Health Experts
The NHA is proud to recognize and publicize the scholarship and professional services of the following dedicated members of the Association who offer unique insights into the nature of health, the causes of disease and the true keys to recovery. These physicians are all graduates of accredited professional schools and practice legally in their state, country or territory. They are also members in good standing of the International Association of Hygienic Physicians, a professional association which has established Principles of Ethics and Standards of Practice for both Fasting Supervision and Hygienic Care. The individuals listed below also represent the world’s experts in the benefits of therapeutic water fasting.
North America
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Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
Dr. Fuhrman is a board-certified family physician in private practice in Flemington, New Jersey. He has become one of country’s leading and recognized experts on nutrition and progressive health care and he has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, today, Good Morning America, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, CNBC and many more. Read more...
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Alan Goldhamer, D.C.
Dr. Alan Goldhamer is the founder and Director of the world’s largest health education program where he has supervised thousands of water fasts since the opening of his True North Health Education Center in Penngrove, California in 1984. Under his direction, the Center has become recognized as the principle training facility for doctors wishing to gain certification in therapeutic fasting. Read more...
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Jeffrey S. Novick, MS, RD, LD, LN
Jeff Novick serves as the Director of Nutrition at the world famous Pritikin Longevity Center in Aventura, Florida. With over 23 years of experience in nutrition, health, fitness, and natural living, he offers expert health advice distilled into powerful, easy-to-understand language on a variety of current topics. His insightful and humorous approach to nutrition and health have helped thousands worldwide make the transition to healthy living. Read more...
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Frank Sabatino, D.C., Ph.D.
Dr. Frank Sabatino is the Director of Health Programs as the Regency Health Resort and Spa in Hallendale, Florida, a position he has held since 1989. Dr. Sabatino is a 1977 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic and in 1988 earned a Ph.D. in Neuro Endocrinology from Emory University. He has been a mainstay at NHA Conferences for over two decades and is one of its most motivating and energetic presenters. Dr. Sabatino is certified in fasting supervision and is a member of the Board of Governors of the IAHP.
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D.J. Scott, D.C.
Dr. D.J. Scott is the founder and Director of Scott’s Natural Health Institute in Strongsville, Ohio, the longest running facility for fasting supervision in North America. Dr. Scott is a cum laude graduate of the National College of Chiropractic and continues to serve as a guest lecturer on fasting and health. Dr. Scott has lectured throughout the United States and Canada for the NHA and served on its Board of Directors for several years. Dr. Scott was the founding President of the IAHP and has remained on its Board of Trustees since its inception.
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Peter Sultana, M.D.
Dr. Peter Sultana is a board-certified family physician who works in association with Dr. Alan Goldhamer at the True North Health Education Center in Penngrove, California. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1996. He also holds a duel degree in Art History and Physics from Fordham University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1988. His research interest focuses on measuring the extent of the body’s self-repairing potential in a variety of disease states.
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Australia
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Alec Burton, M.Sc., D.O., D.C.
Dr. Alec Burton is the world’s most respected authority on the basic principles of Natural Hygiene and their professional application. He and his wife, Dr. Nejla Burton operate the world-famous Arcadia Health Center in Sidney, Australia where thousands of people have regained their life and vitality under their care. Dr. Burton has been the featured lecturer at NHA Conferences for nearly four decades and is the dean of Hygienic Physicians worldwide. He is a founding member of the British Natural Hygiene Society and a Charter Member of the International Association of Hygienic Physicians of which he is a Past-President. Dr. Burton educated and licensed in Chiropractic and Osteopathy. He and his wife, Dr. Nejla Burton, operate the Arcadia Health Centre in Sydney Australia.
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Nejla Burton, D.O., D.C. & Ph.D.
Dr. Nejla Burton is the co-director, along with her husband, Dr. Alec Burton, of the world-famous Arcadia Health Center in Sidney Australia. She has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the IAHP over over 10 years. She has also lectured extensively in Australia, Europe and the United States where she has been a featured speaker at NHA Conferences.
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England
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Keki R. Sidhwa, N.D., D.O.
Dr. Keki R. Sidhwa is the co-founder of and president of the British Natural Hygiene Society and is a Charter Member of the IAHP of which he is a Past-President. From 1952 until his semi-retirement in 2004 he was the founder and director of the Shalimar Health Home where he helped over 25,0000 people overcome their aliments by fasting and a hygienic lifestyle. He continues to serve as the editor of The Hygienist, the oldest magazine of its kind. He has been a featured speaker at NHA Conferences for nearly 40 years and has lectured extensively in Europe, India, America and Great Britain where he currently resides and continues to provide private. After studying at Bombay University, Dr. Sidhwa gradated from the Edinburgh College of Natural Therapeutics and the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy. He is the author of The Quintessence of Natural Living for Health & Happiness, The Problem of Ill Health, Medical Drugs on Trial, Verdict Guilty, Fit for Anything, First Aid the Natural Way, and Words and Music and All Alone (Poems on Health, Love and Life.
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Greece
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Peter Comentakis, N.D.
Dr. Peter Coumentakis is a Member of the Board of Governors of the IAHP.
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