My first experience at Lanserhof Sylt left me, glowing, full of energy and already thinking about when I was going to book my second stay.
Alongside the diet, there is a full and comprehensive programme of treatments, beginning each morning. On the first day, at seven AM , I went for bioimpedance analysis, which shows your body fat, muscle and water percentages, and a pair of blood tests to show your lactate and metabolic measurements. The lab processes the tests on-site, so by the time I met my doctor an hour later, she had the results to hand.
The basic program also features the abdominal treatment, which helps stimulate the cleansing of the small and large intestines. I had some excellent therapeutic massages, too, a fantastic gentle physio for a shoulder problem, a detox drainage massage, reflexology and a hay bath, where you are wrapped up in a giant ‘teabag’ full of hay from the Sylt mountains and left on a floating bed to nap.