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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Three Ways to Raise Your Child’s Vitamin D Levels

Do your kids need more vitamin D? If they do, there may be several ways to boost their levels, according to a study in Finnish children aged six to eight. The study was published in the British Journal of Nutrition and was selected as the “Nutrition Society Paper of the Month” for January 2016. According to the research, the children’s serum (blood) vitamin D levels were raised in three ways.

Eating fortified dairy products. Consuming sufficient amounts of fortified dairy products was significantly important for the children’s serum vitamin D levels: kids who drank at least three glasses of milk per day had higher serum vitamin D levels than kids who drank less milk.
Taking vitamin D supplements. In girls, taking vitamin D supplements was associated with higher serum vitamin D levels.
Exercising for more than two hours each day. Children who exercised more than 2 hours per day had higher serum vitamin D levels than children who exercised less than 1.5 hours per day.

In the study, few children had severely low serum vitamin D levels, but 20% of them had serum vitamin D levels lower than 50 nmol/l, which is considered by some experts to be insufficient. Getting sufficient amounts of vitamin D has been associated in some research with better bone health, and there is some evidence that higher levels may also be linked to a lower risk of certain chronic diseases.

Source: British Journal of Nutrition

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