@travelwithnoon: The richest people in Europe pay thousands to be starved for two weeks. And the waiting list is two years long. In 1917, a German navy doctor named Otto Buchinger came home from the war barely able to move, his joints locked by rheumatism. With nothing left to lose, he stopped eating. Weeks on only broth and water, and the pain that had crippled him faded. He said he could move every joint like a young recruit again. In 1920 he opened a tiny clinic and taught the sick to fast. A century later it is Buchinger Wilhelmi, where more than 6,000 guests a year fly in to live on 250 calories a day, some booking the same room two years out. The rarest luxury on earth was never a full plate. It was an empty one. Share this with the person you would actually survive a week of broth with. Follow for the untold stories behind the places you dream about, and save this for the next time someone says money can buy anything. #BuchingerWilhelmi #FastingRetreat #LakeConstance #WellnessTravel #TravelHistory

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