Hellmut Lützner
Hellmut Lützner (born January 9, 1928 in the Ore Mountains ) is a German doctor and author who developed a form of fasting named after him for healthy people, based on the principles of Otto Buchinger senior. (1878-1966) based.
life and work
Lützner studied medicine in Kiel and Munich and received his doctorate with a thesis on Kneipp as a science (Dr. med.). He then worked for seven years as a doctor in the former GDR, one and a half years as a country doctor. During his time as a doctor for naturopathic treatment in Dresden and East Berlin hospitals, he gained experience in the use of fasting as a therapy for the seriously ill.
In 1961 he returned to the Federal Republic with his wife and three children. This was followed by twelve years as a fasting doctor at the Buchinger Clinic in Überlingen / Lake Constance. After completing specialist training in internal medicine in Augsburg, Hellmut Lützner was the chief physician at the Kurpark Clinic in Überlingen from 1975 to 1992, which has become a model for modern classic naturopathic treatments.
In 1976 the Bayerischer Rundfunk television station broadcast a multi-part advisory program on the subject of fasting, in which Hellmut Lützner worked as a medical advisor. Hellmut Lützner then published the book “How newborn through fasting”; meanwhile a bestseller translated into 17 languages.
Hellmut Lützner lives in Überlingen and is active as a speaker and author.
Publications (excerpt)
- As if reborn by Fasten, Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, expanded and updated new edition (2008)
- Eating right after fasting, Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, new edition (2008)
- Fasting meditation program, Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, new edition (2008)
- Fasting and nutrition therapy: 40 years of experience. Books on Demand (2009)
- Nutritional medicine in naturopathy. Handbook for Therapy by Volker Schmiedel, Hartmut Heine, Claus Leitzmann and Hellmut Lützner, Urban & Fischer bei Elsevier (2008)
Web links
- Literature by and about Hellmut Lützner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview “Merry fasting” in the Zeit , Zeit Online, February 2002
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SURNAME | Lützner, Hellmut |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ore Mountains |