by Rooted Santa Barbara | Feb 22, 2023 | Health, Lifestyle, Rooted News
By Lizzy FallowsWhen our oldest daughter turned one, I said no to cow’s milk. It was tricky; my husband, our pediatrician, and much of the world around me told me she “needed” cow’s milk, both for its fat and protein content, not to mention the Calcium! But I’d worked...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Nov 8, 2022 | Health, Lifestyle, Rooted News
When my husband was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes as an adult, it came out of left field – it wasn’t something that ran in his family and it’s a hard diagnosis. Thanks to modern medicine, he’s able to live a healthy life – albeit dependent on insulin indefinitely and...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Jul 31, 2022 | Health, Lifestyle, Rooted News
A growing consensus of today’s leading health and nutrition organizations are in agreement – we need to eat more whole, unprocessed plants! In 2016, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics published a position paper on vegetarian and vegan diets. They concluded that...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Apr 29, 2022 | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Rooted News
You could live up to a decade longer by eating plant-based, according to a new study from the University of Bergen in Norway. The research team found that people of any age can add years to their life expectancy by switching from a typical Western diet to a more...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Nov 10, 2021 | Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Rooted News
A growing consensus of today’s leading health and nutrition organizations is in agreement – we need to eat more whole, unprocessed plants! The American Heart Association says less meat and more plants decrease our risk for heart disease, stroke, obesity, high blood...
by Rooted Santa Barbara | Oct 26, 2021 | Community, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Partners, Rooted News
A lot of the work we do at Rooted is built around meaningful partnerships with other Santa Barbara County community organizations. One such organization that we’ve been lucky enough to work with is Apples to Zucchini (A to Z) Cooking School, the focus of this month’s...
