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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Strength Training Plus Fish Oil May Give Older Women an Immune System Boost

A study found that fish oil increased immune system activity in elderly women who engaged in strength training. Published in the British Journal of Nutrition, the study divided 45 women with an average age of 64 into three groups: one group performed strength training exercises without fish oil for 90 days; the second group performed strength training exercises for 90 days while taking 2 grams of fish oil per day; and the final group took 2 grams of fish oil per day for 60 days, followed by 90 days of strength training while taking 2 grams of fish oil per day. After measuring several immune parameters in the participants before and after strength training and fish oil supplementation, the researchers discovered that:

Fish oil increased phagocytosis—a part of the immune system’s defensive response to foreign objects (including bacteria and viruses)—in both groups taking the supplement.
Fish oil also increased immune cell levels (lymphocytes) in the group taking fish oil for 150 days—both before and during strength training.
Strength training, by itself, did not improve any of the immune parameters measured in the study.

The findings are of potential importance since it is thought that immune function worsens with age, and fish oil may provide one way to counteract that in healthy older women. However, since the study was small, more research is needed to confirm these results.

Source: British Journal of Nutrition

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