Chidi Ngwaba
Chidi Ngwaba | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Doctor |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]He was selected as the Brexit Party candidate for the parliamentary seat of Croydon North in the 2019 general election.[12]
Religion
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ Allott, Serena (2002). "Doctor's orders". The Telegraph.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 "Leadership Award for Adventist Health Educator". Ted News. 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Health, Healing & Hope, Andrews University, 11 March 2016, retrieved 15 November 2016
- ↑ "Are you the business?". The Guardian. 2002.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 4 "In Conversation with Dr. Chidi Ngwaba". anatome. 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Fort, Matthew (2002). "It's no picnic". The Guardian.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Meet the Team". Plant-Based Health Professionals UK. 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 "Veggie cafe puts down W1 roots". The Standard. 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Eadie, Alison (2002). "Starting Out". The Telegraph.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "I went vegan for 60 days - and it changed my life". The Telegraph. 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Clark, Daniel (2023). "'This House Would Go Vegan': Joey Carbstrong And Vegan Team Win Oxford University Debate". Plant Based News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Brexit Party MP Candidates – Chums and Comrades: The Intrigue Continues". Byline Times. 6 August 2019.
- ↑ Dixon, Marcia (2016). "Christian doctor declares that health is wealth".
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External links
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- 1970 births
- 20th-century British medical doctors
- 21st-century British medical doctors
- Alumni of the UCL Medical School
- English Seventh-day Adventists
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni
- Living people
- Plant-based diet advocates
- People from Croydon
- Reform UK parliamentary candidates
- Seventh-day Adventists in health science
