Fasting therapy - An expert panel update of the 2002 consensus guidelines

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 434-443

  Wilhelmi De Toledo, Françoise ^a   Buchinger, Andreas ^b   Burggrabe, Hilmar ^c   Hölz, Gunter ^d   Kuhn, Christian ^a   Lischka, Eva ^a   Lischka, Norbert ^a   Lützner, Hellmut ^d   May, Wolfgang ^e   Ritzmann Widderich, Martha ^f   Stange, Rainer ^g   Wessel, Anna ^f   Boschmann, Michael ^h   Peper, Elisabeth ^a   Michalsen, Andreas ^g,h  

^a Klinik Buchinger Wilhelmi   (Germany)

^b Klinik Dr Otto Buchinger   (Germany)

^c Berufsverband Fasten und Ernährung   (Germany)

^d Kurpark Klinik   (Germany)

^e Hufeland Klinik   (Germany)

^f Praxis Ritzmann Widderich ^*  (Germany)

^g MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consensus; Fasting; Fasting Therapy; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FASTING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84893041813     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357602     Document Type: Review

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