Healthy at Last: The Eric Adams Story
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Eric Adams woke up one morning and could not see. Fearful that he was going blind, he rushed to his doctor's office where he was diagnosed with diabetes. He was told to accept that he would suffer from poor vision for the rest of his life. But Eric, a former New York City police officer, decided to open an investigation into his health to find a better way. He searched for evidence, combed through clues, and finally cracked the case. It was food that put him in this position and it was food that would get him out of it.
On this episode of The Exam Room, Eric Adams joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to share how he became healthy at last.
After recovering his own health, he began helping others, including his mother who was in her 80's when she began eating a plant-based diet. Like her son, the change made a dramatic improvement to her health as well! Eric is also the president of the borough of Brooklyn in New York and was instrumental in bringing plant-based meals to children by creating the Meatless Mondays program in the public school system.
He is now sharing his story nationwide with the release of his book Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses.
Also on the show, Dr. Neal Barnard discusses the top 5 co-morbidities associated with COVID-19 and how changes in diet and lifestyle can help improve and even reverse them!
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Eric Adams
Book: https://amzn.to/3kMDSXx
Previous Interview: https://apple.co/33hGhSt
Twitter: @healthyatlastbk
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Dr. Neal Barnard
Twitter: @drnealbarnard
IG: @drnealbarnard
Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB
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Physicians Committee
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Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | When I walked out of that doctor's office, |
| 0:01.7 | I felt this though, I was a miniature drugstore. |
| 0:04.6 | And for some reason, I changed one word. |
| 0:07.9 | Instead of living with diabetes, |
| 0:10.0 | I type reversing diabetes. |
| 0:12.1 | Because now I'm fighting for my sight, |
| 0:13.8 | I'm fighting for my limbs, I'm fighting for my life. |
| 0:16.6 | And I was not going to let anything go unturned. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:30.0 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, |
| 0:32.1 | brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.0 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, |
| 0:39.8 | or a view, or a download, wherever it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:45.1 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.6 | In New York City, in the borough of Brooklyn, |
| 0:55.1 | resides a man by the name of Eric Adams. |
| 0:59.3 | He actually happens to be the president of the borough of Brooklyn. |
| 1:05.4 | That by itself is impressive. |
| 1:07.7 | But what makes Eric Adams truly impressive |
| 1:11.6 | was the way that he was able to help himself, help his mom, |
| 1:16.9 | help his friend, and now the entire city of New York. |
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