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Chidi Ngwaba

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Chidi Ngwaba
Born1970
OccupationDoctor

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]

Career

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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

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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

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He was selected as the Brexit Party candidate for the parliamentary seat of Croydon North in the 2019 general election.[12]

Religion

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Allott, Serena (2002). "Doctor's orders". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Leadership Award for Adventist Health Educator". Ted News. 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  3. ^ Health, Healing & Hope, Andrews University, 11 March 2016, retrieved 15 November 2016
  4. ^ "Are you the business?". The Guardian. 2002. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "In Conversation with Dr. Chidi Ngwaba". anatome. 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  6. ^ Fort, Matthew (2002). "It's no picnic". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Meet the Team". Plant-Based Health Professionals UK. 2025. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Veggie cafe puts down W1 roots". The Standard. 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  9. ^ Eadie, Alison (2002). "Starting Out". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
  10. ^ "I went vegan for 60 days - and it changed my life". The Telegraph. 2025. Archived from the original on 2 February 2025.
  11. ^ Clark, Daniel (2023). "'This House Would Go Vegan': Joey Carbstrong And Vegan Team Win Oxford University Debate". Plant Based News. Archived from the original on 2 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Brexit Party MP Candidates – Chums and Comrades: The Intrigue Continues". Byline Times. 6 August 2019.
  13. ^ Dixon, Marcia (2016). "Christian doctor declares that health is wealth". Archived from the original on 1 February 2025.
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