Vincent Bronson

Guide to Mayr Diet for Beginners Vincent Bronson

Another day, another diet. The latest trending weight-loss diet is the Mayr Method. Here, we break down how it works, sharing details of what you can - and can't - eat, along with what we really think about this fad diet. The Mayr Method, also known as the FX Mayr Cure, is trending these days, but this way of eating and living has actually been around for more than a century. It was created in 1901 by Dr. Franz Xaver Mayr, per the Original FX Mayr website. At its core, the FX Mayr Cure believes that the key to our health and beauty starts in our guts. This last part is actually spot on. But the FX Mayr Cure has evolved into the Mayr Method, which is now touted at VivaMayr, a group of luxury wellness spas in Austria. (Or, if you're in the neighborhood, they hold day clinics in London, Vienna, Mumbai, Moscow and Istanbul). There, for thousands of dollars, you'll experience a complete immersion into the Mayr Method. VivaMayr's philosophy is that they combine modern complementary medicine with traditional diagnostics and therapies. Most of the treatments - such as yoga, aqua biking and medical tape application, per a VivaMayr brochure - are rather innocuous. There are a few other treatments - abdominal ultrasound, bloodletting and colon hydrotherapy - that raise red flags.