Four fab face-savers
According to Health & Fitness Travel, our faces reveal a lot about our diets. Too much dairy, for example, can lead to puffy eyelids, under-eye bags and dark circles. What we eat, they say, can also impact on the aging process. So it could be worth looking in the mirror before you book your next wellness holiday. Here, Health & Fitness Travel match four luxury health retreats to four different ‘faces’.
Dairy Face
Symptoms Puffy eyelids, bags under the eyes and dark circles.
Face-saver SHA Wellness Clinic, Spain
The SHA Wellness Clinic is a dream retreat for a dairy-free escape. Seasonal organic grains, vegetables and beans form the foundation of the strict macrobiotic diet on offer (in addition to dairy, caffeine and alcohol are also excluded). Together with informative macrobiotic cooking lectures, SHA also offers healthy detox cuisine and juice fasting to help cleanse the system of harmful toxins. Seven nights from £1,810 per person or £2,255 for single occupancy, including full board, a choice of wellness programmes, return flights and transfers.Sugar Face
Symptoms Blotches, horizontal lines on the forehead, pustular spots, gauntness and a pasty complexion.
Face-saver
Go sugar free at this healthy retreat which advocates detoxing your body with ‘active cleansing’, combining fitness with raw organic nutrition. There are food demonstrations, workshops and master classes encouraging participants to explore their relationship with food, listen to their bodies and discover true health with food that makes them feel energised, glowing and alive. Seven nights from £2,240 per person or £2,415 for single occupancy, including full board, a detox & fitness programme, return flights and transfers.Wine Face
Symptoms Enlarged pores, droopy eyelids, deep nasolabial lines, redness or deep lines between the brows, red nose and ruddy cheeks.
Face-saver
With a strict no alcohol policy, this spiritual retreat on the outskirts of Bangalore bases its culinary philosophy on balancing the six tastes of Ayurveda; sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent. Cooking classes are based on traditional dishes made with locally grown, freshly picked ingredients. Seven nights from £2,220 per person or £2,900 for single occupancy, including in full board, a choice of wellness programmes, return flights and transfers.Gluten Face
Symptoms Swollen, bloated or inflamed skin, with dark pigmentation patches and spots around the chin.
Face-saver
The Farm at San Benito in the Philippines specialises in raw and vegan cuisine so you can tuck into a five-course glute- free gourmet lunch at the multi-award-winning vegan restaurant, ALIVE! before taking part in healthy raw food demonstrations to learn easy coeliac-friendly recipes to take home with you. Seven nights from £2,685 per person or £3,360 for single occupancy, including full board, a choice of wellness programmes, return flights and transfers.
BY MAGGIE O’SULLIVAN