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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Fitness Trackers May Give You the Workout Blues

It turns out your fitness tracker may be two-faced: research has found that while tracking your workout may increase your exercise output, it may also make it less enjoyable. The research was published in the Journal of Consumer Research and included six different trials which measured how tracking affected the enjoyment of various activities, such as walking and reading.

For one of the trials, researchers assigned 100 people to wear pedometers while walking and told them to check their progress if they wanted to—29% reported not checking them at all. Those who did check their pedometer walked further, but reported less enjoyment than people who didn’t check.
Another trial measured the number of pages 310 people read in eight minutes. It found that if the readers knew how many pages they had read at the end of the eight minutes, they were less likely to read more pages when given the option.

Researchers concluded that not only can tracking put a damper on your good time, it can also make you lose motivation to continue the activity. But that doesn’t mean you should break up with your tracker just yet. If you’re working toward a specific goal, like losing weight or training for a marathon, keeping tabs on your progress with a tracker may help you stay motivated. But if you’re just heading out to have some fun, it might be better to leave the tracker at home.

Source: Journal of Consumer Research

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