Chidi Ngwaba

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Chidi Ngwaba
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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]

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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]

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