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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Light Exercise Could Reduce Depression Risk

Just a smidge of weekly exercise could be the golden ticket to a happier you, according to research which found exercising for as little as one hour a week was associated with a lower risk of developing depression. Published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the study included 33,908 healthy adults without symptoms of mental illness or limiting physical health conditions at the beginning of the study. Researchers followed the participants for eleven years, collecting data on their exercise frequency and intensity and measures of depression and anxiety. After controlling for outside factors that could contribute to depression or anxiety, these findings emerged:

Regular exercise, regardless of its intensity, was associated with a reduced risk of developing depression.
Calculations based on the results suggest that, for this study population, exercising for at least one hour a week could have prevented 12% of cases of depression.
Exercising didn’t appear to affect the risk of developing anxiety.
The full mechanism of its action remains a mystery, since the depression-preventing effect of regular exercise was not entirely explained by its social and physical health benefits, and was not attributable to its impact on nervous system function.

So, if you don’t regularly exercise, getting out for at least an hour a week is a great place to start. Once you meet that goal, set your sights on the regimen recommended by the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a week plus muscle-strengthening exercises twice a week.

Source: American Journal of Psychiatry

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