ESPACE HENRI CHENOT, Merano Palace Hotel, Merano, Italy
For the most glamorous kick-start to your weight-loss and detoxing regime, you can make for this grand old hotel in an even grander spa town in the Dolomites, just an hour or so north of Venice. But looks can be misleading – this may look gorgeous, but it ain’t for the faint-hearted.
Again, it is a seven-day regime; you will understand why as your body goes to hell and back during the second and third day of detoxing, but by the fourth day you will be lighter and leaner, clear skinned and with shining eyes.
In between times you will be weighed, measured, examined every which way by doctors and nutritionists, have jets of water fired at you, warm mud wrapped around you and be massaged into submission, while the anti-ageing therapies and treatments are unparalleled.
You do get to eat, but mostly leaves and air, plus a 24-hour fast for good measure. But you will leave energised, fitter, leaner and full of good intentions to maintain this new you. It costs from £4,164 for seven nights including full board, medical consultations and spa treatments. More info:
www.palace.it.
GRAYSHOTT HEALTH SPA, Haslemere, Surrey
Closer to home, you can indulge your good intentions at the newest programme with the new kid on the block – the Grayshott Health regime, a seven-day programme that claims to help regenerate the digestive system.
So prepare yourself for good carbs, fruit, dairy, wheat, gluten, sugar, caffeine and two days of just 500 calories. It’s a fine illustration of the 5:2 regime, which is a semi-fast on two days out of the seven.
Each meal begins with a small bowl of sauerkraut to prepare the stomach and get the juices going for what is to follow, and what follows is delicious.
Your days are spent attending lectures, exercising, seeing consultants from herbalists to nutritionists, plus hydro baths, liver compresses, rest and massage. And there are the grounds, the pool and a nightly movie to enjoy. However, you are likely to spend much of your time sleeping! It costs from £1,295 full board. More info:
www.grayshottspa.com.
AT HOME
Should you want to try to kick-start your new diet at home, help is at hand with the Lemon Detox, a regime beloved by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce. All you have to do is drink a mixture of lemon juice, Madal Bal (a natural tree syrup) and a pinch of cayenne pepper with hot or cold water.
This can be undertaken for 5 to 7 days as a fast. You just drink seven glasses per day. Otherwise you can try it as a substitute for breakfast and dinner by taking two to three glasses of the mixture.
A number of aficionados use it to maintain weight loss but it doesn’t just help with weight loss and maintenance but also helps the body detox. If you think you need help to start with, the Spa at Dolphin Square offers a day’s introduction with treatments, or the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath has a three-day Lemon Detox programme.
It costs £42.99 for a one litre tin from
www.lemondetox.com or 0845 3701012.
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