Day 1: Entering the Fasted State (Feeding → Post-Absorptive Phase)
In the first 6–24 hours, your body begins using glucose stored in the liver. As insulin levels drop, your system shifts from energy storage to energy utilisation. This triggers glycogen breakdown — the first metabolic signal that initiates cellular repair.
Day 2–3: Deep Metabolic Shift (Gluconeogenesis & Ketosis Begin)
As glycogen reserves deplete, the liver starts producing glucose from amino acids (gluconeogenesis) while gradually entering ketosis — the process of using fat instead of sugar as the main energy source. The brain begins receiving fuel from ketone bodies, which are cleaner-burning and associated with enhanced mental clarity, reduced inflammation and improved neural efficiency.
You may feel slightly tired or hungry during this transition — a normal adaptive response. This is also when fat oxidation increases, initiating measurable changes in body composition.
Day 4–5: Ketosis Deepens, Protein is Preserved
By this point, your body is in a stable ketogenic state, efficiently using fat for energy and reducing muscle protein breakdown. A rise in growth hormone helps preserve lean mass.
Cellular repair intensifies, including autophagy — the body’s internal process of removing damaged cells.
Day 6–7: Cellular Defence & Regeneration (Protein Conservation Phase)
The metabolism becomes more efficient. Inflammatory markers decrease, and internal stress signals are lowered.
Your system enters a regenerative phase, activating genes related to anti-ageing, DNA repair and mitochondrial function.
Many guests report improved energy, deeper sleep, enhanced mental clarity and lighter digestion.
The Long-Term Impact: Why FMD Supports Health Beyond the Week
The Chenot Diet® is designed not only for detoxification but for long-term metabolic reconditioning. Following the programme, guests typically experience:
• Improved fat-to-muscle ratio
• Lower systemic inflammation
• Enhanced insulin sensitivity
• Better hormonal regulation
• Cellular rejuvenation at the mitochondrial level
By mimicking fasting — without inducing starvation — the Chenot Diet® avoids the downsides of prolonged caloric restriction, such as reduced basal metabolic rate or muscle loss. Instead, it guides the body through a safe, structured stressor that activates natural defence and repair mechanisms.
In Essence
FMD is not about deprivation — it’s about metabolic precision.
It gives the body time and space to reset, repair and restore — while maintaining strength and energy.
When used cyclically, it becomes a powerful tool for sustainable wellness, disease prevention, and healthy ageing.
Detox Programme
Our signature Chenot programme aims to induce a deep purification and detoxification of the body to eliminate toxins, increase vitality, reset energy levels and rebalance its physiology.
CHF 5’500
Detox Programme
Relax your brain, revitalise your body – Chenot’s Recover & Energise programme reduces chronic stress and fatigue which restores optimal energy levels.
CHF 6’400
Detox Programme
Chenot’s most intense health span enhancing programme combining our signature detox with high-impact rejuvenation to delay the onset of biological ageing.
CHF 7’100
Detox Programme
Restore natural sleep rhythms and accelerate recovery with targeted treatments timed to your chronotype – built on the extraordinary power of our Recover & Energise programme.
CHF 7’960
Diagnostics & Optimisation
State-of-the-art medical diagnostics and functional testing for a precise and time-efficient overview of how your daily choices impact your health.
CHF 6’100