Chidi Ngwaba

Chidi Ngwaba (known as Dr Chidi) is a British Seventh-day Adventist doctor who specialises in lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition.

Career

Ngwaba trained in surgery and lifestyle medicine at Johns Hopkins University and University College London. He is a founding board member of the European Society of Lifestyle Medicine. He is founding director of a lifestyle medicine clinic on Harley Street and resident doctor at Premier Radio.

Nhwaba is an international speaker on health and wellness and has appeared on television including ITV's Good Morning Britain and Sky News.

Personal life

Ngwaba is of Nigerian descent and as a child lived in a foster home in Brighton. Despite running a vegetarian restaurant in the past, neither Ngwaba or his wife are vegetarian. More recently he has defended the health benefits of a vegan diet.

Politics

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

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.