Special Diets

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We Have Information on Gluten-Free and Several Other Unique Diets Available For Your Family.

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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Low-Fat Diet

Also indexed as:Fat (Low) Diet
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  4. Which Diet Is Right for Me?

Resources for This Diet

American Heart Association

1615 Stemmons Freeway

Dallas, TX 75207–8806

www.americanheart.org

American Dietetic Association

216 West Jackson Boulevard

Chicago, IL 60606–6995

www.eatright.org

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Cancer Information Service

9000 Rockville Pike

Building 31, Room 10 A-24

Bethesda, MD 20892

www.nci.nih.gov

Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish’s Advantage Ten Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly by Dean Ornish, MD, New York: Quill, 2001

Secrets of Fat-Free Greek Cooking by Elaine Gavalas, Garden City Park, NY: Avery Publ., 1999.

The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health

Action Guide for Healthy Eating: Action List for Fat

USDA’s MyPyramid: Steps to a Healthier You

www.mypyramid.gov

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