Clarks Nutrition and Natural Foods Markets

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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Climate Affects Tea's Flavor and Health-Boosting Properties

Tea is tea, right? If only it were that simple. Farmers have long noticed that changing climate patterns—droughts or heavy rainy seasons, for example—can change the taste and quality of tea leaves. An extensive report, published recently in the American Botanical Council’s HerbalGram, confirms that these climate variations do in fact alter tea’s taste, along with its health-boosting properties. In the report, tea harvested during a drought was reported to have a more intense flavor, as well as more health-promoting compounds; these compounds are secondary metabolites that plants produce when under environmental stresses (such as a drought). Tea harvested during extreme rainy seasons was described as tasting more diluted, and the research indicated that key health-promoting compounds in the tea leaves (called catechins) decreased by as much as 50%. But what does this all mean for your afternoon cup?

Go for teas with intense, bitter flavors. There is some indication that this correlates to higher levels of certain health-promoting compounds, such as antioxidants.
Go for a standardized tea extract supplement. These tea extracts are concentrated to contain a certain amount of key health-promoting compounds—some contain up to 97% polyphenols.

Source: American Botanical Council

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