Nutritional therapy

For the diet vacation as a medical measure apply legal requirements with dietary recommendations, which are often also combined with a diet, fasting retreat, dietary change or with a fitness program.

There are conditions that require a complete change in eating habits, while the nutrition therapy can be used just as for pure weight reduction. The main goal is to achieve improvement of your health and at the same time to establish with you a dietary strategy suitable for everyday life, which you will maintain after the healing therapies. Therapy according to nutritional medicine includes avoiding problematic foods, determining appropriate foods in the right amounts, ensuring a supply of vitamins and important vital substances and reducing calorie intake.

The DGE (German Society for Nutrition) provides a guideline for clinics for nutrition therapy, as a new orientation guide for care after nutritional medicine.

Indications

Adiposity

Adiposity is the medical term for severe overweight, whereby the body accumulates excessive fat tissue. With a reduced-calorie diet and a change in diet, weight problems can be gradually corrected within therapy. Part of the treatment is a specific diet.

Diabetes

Metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus need a complete change in diet with professional nutrition counseling. In the process, deficiencies are compensated, long-term secondary diseases are prevented, blood values are normalized and the quality of life is improved.

Gastrointestinal diseases

Gastrointestinal diseases can also be treated with nutritional therapy. This involves regularly preparing smaller meals that do not strain the intestines. Food is prepared in such a way that it has a digestive effect and avoids substances that cause irritable stomach.

There are no side effects or risks associated with nutritional therapy, as the program is individually tailored. Rather, the change and diet under therapeutic guidance serves to prevent an exacerbation of the condition. Nutrition therapy can also be used preventively.

You will receive individual nutrition counseling and a nutritional plan tailored to your needs from nutritionists to eliminate deficiencies and side effects.

The healing therapies are oriented to the existing health problems. Many spa hotels and facilities also offer cooking classes, food science classes and a substantial fitness and exercise program.