A large-living writer interrogates the growing popularity of the wellness holiday — with surprising results
. Soft lighting, polished hardwood flooring, beautiful white-smock-clad nurses moving gracefully hither and thither. My personal physician, Dr Jandl, is a straight-talking German woman who — like everyone here — looks incredibly healthy, with great skin and clear, tranquil eyes. She could be anything from 40 to 60. We go through my normal diet.Hmmm. This bears thinking about.
“Detox,” she replies. “This will help to get the toxins out of your skin. I will return in 20 minutes.” She leaves. In fact, it’s not unpleasant and I promptly fall fast asleep, dreaming of food, dreaming of my final night here, when I will be elbows-deep in schnitzel. I’m not sure I’m buying all of this. I go for a swim in the infinity pool, with views of the grounds. I can see waiters laying out the tables on the terrace for dinner. It’s nearly six o’clock, the cocktail hour, and for a second I forget where I am.I snap back to reality: the broth and quinoa roll await.
It transpires that because I ticked 'weight loss' as the primary reason for my visit, I have condemned myself to the 'broth-only' dinner plan. Fuck!
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