MEMBERSHIP INFO
What type of organization is INHS?
What kind of organization is this?
We want to rely on volunteers, there will be no membership fees and we want to avoid dealing with money as a group, we will be web-based only. We want to further communication within the hygienic community, and make it easier to find other hygienists. We want to develop, critique, improve Natural Hygiene philosophy and practices. We'll use democratic procedures. We also want to assist hygienic practitioners, authors and educators with advertising on the web.
Right now we'll start slowly and see what happens....
Who can join?
Anybody who is interested in the topic "the science of health and healing" - both Natural Hygiene enthusiasts and sceptics are welcome. Anybody who is open-minded, wants to help the public, and wants to learn the truth about health and disease.
Become a member
Membership information
Just email us to become a member, it is free.
- You'll receive the newsletter. Can be cancelled at any time.
- You'll be invited to join the email discussion group, which is perfect for discussions, articles, getting contacts, asking questions and get responses. The best material will be used in the newsletter and on the website.
- You'll receive the login info for the members' protected area (see below) - where we have a private contact forum - if you want to find hygienists in your area.
- You can present yourselves on a public members list - e.g. good for hygienists who are professionals, or sell books/products of interest for hygienists.
- If you are a hygienic and/or fasting doctor, we have a public doctors' list.
- You can volunteer, contribute good ideas, vote, etc. - via the members' protected area or the email discussion group.
We plan to have a membership certificate to email you.
How about "case stories", and if there is demand perhaps recipes, kids or pet sections - with members' text and photos? How about help to create your own NH website?
JOIN HERE!
To join (or leave) the International Natural Hygiene Society - click here to join and follow the instructions. (The INHS newsletter is included.)
Get the newsletter only
Get INHS Hygienic Review
Due to requests we have decided to make a newsletter as webpage instead of a download version.
To access the latest newsletter/magazine INHS Hygienic Review - click here.
The newsletter is made by volunteers - and currently produced about every quarter.
Note: We also have produced 2004-#1 (theme: what is Natural Hygiene) and 2004-#2 (theme: what is health), each 20 - 25 pages, accessible in the members area.
How does INHS relate to other NH groups?
What is the relation between BNHS and INHS?
Dr. Keki Sidhwa, the founder and director of BNHS, the British Natural Hygiene Society, has been a member of INHS advisory board since the start. BNHS publishes the magazine "The Hygienist", which is the oldest existing Natural Hygiene magazine in the world. INHS has members which belong to BNHS, and the relationship between the groups is very good.
What is the relation between ANHS and INHS?
We have many members in INHS who belonged to ANHS, the American Natural Hygiene Society, including doctors. When ANHS closed some years ago, its assets/members were transferred to a new non-profit group, NHA, National Health Association, based in Florida.
We have good relations with NHA, and some members & doctors in common.
The main differences between us and NHA is the strong influence of laypeople in INHS, and the acceptance of many different voices and diet directions (not only "cooked" veganism as in NHA). Also INHS is web-based without fees, NHA is not. NHA publishes the magazine Health Science.
Background: One of the reasons for starting INHS was the disappearance of ANHS, the Natural Hygiene organisation started by Dr. Shelton, Dr. Cursio and others appr. 1/2 century ago. Democracy problems slowly emerged in ANHS over the years, e.g. an inability for dissenting voices to be heard. E.g. Dr. Cursio and others were excluded in the 1950's. When ANHS in the late 1990's was run out of money by a few board-members, who also blocked certain doctors from being listed in the magazine Health Science, it was a low point in the hygienic movement. This small click next closed ANHS, and started NHA, National Health Association, without democratic procedures, surprising the members. ANHS library was given to the University of Texas.
Shortly after this some ANHS members, doctors and non-professionals, decided to start INHS in 2003 - as an online organisation, mainly for education and discussion, with the expressed purpose of allowing all voices in the NH movement to be heard, publish more of the old-timers in Natural Hygiene, plus have a power balance between doctors and non-doctors.
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What is the relation between HLI and INHS?
HLI, Healthful Living International, is another Natural Hygiene non-profit organisation, based in California. Some of INHS members are also members in HLI, including some doctors. HLI and INHS have very good relations.
HLI represents "raw" veganism. HLI is partly web-based with fees. HLI publishes Living Nutrition, a raw food lifestyle magazine, with quarterly publications, which supports the raw food community.
Background: HLI was started in the 1999 in protest to the road ANHS was taking. Especially the abandonment (by ANHS board without discussion) of food combining and the 100% raw diet as the ideal, frustrated many ANHS members. This is when ANHS membership started sliding. While HLI supports raw veganism, ANHS / NHA has moved closer to the McDougal-type "cooked" veganism movement. NHA members nowadays often talk at traditional vegetarian conferences.
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