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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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Cranberry Juice Shows UTI-Prevention Potential in Placebo-Controlled Study

Drinking cranberry juice is widely considered an easy preventative measure for urinary tract infections (UTIs), and a new placebo-controlled study adds to the body of evidence that it may work for that purpose. The study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and measured the effects of a cranberry drink on UTI occurrences in 373 women with a history of recent UTIs. For the 24-week study, the women were divided into two groups: One group was assigned to consume one 8-ounce cranberry beverage daily; the other group was assigned to drink an 8-ounce placebo beverage daily. The participants agreed to avoid eating any other Vaccinium products (such as blueberries, blueberry powders, cranberry juice, and cranberries) and any probiotic-containing foods and supplements during the two weeks before the study and throughout the 24-week trial. Participants recorded their consumption of their assigned beverage in a daily diary, and researchers collected urine samples throughout the study to screen for UTIs. At the end of the study, here’s what the researchers found:

Out of the 185 women in the cranberry group, only 49 (26%) were diagnosed with UTIs, compared to 67 (35%) UTI cases out of the 188 women in the placebo group.

This research indicating that cranberry juice can lower the incidence of clinical UTIs is important, considering that UTIs are the second most common type of infection in the body, and that they're usually treated with antibiotics. With the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, any evidence for the effectiveness of alternative treatments for bacterial infections is good news. However, it’s important to note that two of the researchers who conducted this study are employed by a cranberry juice company—the same company that provided the juice for this study. Therefore, more research is needed from unaffiliated parties to confirm the relationship between cranberry juice and reduced UTIs. In the meantime, there’s certainly no harm in adding cranberries to your diet—they’re full of polyphenols, including flavanols, anthocyanins, and phenolic acids, that have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Eating polyphenol-rich foods regularly may also help protect us against heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other chronic conditions.

Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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