Wednesday 28 September 2022 10:56 PM NYC Mayor Eric Adams blames CAPITALISM for obesity crisis gripping the US trends now

Mayor Eric Adams blames 'capitalism' as the root cause for the obesity crisis facing the nation and revealed in a CNN op-ed piece that ran Wednesday that the issue for him is 'personal.' 

In the column, Adams claims that the 'American way of eating today is focused on profit, not progress, on empty calories, and fast food, not on health.' 

He shared how he reversed his Type 2 diabetes by losing weight and exercising, and wrote that his mission is now to 'help Americans get - and stay- healthy.' 

'America's food system is feeding a public health crisis. From obesity to type 2 diabetes, that crisis is escalating quickly – and we must act now, he said. 

'Major advances made in addressing hunger and malnutrition, it's long past time for us to shift our focus from calories to nutrition,' he wrote, in part. 

He said his personal journey started in 2016 when the doctor told him he might have his driver's license revoked due to vision loss, and permanent nerve damage in his fingers and toes.  

'I didn't want to spend the rest of my life on insulin,' he wrote.

Adams said he started doing his own research and after connecting with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn at the Cleveland Clinic he learned how to treat his diabetes with lifestyle changes, including 'overhauling' his diet and exercise, he said. 

The Mayor admitted he was 'skeptical' at first but once he began to reduce his meat and dairy consumption replacing them with fresh produce and grains, he said he  began seeing the results. 

'Within three months, I lost significant weight, lowered my cholesterol, restored my vision and reversed my diabetes,' he said.