The Fasting Fix

Andreas Michalsen dedicates his new book to his biggest concern: making us healthier. In his very personal, knowledgeable and convincing style, he guides the reader towards a balanced and improved diet that can prevent illnesses or be directed at healing them. The book contains detailed schedules for regular fasting that are easily implemented into one’s daily routine. The author shows that the right diet not only provides the body with stimuli to activate regeneration and self-healing. It’s nothing less than the key to a longer life.

 

What are the essential foodstuffs and their nutrients, and which forms of nutrition – from a Mediterranean diet to a vegetarian or vegan diet – are the healthiest? Which type of fasting – therapeutic fasting, intermediate fasting or intermittent fasting – suits what type of person?

The latest findings from practice and the Charité’s own studies are supplemented with further current research findings. Michalsen’s new book is enlightening and groundbreaking, easily applied to everybody’s life, always following the credo: indulgence instead of abstinence.

»Michalsen, a professor of clinical complementary medicine at the Charité University Medical Center in Berlin, lays out the science behind how fasting, combined with a healthy diet, can help people manage chronic illness and live longer lives.« Publishers Weekly

»[Dr. Michalsen] is one of the best doctors of natural medicine I have ever known. His therapies are based on solid scientific and clinical pillars. In the field of therapeutic fasting, his clinic in Berlin is among the most prestigious in the world and is at the forefront of experimentation and implementation of new scientific discoveries on patients with diseases ranging from hypertension, diabetes, cancer, to multiple sclerosis.« Valter Longo, PhD, author of The Longevity Diet

»Professor Michalsen is a world expert in natural health approaches and now he makes his wisdom available to all.« Wayne B. Jonas, MD, author of How Healing Works

»Dr. Andreas Michalsen has impeccable medical credentials and has been curing thousands upon thousands of patients for more than thirty years.« Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, professor and director of the Integrative Medicine Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and coauthor of Anticancer Living

»There are many books on diet and fasting, but only few are as scientifically substantiated as Prof. Dr. Andreas Michalsen’s new book The Fasting Fix. […] He conveys his expertise on a diet that centers primarily around plants and on fasting programmes that are easily implemented in your daily life in a very personal, competent and convincing manner.« kolibri

»[Michalsen] presents current research findings – and he provides valuable tips.« Frau mit Herz

»The book is easy to understand and appeals to people who wish to address their illnesses with fasting and dietary changes or to take preventative measures against chronic diseases in the first place.« Petra Kühne, Ernährungsrundbrief