KEKI R SIDHWA N.D.D.O.

The late Keki R Sidhwa N.D.D.O. (1926 – 2018)  was the best-known exponent of Natural Hygiene in the United Kingdom of his time. He was born in Bombay, India of Parsi, Zoroastrian parents. After studying in Bombay University, he graduated from the Edinburgh College of Natural Therapeutics and the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy. He was in private practice since 1952 until his semi-retirement in 2004; was co-founder and president of the British National Hygiene Society and ex-president of the International Association of Professional Natural Hygienists, founder and director of Shalimar Health Home, where he helped over 25,000 people to overcome their ailments by fasting and following a Hygienic life style before its closure in 2004. He lectured extensively in Europe, India, America and Great Britain where he made his home since 1948. His interest in primitive cultures, anthropology and comparative religions helped him to formulate his views on natural living. He was the Editor of the magazine The Hygienist, then the oldest magazine of its kind.