Vegan politician Eric Adams

Vegan Politician Eric Adams Aims To Raise Awareness About How Following A Plant-Based Diet Can Prevent Illnesses

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams—alongside a group of 40 clinical specialists—as of late discharged an open letter declaration to support New Yorkers of color to go vegan considering the COVID-19 pandemic.

Black city residents make up 22 percent of the number of inhabitants in New York City, however, represents 28 percent of passings identified with COVID-19. Latinos make up 29 percent of the NYC populace yet represent 34 percent of COVID-19 fatalities.

Roughly 89 percent of individuals that die from COVID-19 have in any event one fundamental condition, for example, corpulence, diabetes, coronary illness, and hypertension—diseases that communities of color experience at a higher rate, because of numerous socioeconomic factors.

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“Whole food, plant-based nutrition made it possible for me to reverse type 2 diabetes—in just a few months,” Plant-Powered Metro New York Latina Community Organizer Maribel Felipe said. “

As an Afro-Latina, I feel the weight of my communities struggling with chronic illness, now intensified by COVID-19. But we don’t need to suffer when we put our ancestral plant foods back on our plates. Let’s follow the evidence and build power with healthy plant-based eating.”

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adams has been associated with donating plant-based meals to New Yorkers.

In 2016, Adams progressed to a plant-based eating routine after he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, symptoms of which he has radically decreased since going vegan. During his profession as Brooklyn Borough President, Adams effectively propelled a few plant-based activities, including initiating a plant-based medication program inside the city’s biggest clinical network NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue.

“The increased suffering faced by people of color from COVID-19 is the result of structural racism in the health care system, as well as the food system,” Adams said. “Disproportionate numbers of deaths in Black and brown communities from chronic disease predate the current crisis. While we fight for large-scale changes to improve healthcare, we must also take action immediately by improving the availability and consumption of the foods that we eat.”

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