Updated on nov 18, 2025 | Published on nov 19, 2025
Weight loss and metabolic reboot retreats detox, fitness and gut health for 2026
Our gut is now thought of as our second brain, so it makes sense to nourish it and look after it, says Christine Fieldhouse, Retreat Editor of The Global Retreat Company
Gut health is a relatively new concept, but there’s now a huge focus on ensuring we look after our digestive wellbeing. With the gut now being thought of as ‘the second brain’, it’s imperative that it’s functioning at its optimum, so we feel healthy and energised, with our immunity boosted.
If you’re in any doubt at all about your metabolic health (the body's ability to efficiently process fats and sugar from food to create energy and remove waste), then a retreat would be the best way to get you on track.
What is a metabolic reboot retreat?
A metabolic reboot retreat is a dedicated escape to improve and nurture your digestive wellbeing.
These wellness retreats focus on optimising gut health, with a blend of practices to support your digestive journey, including mindful eating, natural therapies, workshops on gut health, personalised nutrition plans, rejuvenating spa treatments and stress-reducing activities such as yoga and meditation.
Holistic weight loss can go hand in hand with a gut health retreat, so not only are you getting healthier, you’re getting slimmer.
Why is gut health central to preventive medicine?
Research has shown that the gut microbiome plays an important role in our health.
It also influences the development of chronic diseases ranging from metabolic diseases such as diabetes to gastrointestinal disorders and colorectal cancer.
Which retreats offer metabolic reset and weight loss?
Over the years, the team at The Global Retreat Company have visited many metabolic and weight loss retreats -- here are some that have really stood out:
In Europe, Austria is one of the key places for good gut health, boasting two fantastic retreats that can support a metabolic health reboot.
On Lake Wörthersee with a beautiful forest backdrop, Original Mayr Medical Resort is the pioneer of gut health and modern Mayr medicine and offers its renowned Mayr cure to guests who return year after year. The progressive holistic approach, with medicine, nutrition and sports at its core, delivers outstanding health care in stylish comfort, and you’ll be well looked after by a kind and sensitive staff of doctors and therapists. Time-restricted eating and fasting may both play a role in your treatment.
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Across country, Park Igls Medical Spa Resort is a swish medical retreat in the pretty Alpine village of Igls, near Innsbruck.
It offers excellent preventative gut health programmes based on Modern Mayr Medicine, which focuses on six principles to support gut health - cleansing, supplementing, self-discovery, exercise, rest and education.
Retreat here and you’ll enjoy fabulous bedrooms with Alpine views, impressive facilities, mindful nutrition and the support of a first-rate team who are genuinely concerned with guiding their guests to live healthy, happy lives.
In the UK Combe Grove Centre of Health and Wellbeing offers ground-breaking metabolic health retreats developed by experts including doctors, dietitians and nutritionists.
In 70 acres of rolling Somerset countryside near Bath, programmes encompass the five roots of metabolic health: nutrition, movement, sleep, mindset and environment.
Everything is thoroughly researched and backed with science, and you’ll have comprehensive medical testing.
If a detox is your main retreating goal, then Shanti-Som Wellbeing Retreat in Spain would be the perfect place for you.
As well as detox programmes, this relaxed South East Asian-inspired retreat offers yoga, Pilates, meditation, detox, weight loss, high-intensity fitness, spa-time and deep relaxation for those experiencing burnout.
Kickstart your health transformation with our weight loss and metabolic reboot escapes. Look at our gut health retreats and our detox retreats and choose the one that’s right for you.