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28/05/2026

Dr. Verena Buchinger, Head of Medicine at Buchinger Wilhelmi Lake Constance, speaking with journalist Jörg Thadeusz on rbb television about therapeutic fasting, metabolic health, and preventive medicine.

Watch the interview via the link below.

https://www.rbb-online.de/fernsehen/beitrag/thadeusz---lang---breit/dr-verena-buchinger-bei-joerg-thadeusz.html

26/05/2026

Today, luxury is no longer only about where we go — but how we feel when we return.

At Buchinger Wilhelmi, wellbeing has always been at the heart of travel: therapeutic fasting, integrative medicine, prevention, and deep rest in healing landscapes shaped by nature.

We are honoured to be nominated once again for the Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 among the world’s leading destination spas, for both Lake Constance and Marbella.

Thank you for your support and for being part of our community.

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20/05/2026

Summer at Buchinger Wilhelmi Marbella follows a different rhythm.

Some guests come for therapeutic fasting. Others choose a lighter nutritional programme while spending their days walking by the sea, swimming, resting in the gardens, joining yoga classes, listening to live music, or simply slowing down beneath Mediterranean skies.

There is time here for silence, movement, conversation, creativity, and deep rest.

A different kind of summer — quieter, lighter, and more conscious.

18/05/2026

What shapes the way we experience life? This week at Buchinger Wilhelmi, positive psychologist Saskia Fehr explores how emotional wellbeing can be strengthened through small daily practices rooted in awareness, connection, and positive psychology.

15/05/2026

On the International Day of Families, we reflect with gratitude on the generations of people who helped shape Buchinger Wilhelmi into what it is today: not only a clinic, but a place guided by expertise, human dedication, and trust in the body’s self-healing capacity.

13/05/2026

A day at Buchinger Wilhelmi follows a different rhythm — one that creates space for recovery, clarity, and renewal.

11/05/2026

Her Life’s Journey: From Patient to Pioneer
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo (1953–2026)

Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo first encountered therapeutic fasting at the age of 17. At the time, she was searching for change. In her own words, she felt “at odds” with herself and the world around her. After reading a book about fasting, she decided to try it herself. The experience stayed with her.

Years later, she described that first fast as a revelation — not simply physical, but deeply clarifying. During the fasting period, she felt lighter, more awake, and more attentive to herself. What began as a personal experience gradually became a lasting question: what happens to the body and mind during therapeutic fasting, and why?

This question eventually led her to study medicine in Geneva and later to Lake Constance, where she came to the Buchinger Wilhelmi in Überlingen for further fasting periods while preparing for her medical examinations.

At Buchinger Wilhelmi, she encountered a way of thinking about health that was both medically grounded and deeply human. The therapeutic fasting method was not approached as restriction, but as a structured process — one combining medical care, nutrition, movement, reflection, and stillness.

During this period, she met Raimund Wilhelmi, grandson of Dr Otto Buchinger. They married in 1982. Together, they would go on to shape the next chapter of Buchinger Wilhelmi.

For her, therapeutic fasting was never simply about abstaining from food. It was about creating the conditions for clarity, renewal, and lasting change.

Over the following decades, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo became Medical and Scientific Director of the clinics and helped establish therapeutic fasting within the field of evidence-based and integrative medicine. Her work united clinical research with a whole-person understanding of health — an approach that continues to guide our work today.

07/05/2026

In memory of Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo (1953–2026)

A physician and one of the leading figures in therapeutic fasting, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo served as Medical and Scientific Director of the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinics, dedicating more than 40 years to advancing fasting as a medically grounded practice.

She transformed fasting from an alternative practice into an approach increasingly connected to evidence-based medicine. Her work shaped how therapeutic fasting is understood today.

For her, fasting was more than physical. It was a moment of self-reflection, inner clarity, community, and spirituality.

As a physician, author, and clinic director, she guided thousands of people on their personal journeys — with presence, depth, and expertise.

Her work shaped our approach to fasting and continues to influence how we understand integrative health today.

Her legacy continues in everything we do.

Thank you, dear Françoise.

04/05/2026

With sorrow and gratitude, we share that on May 1st, Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo passed away. This is a deeply sad occasion for us as a family, the clinics, and the whole fasting community.

She was not only a leading figure in therapeutic fasting, but also our dear mother and wife, and at the same time the Scientific Director of our clinic.

Over decades, she played a key role in bringing fasting from the margins of alternative approaches into scientific and clinical recognition, supported by research, international collaboration, and education. Her publications - including The Art of Fasting - and her contribution to landmark studies helped establish fasting as a safe and effective medical practice. She leaves behind a great legacy that we will continue to carry forward - both within our clinic and throughout the global fasting community.

29/04/2026

A new chapter begins in Marbella. From 1 June, Casa la Mariposa opens its doors. A private villa where the calm of a personal retreat meets the medical excellence of Buchinger Wilhelmi. A place shaped by history, designed for stillness, and created for deep regeneration.

24/04/2026

A moment to slow down. To breathe. To reconnect with what truly matters.