Studies and literature on Buchinger Wilhelmi’s fasting programme
Buchinger Wilhelmi fasting clinic regularly publishes scientific studies in professional journals as well as books on the topic of fasting. The research team comprises Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Dr. Robin Mesnage, Dr. Franziska Grundler and Sara Loda.
On this page you will find an overview of scientific studies on the effectiveness of fasting as well as books published by our fasting experts.
Overview of the studies
Contact
Dr. Robin Mesnage
Lead Data Scientist
robin.mesnage@buchinger-wilhelmi.com
World’s Longest Medically Documented Repeated Fasting History in a 92 Years Old Man Who Fasted 21 Days Yearly for 45 Years: A Case Report
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Franziska Grundler, and Robin Mesnage.
Link to the publication: Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
Improvements during long-term fasting in patients with long COVID a case series and literature review
Franziska Grundler, Robin Mesnage, Alberto Cerrada, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Remodelling of the intestinal ecosystem during caloric restriction and fasting.
Quinten Ducarmon, Franziska Grundler, Yvon Le Maho, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Georg Zeller, Caroline Habold, Robin Mesnage.
Leveraging the self-healing abilities of our body to promote healthy longevity.
Robin Mesnage, Franziska Grundler, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Long-term fasting: Multi-system adaptations in humans (GENESIS) study – A single-arm interventional trial.
Franziska Grundler, Magalie Viallon, Robin Mesnage, Massimiliano Ruscica, Clemens von Schacky, Frank Madeo, Sebastian J. Hofer, Sarah J. Mitchell, Pierre Croisille and Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Is muscle and protein loss relevant in long-term fasting? – a prospective trial about physiologic and metabolic adaptations in healthy men
Claire Laurens, Franziska Grundler, Anthony Damiot, Isabelle Chery, Anne-Laure Le Maho, Alexandre Zahariev, Yvon Le Maho, Audrey Bergouignan, Guillemette Gauquelin-Koch, Chantal Simon, Stéphane Blanc, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Link to the publication: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2021
Excretion of Heavy Metals and Glyphosate in Urine and Hair Before and After Long-Term Fasting in Humans
Franziska Grundler, Gilles-Eric Séralini, Robin Mesnage, Vincent Peynet, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Effects of acyl coenzyme A binding protein (ACBP)/diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) on body mass index.
Adrien Joseph, Hui Chen, Gerasimos Anagnostopoulos, Léa Montégut, Antoine Lafarge, Omar Motino, Maria Castedo, Maria Chiara Maiuri, Karine Clément, Safae Terrisse, Anne Laure Martin, Ines Vaz-Luis, Fabrice Andre, Franziska Grundler, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Frank Madeo, Laurence Zitvogel, François Goldwasser, Benoit Blanchet, Frédéric Fumeron, Ronan Roussel, Isabelle Martins, Guido Kroemer.
Long-term fasting improves lipoprotein-associated atherogenic risk in humans.
Franziska Grundler, Dietmar Plonné, Robin Mesnage, Diethard Müller, Cesare R. Sirtori, Massimiliano Ruscica, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Fasting-mediated metabolic and toxicity reprogramming impacts circulating microRNA levels in humans.
Stylianos Ravanidis, Franziska Grundler, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Evangelos Dimitriou, Fotios Tekos, Zoi Skaperda, Demetrios Kouretas, Epaminondas Doxakis.
Blood pressure changes in 1610 subjects with and without antihypertensive medication during long-term fasting
Franziska Grundler, Robin Mesnage, Andreas Michalsen,
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Link to the publication: Journal of the American Heart Association JAHA, 2020
Interplay between oxidative damage, the redox status, and metabolic biomarkers during long-term fasting.
Franziska Grundler, Robin Mesnage, Nikolaos Goutzourelas, Fotios Tekos, Sortiria Makri, Michel Brack, Demetrios Kouretas, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Influence of Long-Term Fasting on Blood Redox Status in Humans.
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Franziska Grundler, Nikolaos Goutzourelas, Fotios Tekos, Eleni Vassi, Robin Mesnage, Demetrios Kouretas.
Unravelling the health effects of fasting: a long road from obesity treatment to healthy life span increase and improved cognition.
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Franziska Grundler, Cesare R. Sirtori, Massimiliano Ruscica.
Chemical-Shift-Encoded Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy to reveal immediate and long-term multi-organs composition changes of a 14-days periodic fasting intervention: a technological and case report.
Magalie Viallon, Leporq, B.; Stefan Drinda, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Galusca, B.; Ratiney, H.; Pierre Croisille.
Link to the publication: Frontiers in Nutrition, 2019, 6, 5.
Changes in human gut microbiota composition are linked to the energy metabolic switch during 10 d of Buchinger fasting.
Robin Mesnage, Franziska Grundler, Andreas Schwiertz, Yvon Le Maho,
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Link to the publication: Journal of Nutritional Science, 2019, 8
Effects of Periodic Fasting on Fatty Liver Index—A Prospective Observational Study.
Stefan Drinda, Franziska Grundler, Thomas Neumann, Thomas Lehmann,
Nico Steckhan, Andreas Michalsen, Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo.
Safety, health improvement and well-being during a 4 to 21-day fasting period in an observational study including 1422 subjects.
Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Franziska Grundler, Audrey Bergouignan, Stefan Drinda, Andreas Michalsen.
Literature about the Buchinger Wilhelmi Fasting Programme
- Maria Buchinger 100th Annyversary 1916 – 2016 (Buchinger Wilhelmi Family)
- Maria Buchinger Foundation (Buchinger Wilhelmi Family)
- Aphorisms (Otto Buchinger)
- A pleasure a day – Cookbook (Buchinger Wilhelmi)
- Therapeutic Fasting: The Buchinger Amplius Method (Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Hubert Hohler)
- The joy of sustainable eating (Hubert Hohler)
In our online shop you will find cookbooks by our chefs as well as classics of fasting literature.
Previous publications
Fasting therapy-an expert panel update of the 2002 consensus guidelines.
Wilhelmi de Toledo, F.; Buchinger, A.; Burggrabe, H.; Hölz, G.; Kuhn, C.; Lischka, E.; Lischka, N.; Lützner, H.; May, W.; Ritzmann-Widderich, M.
Forschende Komplementärmedizin/Research in Complementary Medicine 2013, 20, 434-443.
Fasting followed by vegetarian diet in patients with rheumatoid arthritis:
a systematic review.
Müller, H.; Wilhelmi de Toledo, F.; Resch, K.-L.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology 2001, 30, 1-10
Le conseil nutritionnel du patient en cure.
Wilhelmi de Toledo, F.
La Presse thermale et climatique 1999, 136, 231-235.
Relationship between the rate of weight loss in a low caloric diet (250 kcal/day) and age, body mass index, gender, and number of fasting cycles.
Brubacher, D.; Jordan, P.; Wilhelmi de Toledo, F.; Brubacher, G.
Aktuelle Ernaehrungsmedizin 1999, 138-142.
Prediction of Weight Development on a 250 kcal/day Diet by a Simple Two-Compartment Model.
Brubacher, D.; Jordan, P.; Wilhelmi de Toledo, F.; Brubacher, G.
Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin 1998, 23, 293-298.
The Klinik Buchinger Programme for the treatment of obesity.
Wilhelmi de Toledo, F.; Friebe, R.; Hebisch, D.; Kuhn, C.; Platzer, G.; Scharg, S.
Obesity in Europe 1993, 289-293.
