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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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Weight Training May Yield More Weight Loss Than Cardio

There are only so many minutes in the day to exercise, which probably has you wondering which type will give you the most bang for your buck. If your goal is weight loss, resistance training may be your best bet according to a study published in Obesity. The study included 249 adults, ages 62 to 71, who were overweight or obese. For the 18-month study, researchers put all the participants on a restricted-calorie weight loss dietary program and divided them into three groups: an aerobic training group that walked four days a week, progressing to a goal of 45 minutes of moderately vigorous walking per session; a resistance training group that completed three sets of 10 to 12 reps on eight strength-building machines four days a week, progressing to a goal of 45 minutes of high-intensity resistance training per session; and, a diet-only group that didn’t participate in an exercise program. At the beginning, middle, and end of the study, researchers measured the participants’ fitness, strength, and body composition, and found:

The aerobic and resistance training groups lost approximately 15 and 17 pounds, respectively, which was significantly more than the diet-only group, which lost roughly 11 pounds.
The aerobic training group lost approximately 4 pounds of muscle mass, which was significantly more that the resistance training and diet-only groups, which lost about 2 pounds of muscle each.
While loss of fat mass was associated with improvement in fitness, loss of muscle mass was correlated with reduction in strength.

So, what’s the verdict? Resistance training may help aging adults achieve the same weight loss as aerobic training, with the additional benefit of maintaining muscle mass and strength. The US Department of Health and Human Services recommends adults do both resistance and aerobic training; specifically, 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, as well as two or more sessions of resistance training per week.

Source: Obesity

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