Dr. Otto Buchinger was health officer of the Navy during World War II. He contracted an acute infection of the tonsils, and as a consequence an inflammation of all the joints. He became 100% disabled, which are forced to abandon post at the age of 40 years. Not knowing how to support a family of four children, he follows the advice of a colleague who encouraged him to make a fast cure at a clinic. Weak and emaciated, disabled, this cure was miraculous, the joints had become mobile and painless. He was healed forever, and it became a big fan of fasting and hiking. And it will play a big role in the evolution of the medical career of Dr. Buchinger. He founded a clinic, and a few years later, one of her daughters founded the Buchinger Clinic in Mallorca. It's a little matter of the book, where it highlights the virtues of fasting and monitoring opportunities in these clinics. The book has a nice introduction on fasting in animals, especially the penguin, one of the fast follower Yvon Le Maho, studies the behavior of penguins and migratory birds, very pleasant way. All features and different types of fasting and changes are discussed there, with his bodily dimension, spiritual and social, therapeutic fasting, its effects on the body and on the mind, the reason for fasting, and fasting so that it happens in the 2 Buchinger Clinics. A pleasant reading, well documented, which reviews almost all the questions that may arise about fasting. The Buchinger Clinic is the experience of fasting, an enriching experience that helps to stay healthy and to find it in case it is not going very well. There are few indications against fasting and they are detailed in this book that leaves no doubts. Fasting is the strongest of all therapies. The websites allow Buchinger Clinics to learn about all the benefits of his fasting centers, with visits to clinics, and the range of services offered. To optimize the work of fasting, it is essential to do activities, physical exercise, simultaneously receiving treatments that stimulate the body to eliminate toxins, such as massage, meditation, yoga, hiking, creative work, and a medical control and nursing follow. Many illustrious guests have rated their stay at Buchinger as Mario Varas Llosa who relapse three weeks a year, in summer. During a fasting stay it is not impossible to cross an Arab prince, or a rich heiress in search of a better life. MVL speaks in a newspaper article dedicated to its water system without bread, which he submits with pleasure, standing out exhilarated and light. After 14 years of annual fasts, he knows whereof he speaks. Visit the site, it is very interesting. And dare fast, clinics or single (Although the book advises to always in a clinic)