About Daily Rooted Health
Daily Rooted Health is a small wellness publication for adults in the second half of life. We write for readers in their 50s and 60s who are paying closer attention to their health than they used to, who want evidence-aware coverage rather than hot-take wellness, and who are tired of either being talked down to or scared into making decisions.
Our coverage focuses on the unglamorous corners of midlife health: the oral microbiome, metabolic resilience, sleep, mobility, and the small daily habits that compound into long-term outcomes. We're drawn to research that's quietly important but rarely front-page news — the kind of thing your dentist or doctor might mention offhand and you find yourself thinking about for weeks afterward.
We try to be careful. We link to original research where we can. We avoid claims a careful reader couldn't verify. When we recommend something — including products we have affiliate relationships with — we say so plainly and we say why.
Our editorial team
Diane Mercer
Senior Wellness Writer
Diane Mercer is a Senior Wellness Writer at Daily Rooted Health, where she covers the intersections of nutrition, microbiome research, and longevity. Her work focuses on translating emerging health science into language that respects readers' time and intelligence.
Karen Sutton
Health Editor
Karen Sutton is the Health Editor at Daily Rooted Health. She oversees the publication's health and wellness coverage and writes about oral health, sleep, and the intersections of clinical research and everyday practice.
Margaret Chen
Senior Wellness Editor
Margaret Chen is a Senior Wellness Editor at Daily Rooted Health. Her work focuses on the under-covered intersections of nutrition, aging, and quality of life, with particular attention to the slow-developing health changes that get easier to address the earlier they're noticed.
Catherine Walsh
Contributing Writer
Catherine Walsh is a Contributing Writer at Daily Rooted Health. After a career in nonprofit administration and two decades of raising her family, she now writes about wellness, longevity, and the science of feeling well in midlife and beyond.
Editorial standards
Daily Rooted Health is supported in part by affiliate partnerships, which we disclose in every article that contains an affiliate link. Our editorial decisions — what to cover, who covers it, and what we recommend — are not influenced by these relationships. Every article containing an affiliate link displays a clear disclosure above the body copy. Read our full affiliate disclosure for details.
Our writers are individually responsible for the views expressed in their work. When we feature first-person essays, we identify them as such, and we do not present them as clinical guidance. When we cover research, we link to the original publication where available and identify the limits of what the research does and doesn't show.
If you find an error in our work, please tell us. We take corrections seriously and will note them in the article in question.
Contact us
General inquiries: hello@dailyrootedhealth.com
Editorial team: editorial@dailyrootedhealth.com
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