Healthiest grocery store? A corporation like Whole Foods that bashes national health care legislation doesn't even belong on the list, let alone deserve to be ranked #1. "Health" is more than just "eating properly." A grocery chain that is opposed to providing health care for those who can't purchase it is, by definition, NOT interested in the "health" of its customer base (or of anyone else).

I had hoped to read about TEN best stores somewhere. This info may have been buried somewhere - but it's far from obvious. Whole Foods is ONE company. Where are others such as Trader Joes mentioned? Trader Joes is a great company in minimizing arty-crafty overpriced counter-cultural hype in their products. In Germany ALDI and other "name" food chains feature a great assortment of "BIO" (organic) foods without inflating the prices excessively.
TRADER JOES BELONGING TO ALDI NOT WELL KNOWN:

MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT WHOLE FOODS.

I find the Whole Foods CEO giving our current USA Sickness Care "Health Care" system - which pays doctors for procedures rather than results - a pass very offensive. Repeating inappropriate slogans about "Government Takeover" or "Obama Care" or "Socialized Medicine" such as I've heard in various mean-spirited ignorance-based talks by Mr. Mackey not helpful in a rational critique of our HORRIBLE USA system wherein we are held hostage to insurance and drug companies as we spend twice as much as other MODERN countries for half the results. Public sector NON-PROFIT health plans should not be demonized using simplistic slogans. I'd certainly agree with Mr. Mackey about personal responsibilty being paramount - BUT we differ greatly in For-Profit vs. Non-Profit options as to what best serves our USA population. The recent "Insurance and Drug Company Enrichment Law" is an insult to America. Advocates of a "single-payer" not for profit honest national health plan were not heard from.

I agree with Rethinking 2000 about a genuinely ethical rational National Health Plan. In defense of Whole Foods, I find it very good that they are working with Rip Esselstyn and Joel Fuhrman to promote healthy life styles. Canola oil? I would respectfully suggest that swaninlake consider avoid adding ANY oil in recipies. For starters search "Brachial Artery Tourniquet Test" (500 hits) and "Caldwell Esselstyn" (28,600 hits including 150 videos) for reasons why. This is a hot topic.