Special Diets

If you have a unique dietary plan, we can help

We Have Information on Gluten-Free and Several Other Unique Diets Available For Your Family.

Gluten Free

What does following a gluten-free diet mean? That you're embarking on an easy diet with a wide range of health-promoting effects. Instead of dwelling on what you’re giving up, consider that you’re going to enjoy a whole new world of delicious food options to meet your special dietary needs. You’ll be eating seasonally, choosing more fresh fruits and vegetables, focusing on meats, seafood, poultry, legumes, lentils, corn, and rice, and discovering fascinating ancient grains such as quinoa, amaranth, and millet. You’ll be able to eat potatoes, eggs, most cheeses, even chocolate (!)—and enjoy them without guilt because you’ll be taking good care of your body. In fact, you’ll probably end up eating—and feeling—better than ever!

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We carry a large variety of gluten free items, the brands listed below represent just some of the offerings we carry

Raw Foods

“Raw” is all the rage these days, but what does it mean to eat raw? And is it possible to get enough protein and other nutrients while following a raw diet?

Raw foods are those that have not been heated above 108°F to 118°F

Raw, defined

Most raw foodists eat only plant-based (vegan) foods, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, and seaweed. Raw foods are those that have not been heated above 108°F to 118°F, depending on who you talk to. The logic behind this is that many of the nutrients in foods are extremely sensitive to heat. This is especially true of the water-soluble vitamins, like the B-vitamins, folate, and vitamin C. As Katie McDonald, a raw food chef and certified Holistic Health Coach in Rhode Island puts it, “The more you do to a food, the less it does for you.”

Raw food advocates also look to the enzyme content of raw foods, saying that cooking destroys delicate enzymes that could otherwise go toward improving the digestion of the foods you’re eating.

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In addition to our always fresh produce, we carry many more raw foods throughout our stores. Look for these brands and our Raw Foods section for more.

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Another Great Sales Year for Herbal Supplements

Retail sales of herbal dietary supplements in the US shot up 7.9% in 2013, reaching $6 billion for the first time, according to a report on the retail herbal supplement market by the American Botanical Council and published in the journal, HerbalGram. In natural and health foods stores (excluding Whole Foods Market), the top-selling botanicals were turmeric and turmeric extract (curcumin), which saw a whopping 26% increase in sales. Other herbal favorites among consumers at natural and health food retailers included wheat and barley grass, aloe vera, flax, and spirulina. Shoppers at mainstream stores, such as mass-market retailers, had different tastes when it came to herbs: their top choices were horehound (often found in throat drops), yohimbe (used in athletic performance and sexual enhancement products), cranberry (primarily used to ease urinary tract infection symptoms), black cohosh (used for managing menopausal symptoms), and senna (used as a laxative). The growth of the herbal market in 2013 is consistent with strong retail sales for herbs over the past decade, indicating widespread demand by consumers for plant-based approaches to their health.

Source: American Botanical Council

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