Eric Adams

Eric Adams is the Brooklyn Borough President having previously served three terms in the New York State Senate and 22 years in the New York City Police Department. After being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2016, he adopted a plant-based diet and successfully reversed his diabetes. Healthy at Last is now on: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.

DNA or Dinner? Are Certain Health Conditions a Life Sentence or Can Food Help Reset Your Genes?

September 24, 2020 Updated March 3rd, 2021

There are some things you just don’t accept, and bad health is one of them. My family and my doctor believed that sugar was genetic. Was chronic disease and pain encoded into my DNA? Or was there something else going on?

How I Reversed My Diabetes and Became Healthy at Last

September 21, 2020 Updated March 3rd, 2021

The following is an excerpt from Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses by Eric Adams.

Student posing with their Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate

100% online, learn at your own pace

A trusted credential from eCornell

Personalized feedback from our team of instructors

20,000+ students and counting

Enroll today

Eric Adams

DNA or Dinner? Are Certain Health Conditions a Life Sentence or Can Food Help Reset Your Genes?

How I Reversed My Diabetes and Became Healthy at Last

Earn Your Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate

Join over 20,000 students who have improved their health, learned new skills, and even inspired career changes.