10-Day Raw Food Detox and Weight Loss Retreat in Hawaii

The programme is a 10-day residential stay, with the next scheduled start on 1 August 2019 running to 11 August 2019. It is run by Hawaii Naturopathic Retreat, which operates from two Big Island locations: the Aloha Wellness Center at 239 Haili St. in Hilo, and the Luana Inn at Captain Cook, near Kealakekua Bay.

The core of the programme is a raw food detox diet. Guests eat raw food for the duration rather than following a restricted-calorie plan. Alongside the food, the programme uses natural detox procedures: infrared sauna sessions, coffee enemas and exercise. Lifestyle counselling and psychotherapy are part of the schedule, addressing the emotional patterns — self-esteem, loneliness, boredom — that the programme's own material identifies as drivers of overeating.

What separates this from a standard weight loss retreat is the naturopathic framing. The programme is led by Dr. Baylac, a naturopathic doctor who presented on lifestyle change in naturopathic medicine at ICNM Paris in 2013, covering food addiction, obesity and depression. The approach treats physical and mental health together, on physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social levels, rather than treating weight as an isolated number.

Guests also get education on shopping and food preparation, so they leave knowing how to keep eating this way at home. The programme explicitly aims at long-term weight loss rather than a quick drop, and the material notes that conventional approaches — surgery, diet pills, fad diets — tend to produce relapse. A UCLA study cited on the page found 41% of dieters regain lost weight within a year, and other studies put the longer-term figure at 90%.

The setting is the Big Island of Hawaii, with the two bases offering different surroundings: Hilo on the east coast, and Captain Cook near Kealakekua Bay on the west. The programme is residential, so guests live at the property for the full 10 days.

What's included

- 10-day residential weight loss programme - Raw food detox diet for the duration of the stay - Infrared sauna sessions - Coffee enemas - Exercise sessions - Lifestyle counselling - Psychotherapy sessions - Education on shopping and food preparation - On-site accommodation at Aloha Wellness Center, Hilo or Luana Inn, Captain Cook

What's not included

- Flights to and from Hawaii - Travel insurance - Transport to and from the retreat - Personal expenses - Any treatments or services not listed as part of the programme