{"product_id":"healthy-at-last-a-plant-based-approach-to-preventing-and-reversing-diabetes-and-other-chronic-illnesses","title":"Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses","description":"Brooklyn Borough president and Democratic nominee for New York City mayor Eric Adams is on a mission to tackle one of the most stubborn health problems in the country: chronic disease in the African American community.\n\nAfrican Americans are heavier and sicker than any other group in the U.S., with nearly half of all Black adults\nsuffering from some form of cardiovascular disease. After Adams woke up with severe vision loss one day in 2016, he learned that he was one of the nearly 5 million Black people living with diabetes-and, according to his doctor, he would have it for the rest of his life.\n\nA police officer for more than two decades, Adams was a connoisseur of the fast-food dollar menu. Like so\nmany Americans with stressful jobs, the last thing he wanted to think about was eating healthfully. Fast food\nwas easy, cheap, and comfortable. His diet followed him from the squad car to the state senate, and then to Brooklyn Borough Hall, where it finally caught up with him.\n\nBut Adams was not ready to become a statistic. There was a better option besides medication and shots\nof insulin: food. Within three months of adopting a plant-based diet, he lost 35 pounds, lowered his cholesterol by 30 points, restored his vision, and reversed his diabetes. Now he is on a mission to revolutionize the health of not just the borough of Brooklyn, but of African Americans across the country.\n\nArmed with the hard science and real-life stories of those who have transformed their bodies by changing\ntheir diet, Adams shares the key steps for a healthy, active life. With this book, he shows readers how to\navoid processed foods, cut down on salt, get more fiber, and substitute beef, chicken, pork, and dairy with delicious plant-based alternatives. In the process he explores the origins of soul food-a cuisine deeply\nimportant to the Black community, but also one rooted in the horrors of slavery-and how it can be reimagined with healthy alternatives.\n\nFeatures more than 50 recipes from celebrities and health experts, including Paul McCartney, Queen Afua,\nJenné Claiborne, Bryant Jennings, Charity Morgan, Moby, and more!\n\nThe journey to good health begins in the kitchen-not the hospital bed!\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1401962211\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1401962211.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Adams, Eric\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41267948224570,"sku":"DBV.1401962211.G","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1401962211-0.jpg?v=1772128965","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/healthy-at-last-a-plant-based-approach-to-preventing-and-reversing-diabetes-and-other-chronic-illnesses","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}