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| birth_place = [[Darmstadt]], [[Germany]]

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| death_place = [[Überlingen]], [[Germany]]

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'''Otto Buchinger''' (16 February 1878 at [[Darmstadt]] – 16 April 1966 at [[Überlingen]]) was a [[Germans|German]] [[physician]], credited with being the first to systematically document the beneficial effects of [[fasting]] on a number of diseases.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Boschmann|first1=Michael|title=Fasting Therapy – Old and New Perspectives|journal=Forschende Komplementärmedizin|date=December 16, 2013|volume=20|issue=6|pages=410–411|doi=10.1159/000357828|pmid=24434754|url=http://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/357828|accessdate=5 January 2015|doi-access=free}}</ref>

'''Otto Buchinger''' (16 February 1878 at [[Wikipedia:Darmstadt|Darmstadt]] – 16 April 1966 at [[Wikipedia:Überlingen|Überlingen]]) was a [[Wikipedia:Germans|German]] [[Wikipedia:physician|physician]], credited with being the first to systematically document the beneficial effects of [[fasting]] on a number of diseases.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Boschmann|first1=Michael|title=Fasting Therapy – Old and New Perspectives|journal=Forschende Komplementärmedizin|date=December 16, 2013|volume=20|issue=6|pages=410–411|doi=10.1159/000357828|pmid=24434754|url=http://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/357828|accessdate=5 January 2015|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Buchinger studied medicine at the Ludwigs-University in [[Giessen|Gießen]], Germany. After his promotion he went to the [[German Navy]] as an army [[physician]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vhghessen.de/inhalt/zhg/ZHG_112/12_Bernet_Der%20Mediziner%20Otto%20Buchinger.pdf|title=Der Mediziner O. Buchinger|website=www.vhghessen.de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> In 1917 he was discharged due to illness, he suffered from [[tonsillitis]] that never completely healed and led to [[rheumatism]] in his joints.<ref name=":0" /> According to his daughter [[Maria Buchinger]], on the advice of a physician colleague, the [[fasting]] doctor Gustav Riedlin, he tried fasting for the first time and after the 19th day of [[fasting]], his condition started to improve rapidly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fasten-bewegt.de/fasten/wer-war-dr-otto-buchinger/|title=Wer war Dr. Otto Buchinger? – Fasten bewegt|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> He then turned with full interest and enthusiasm to [[fasting]] as a [[therapy]].

Buchinger studied medicine at the Ludwigs-University in [[Wikipedia:Giessen|Gießen]], Germany. After his promotion he went to the [[Wikipedia:German Navy|German Navy]] as an army [[Wikipedia:physician|physician]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vhghessen.de/inhalt/zhg/ZHG_112/12_Bernet_Der%20Mediziner%20Otto%20Buchinger.pdf|title=Der Mediziner O. Buchinger|website=www.vhghessen.de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> In 1917 he was discharged due to illness, he suffered from [[Wikipedia:tonsillitis|tonsillitis]] that never completely healed and led to [[Wikipedia:rheumatism|rheumatism]] in his joints.<ref name=":0" /> According to his daughter [[Wikipedia:Maria Buchinger|Maria Buchinger]], on the advice of a physician colleague, the [[fasting]] doctor Gustav Riedlin, he tried fasting for the first time and after the 19th day of [[fasting]], his condition started to improve rapidly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fasten-bewegt.de/fasten/wer-war-dr-otto-buchinger/|title=Wer war Dr. Otto Buchinger? – Fasten bewegt|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> He then turned with full interest and enthusiasm to [[fasting]] as a [[Wikipedia:therapy|therapy]].

In 1920 he founded his small fasting clinic in [[Witzenhausen]] in Germany.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/plus/als-deutschland-das-heilfasten-entdeckte-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000155682798|title=Als Deutschland das Heilfasten entdeckte|last=ONLINE|first=SPIEGEL|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=13 September 2018|language=de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> Later in 1935 he founded his first real [[sanatorium]] in [[Bad Pyrmont]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag5840.html|title=20. Juli 2010 - Vor 90 Jahren: Otto Buchinger gründet Fastenklinik|date=2010-07-20|website=www1.wdr.de|language=de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> In that year developed the fasting method and described it in his book, ''"The Therapeutic Fasting Cure"'', published in the same year. In 1953 he founded a new [[clinic]] at [[Überlingen]] on [[Lake Constance]], together with his daughter [[Maria Buchinger]] and son-in-law Helmut Wilhelmi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/2008/05/Fasten-05|title=Gesundheit: Der Saftakt|last=Meffert|first=Von Christine|website=ZEIT ONLINE|language=de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> His grandson Raimund Wilhelmi led the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinic in [[Überlingen]] with his wife and scientific director [[Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo|Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo]] until their son Leonard Wilhelmi took over the leadership from February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/raimund-und-leonard-wilhelmi-generationswechsel-in-deutschlands-bekanntester-fastenklinik-buchinger/24028282.html|title=Raimund und Leonard Wilhelmi: Generationswechsel in Deutschlands bekanntester Fastenklinik Buchinger|website=www.handelsblatt.com|language=de|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

In 1920 he founded his small fasting clinic in [[Wikipedia:Witzenhausen|Witzenhausen]] in Germany.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/plus/als-deutschland-das-heilfasten-entdeckte-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000155682798|title=Als Deutschland das Heilfasten entdeckte|last=ONLINE|first=SPIEGEL|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=13 September 2018|language=de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> Later in 1935 he founded his first real [[Wikipedia:sanatorium|sanatorium]] in [[Wikipedia:Bad Pyrmont|Bad Pyrmont]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag5840.html|title=20. Juli 2010 - Vor 90 Jahren: Otto Buchinger gründet Fastenklinik|date=2010-07-20|website=www1.wdr.de|language=de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> In that year developed the fasting method and described it in his book, ''"The Therapeutic Fasting Cure"'', published in the same year. In 1953 he founded a new [[Wikipedia:clinic|clinic]] at [[Wikipedia:Überlingen|Überlingen]] on [[Wikipedia:Lake Constance|Lake Constance]], together with his daughter [[Wikipedia:Maria Buchinger|Maria Buchinger]] and son-in-law Helmut Wilhelmi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/2008/05/Fasten-05|title=Gesundheit: Der Saftakt|last=Meffert|first=Von Christine|website=ZEIT ONLINE|language=de|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> His grandson Raimund Wilhelmi led the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinic in [[Wikipedia:Überlingen|Überlingen]] with his wife and scientific director [[Wikipedia:Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo|Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo]] until their son Leonard Wilhelmi took over the leadership from February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/dienstleister/raimund-und-leonard-wilhelmi-generationswechsel-in-deutschlands-bekanntester-fastenklinik-buchinger/24028282.html|title=Raimund und Leonard Wilhelmi: Generationswechsel in Deutschlands bekanntester Fastenklinik Buchinger|website=www.handelsblatt.com|language=de|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

==Buchinger fasting guidelines==

==Buchinger fasting guidelines==

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[Intermittent fasting]]

* [[Wikipedia:Intermittent fasting|Intermittent fasting]]

* [[List of diets]]

* [[Wikipedia:List of diets|List of diets]]

* [[Very-low-calorie diet]] or starvation diet

* [[Wikipedia:Very-low-calorie diet|Very-low-calorie diet]] or starvation diet

==References==

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