Chidi Ngwaba
British Seventh-day Adventist doctor
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Chidi Ngwaba (known as Dr Chidi) is a British Seventh-day Adventist doctor who specialises in lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition.[1][2][3]
Chidi Ngwaba | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Doctor |
Career
Ngwaba trained in surgery and lifestyle medicine at Johns Hopkins University and University College London.[2] He worked at Royal Free Hospital.[4] He is a founding board member of the European Society of Lifestyle Medicine.[5] He is founding director of a lifestyle medicine clinic on Harley Street and resident doctor at Premier Radio.[5]
In 2002, Ngwaba established a vegetarian restaurant with his wife Uchenna known as "Plant" on Poland Street, Soho. It was described as "the UK's first fast-food takeaway dedicated to vegetarian food".[6]
Nhwaba is an international speaker on health and wellness and has appeared on television including ITV's Good Morning Britain and Sky News.[5] He is an advocate of plant-based nutrition and is an ambassador of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK.[7]
Personal life
Ngwaba is of Nigerian descent and as a child lived in a foster home in Brighton.[5] He is married to Uchenna who ran her own dentistry practice on Fleet Street.[8] Despite running a vegetarian restaurant in the past, neither Ngwaba or his wife are vegetarian.[8] In the 2000s Ngwaba avoided red meat but ate chicken and fish.[9] More recently he has defended the health benefits of a vegan diet.[10][11]
Politics
He was selected as the Brexit Party candidate for the parliamentary seat of Croydon North in the 2019 general election.[12]
Religion
Ngwaba is an ordained elder within the Seventh Day Adventist church and was awarded an honorary Leadership Award for Adventist Health Educator in 2016.[2][13]