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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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Vegetarian Diet

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Related Topics

  1. All Vegetarian Recipes
  2. Vegan Recipes
  3. Tofu Hoisin with Broccoli, Peppers and Walnuts
  4. More on Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet

Resources for This Diet

The Vegetarian Resource Group

PO Box 1463

Baltimore, MD 21203

www.vrg.org

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

PO Box 6322

Washington, DC 20015

The Vegetarian Nutrition and Health Letter

1711 Nichol Hall

School of Public Health

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA 92350

The Vegetarian Way: Total Health for You and Your Family by Virginia Messina and Mark Messina. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996.

Becoming Vegetarian: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Vegetarian Diet by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., revised edition 2003.

How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007.

Lorna Sass’ Complete Vegetarian Kitchen: Where Good Flavors and Good Health Meet by Lorna J. Sass. New York: William Morrow and Co., revised edition 2002.

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. New York: Broadway Books, revised edition 2007.

May All Be Fed: A Diet for a New World by John Robbins and Jia Patton. New York: Avon Books, 1993.

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