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

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Why Do People Follow This Diet?

The most common reasons people lower the fat in their diet are weight loss or weight maintenance, and prevention and treatment of diseases, such as heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer, and diabetes.

What Do the Advocates Say?

The American diet provides an average of 34% of total calories from fat, with 12% of total calories coming from saturated fat. The diet of many other countries is lower in fat content and this lower intake of fat appears to be associated with the lower rates of obesity and lower risks of several diseases seen in those countries. The American Heart Association, The National Cancer Institute, the American Dietetic Association, and the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans of 2005 recommend that only 20 to 30% of our daily caloric intake should come from fat, with 10% or less coming from saturated fat. The American Heart Association also recommends that we consume 300 mg or less of cholesterol per day; this is a little more than the amount of cholesterol in one large egg, which is 213 to 220 mg. The average daily intake of dietary cholesterol is 220 to 260 mg for women and 360 mg for men.

Extremely low-fat, high-fiber, vegetarian diets—such as those developed by Max Warmbrand, ND, Nathan Pritikin, and Dean Ornish, MD—have been clinically proven to reverse coronary artery disease when combined with exercise and stress reduction; however, the effect of such a diet alone on coronary artery disease has not been systematically studied. Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States.

What Do the Critics Say?

Not all fats are bad. Diets high in monounsaturated fats or omega-3 fatty acids are associated with lower risks of heart disease and other health problems. The body needs certain types of fat to function. An ultra-low-fat diet (providing less than 10% of calories from fat) may cause a deficiency of essential fatty acids (EFAs), which are essential for the structure and function of the body’s cell membranes and many other other important functions. Low-fat diets, especially when most animal products are avoided, may lack good sources of vitamins E and B12 and zinc. With too little fat in the diet, the body may not properly absorb fat-soluble nutrients, such as vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin K, and carotenoids, which are essential for the health of the eyes, skin, immune system, bones and teeth. In addition, some low-fat diets are also extremely low in calories, which could lead to further nutrient deficiencies and other problems if followed for a long time.

A low-fat diet is usually high in carbohydrates. Some critics contend that the high amount of carbohydrates in typical low-fat diets is unnatural for humans, who evolved for hundreds of thousands of years while eating a low-carbohydrate diet. They say that the current overconsumption of carbohydrates has led to increasing problems with obesity, diabetes, and other health problems. The consumption of high-carbohydrate diets is presumed to result in insulin resistance and related metabolic disorders such as high triglycerides, low HDL-cholesterol levels, and high blood pressure. However, not all carbohydrate sources contribute equally to these problems, especially those from whole unprocessed foods and/or those with a low glycemic index.

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