Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, who was in charge of the Buchinger clinic in Marbella and a pioneer of modern therapeutic fasting, has passed away.

Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, who championed modern therapeutic fasting, passed away this Friday after a brief illness. Wilhelmi de Toledo was a decisive voice in a field of medicine that seeks to understand the human being as a whole. As a doctor and scientist, she successfully combined clinical practice with intellectual curiosity and gave therapeutic fasting a modern and scientifically evidence-based profile. She also achieved international recognition that extended beyond her specialized field and was a highly sought-after speaker in Germany and abroad. The doctor and scientist considered it especially important to understand fasting as a physical, emotional, and spiritual process. For 40 years, she led a fasting course at the religious community of Grandchamp in Switzerland. Following her marriage to Raimund Wilhelmi, the grandson of fasting pioneer Otto Buchinger, she became part of a medical tradition that she decisively developed. Together, they took on the responsibility for the Überlingen and Marbella clinics, which, under her influence, became internationally recognized centers for therapeutic fasting and integrative medicine. "My wife leaves behind a legacy marked by perseverance, intellectual honesty, and a deep trust in the self-regulatory capabilities of the human being," says Raimund Wilhelmi. Françoise Wilhelmi was one of the founders in 1986 of the Medical Association for Therapeutic Fasting and Nutrition.