Preventive fasting

Preventive fasting to reduce risk factors:

• Hypercholesteraemia [elevated cholesterol level]
• Hypertension [high blood pressure]
• Hyperlipoidaemia[elevated blood fat level]
• Nicotine addiction
• Diabetes mellitus
• Obesity
• Gout and hyperuricaemia [elevated uric acid level]
• Lack of exercise
• Psycho-social stress
• Burn-out Syndrome

Therapeutic fasting

Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases:

• Coronary diseases [arterial sclerosis]
• Infarct prevention and follow-up care
• Circulatory disturbances in the arteries and veins
• Ulcus cruris [ulcers of the periosteum]
• Migraine
• Glaucoma

Musculoskeletal disorders:

• Articular and muscular rheumatism
• Arthroses and degenerative diseases of the spinal column
• Tendomyopathies [muscular and ligament ailments]

Diseases of the digestive system:

• Gastroenteropathies [disorders of the stomach and intestines]
• Chronic obstipation [sluggishness of the bowels and constipation]
• Chronic hepatopathies [liver diseases]
• Cholecystopathy [biliary tract diseases]
• Crohn's disease
• Chronic colitis, ulcerative colitis [enteritis, intestinal ulcers]

Skin diseases:

• Allergies of the skin and mucous membranes
• Psoriasiform dermatoses [psoriasis and related skin diseases]
• Chronic eczema

Diseases of the respiratory system:

• Bronchial asthma
• Chronic sinusitis-bronchitis [diseases of the paranasal sinus and the upper respiratory tracts]
• Follow-up treatment for malignant diseases [e.g. cancer]

Psychosomatic Disorders:

• Eating disorders – bulimia
• Depressive disorders from various causes, e.g. menopause
• Burn-out Syndrome

Immune Diseases:

• Chronic inflammation diseases
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Allergic diseases
• Neurodermatitis

Of all known natural therapies, Buchinger Therapeutic Fasting is the method which activates the highest level of stimuli in the body to mobilize its own spontaneous self healing powers. To this effect fasting interferes with a multitude of the metabolic processes taking place in the human body and is capable, therefore, to influence not only the various organic systems, but also the patient’s mind. This has been established by a group of 20 fasting experts, composed of both scientists and practitioners. The wide spectrum of efficiency [indications] of fasting therapy was listed by them in the fasting therapy guidelines published by the Medical Society for Therapeutic Fasting and Nutrition.