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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Vitamin D May Help Reduce Colon Cancer Risk

A study published in Gut found evidence that the immune-stimulating properties of vitamin D are associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer. For the study, researchers looked at blood samples from 942 people (taken prior to the onset of cancer) who took part in the Nurses’ Health Study and in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, both of which are long-term research projects involving thousands of participants.

Of those 942 people, 318 eventually developed colon cancer, and 624 did not. Researchers hypothesized that, if vitamin D’s effect on the immune system contributed to a reduced risk of colon cancer, people with the highest vitamin D levels would be less likely to develop colon cancers enriched with a large number of immune cells, since those immune cells (partially activated by vitamin D) would help prevent colon cancer from developing. And indeed, this is what they found—high levels of vitamin D were associated with a lower incidence of the types of colon cancer that are most susceptible to an immune response. However, high vitamin D levels did not lower the risk of developing the types of colon cancer that are more resistant to an immune response.

While more research is needed to confirm these results, the study is the first to provide evidence of vitamin D’s potential to prevent colon cancer in actual patients by stimulating the immune system.

Source: Gut

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