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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Olive Oil May Help Reduce Blood Sugar and LDL Cholesterol

The Mediterranean diet is loaded with fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, fish, and olive oil, and has long been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. And now, a study that examined the role that extra virgin olive oil, in particular, played in this diet found that it may be responsible for reducing blood sugar and LDL (bad) cholesterol, both of which are markers of cardiovascular disease. The study, published in Nutrition & Diabetes, randomly assigned 25 healthy people to receive a Mediterranean-type meal with either added extra virgin olive oil (10 g) or no added olive oil. A month later, the participants were randomly assigned to receive another Mediterranean-type meal, this time with either added extra virgin olive oil (10 g) or added corn oil (10 g). When researchers took the participants' blood before and after each meal to measure blood sugar and LDL cholesterol, they found:

After both meals, participants who had eaten the meal with olive oil had lower blood sugar and lower LDL cholesterol than those who had eaten either the meal without olive oil or the meal with corn oil.

While it is important to balance the amount and types of fat in one's diet, the findings do suggest that, when paired with a healthy diet like the Mediterranean one, cooking with olive oil rather than other fats may provide cardiovascular health benefits. Previous research has also provided other reasons to stick with olive oil: it has been associated with improved blood vessel health and markers of bone health, and a reduced risk of death from any cause.

Source: Nutrition & Diabetes

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