms in the body. The acid-base balance in the blood is regulated by buffer systems. These include the bicarbonate buffer, the protein buffer, the hemoglobin buffer and the phosphate buffer. The lungs and kidneys are crucial organs in connection with these buffer systems.

Of course, these also play a decisive role in alkaline fasting. You can support their work with various measures that are particularly important during an alkaline fasting cure.

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Our fasting arrangements

With us in the fasting hotel Ödhof in the Bavarian Forest you have the opportunity to experience and enjoy the therapeutic fasting according to Buchinger / Lützner with the expert supervision of our health experts. The beautiful idyllic location of our hotel, as well as the exchange with other fasting people will facilitate the “time of pause” and make your fasting vacation an unforgettable experience.