Fast Food

Feb 05
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SMAK in the Province

Posted by | Compost, Fast Food, Gluten Free, Gourmet Foods, Healthy Food, Organic Food, Recipes, Super Food, Vancouver Dining, Vegetarian Restaurant | No Comments

Gluten Free Fast Food is Talking SMAK!

SMAK in Coal Harbour’s financial district is a 100% gluten-free restaurant that is changing the way we think of fast food — everything the fast food industry destroyed over the last 60 years is everything SMAK is rectifying now.

smak 005 Gluten Free Fast Food is Talking SMAK!

Brendan Ladner of Smak Healthy Fast Food said: “We started out with one concept only, Real Food From Scratch, then we realized how easy it was to go gluten free.”

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Jun 07
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Super Foods

Posted by | Fast Food, Gourmet Foods, Super Food, Vancouver Dining | One Comment

Super food is a loose term being thrown around by the health community. What does it really mean? Food that are the most nutrient dense in the world. They are full of range from alkaline-forming, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, calcium, electrolytes, essential fats, iron, phytonutrients, chlorophyll, omega 3 and 6 proteins. Wow sounds great, where do I get these wonder foods?

They are in so many foods around us. Green leafy vegetables, starchy vegetables, quinoa, seeds, certain types of oils, nuts, fruits, and harder to find chlorella, spirulina, maca and stevia.

Our bodies are constantly in search of balance, everything we eat has a benefit or consequence. It can be immediate such as eating sugar or take time such as a wholesome complex carbohydrate that releases as steady flow of energy for up to 72 hours. Take fast food our bodies use almost all of our available energy sources to digest. Leaving little room for thinking, being active and other bodily functions. Super foods are the opposite because they have very little impact on the energy taken to digest them. Not only that but they also provide energy, clarity, digestive aid, strengthen and endurance.

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Jun 04
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Fast Food

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Fast food began as a wondrous concept bring wholesome food to customers quickly and efficiently. What has remained is the speed but what has not is wholesome or nutrition. Fast food is latent with high sodium, high fats (trans, saturated e.g.) sugar and pretty much the worst things we can ingest. So my question to you, is why are most people still eating these foods and why is this segment of food service growing especially in Canada? It seems like every time I head downtown there is a new burger joint or doughnut shop opening. In a time when obesity, cancer and diabetes are link to the above mentioned fats it is simply hard to believe that there are so little options for convenient  healthy fast food in Vancouver. When I am in a rush or only have a short lunch break my option are completely limited. So our default is to head to the nearest fast food joint and then justify my time restraints against how awful I feel after I eat.

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May 24
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We Are Open!

Posted by | Compost, Fast Food, Gluten Free, Gourmet Foods, Organic Food, Recipes, Super Food, Vancouver Dining, Vegetarian Restaurant | No Comments

We are open in Downtown Vancouver located at 1139 W. Pender Street.

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Check out our blog for regular articles on healthy, fast, organic, fair trade, super, gourmet foods, recipes and SMAK news. We will keep you informed on locally sourced food and compostable initiatives for low impact on earth.

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