Nourishing Our Roots (Caribbean Edition): Lifestyle Wisdom for Afro-Caribbean Health

Keep the food you love. Protect the health you deserve.

Written for families in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and across the Caribbean.

Diabetes and high blood pressure affect up to one in four and one in two adults in some Caribbean countries, and the region has the highest death rates from these conditions in the Americas. Yet most advice tells us to give up yam, green banana, breadfruit and rice and peas. Nourishing Our Roots shows you how to keep traditional foods on your plate while changing how you choose, cook, season and portion them.

This Caribbean edition uses the blood test units most Caribbean labs report (HbA1c as a %), World Health Organization guidance, and local health centres and support organisations.

WHAT'S INSIDE (6 PDF files, instant download)

1. The Nourishing Our Roots ebook (20 pages): your numbers explained, blood sugar and blood pressure made simple, the balanced Caribbean plate, bush teas (what helps and what to avoid), and staying safe on medicines.

2. 7-day Caribbean meal plan, smart snacks and weekly shopping list, with vegetarian, Ital, halal and budget swaps.

3. Ground provisions glycaemic index chart: yam, green banana, breadfruit, dasheen, cassava and more, and how cooking changes their impact.

4. Illustrated home exercise guide and weekly log: wall push-ups, chair squats, high marches and calf raises.

5. Master no-added-salt green seasoning recipe card.

6. 30-day action blueprint and printable weekly habit tracker.

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HEALTH NOTICE

This guide is educational and lifestyle information only. It is not medical advice and does not replace care from your own doctor, nurse, pharmacist or dietitian. If you have a medical condition or take regular medicines, speak to your healthcare team before changing your diet, exercise or use of herbal remedies.

Digital product: as access is immediate, refunds are not offered once downloaded, except for faulty files. Licensed for personal use only.