Established in 1961, is a world renowned residential and outpatient Clinic in continuous operation for half a century and a pioneer in health reform. It is a rational healthcare centre for fasting, recovery, prevention, education and lifestyle reform. It is peacefully located in the beautiful and salubrious Hills District  within the environs of Sydney. It provides an excellent, quiet , peaceful, scenic  unpolluted, restful and protective environment for the effective and optimal application of health conditions and requirements.   The Centre is involved in evidence based healthy living education.

A New Book on Fasting & Lifestye Care has been published

The current book is purely empirical. It contains a historical summary of more than five decades of clinical experience of the first two authors, as well as advice on how to handle certain clinical problems within the context of a lifestyle-clinic with focus on water-only fasting. The book however is not to be regarded as a general recommendation to follow that approach, nor does it reflect current clinical practice of all authors

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For information about Fasting Supervision and Lifestyle Care book Contact Nejla Burton +61 2 9653 1115

About the Authors

Alec Burton received his degrees in Chiropractic and Osteopathy from the Northern College of Chiropractic in Manchester and the Osteopathic College in London. Between 1961 and 2015 he has guided thousands of in-patients to lifestyle reform at Arcadia Health Clinic near Sydney, Australia.

Nejla Burton received her degrees in Psychology and Chiropractic from Macquarie University and a degree in Osteopathy from the Pacific College of Osteopathy Sydney, Australia. She has been co-director of Arcadia Health Clinic since 1976.

Benno Krachler received his Medical Degree and PhD from the Universities of Linköping and Umeå, Sweden. He is a consultant in internal medicine and works currently at the unit for behavioral medicine at the University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden.

Our Centre

The Centre is a unique and leading Clinic in the world for fasting supervision. It was founded in Sydney by Dr. Alec Burton in 1961, and was later joined by Dr Nejla Burton and has been in continuous operation since 1961.  It is recognized by the International Association of Hygienic Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. and has served as a teaching and training Institution for a number of doctors such as M.D.’s, D.O.’s, D.C.’s,  etc.

The recovery of health demands both skilful care and a protective, conducive environment. The care at the Centre is supervised by professionals specifically trained in lifestyle, fasting and rational health care. The practitioners are all licensed and are members of the International Association of Hygienic Physician, made up of licensed primary care physicians.

The emphasis is health oriented rather than disease oriented; that is, the focus is on health care and the removal of the causes of disease, rather than the vigorous and active treatment of disease which often involves the use of substances and procedures in themselves harmful to health.

The doctors live onsite at the Centre. This facilitates an ongoing  collaborative relationship between the practitioner and the patient for the best health outcome.