Here’s everything you need to know about the Sirtfood Diet, from the science behind it to fresh recipe ideas to try
Adele‘s weight loss has been all anyone can talk about recently, especially after photos emerged of the singer reportedly seven stone lighter at the Oscars after-party.
This comes after photos emerged of the singer holidaying on a beach in Anguilla over Christmas having lost three stone.
How did she achieve it? Apparently by taking up the Sirtfood Diet – famous for actively encouraging those following it to have red wine and chocolate.
The Sirtfood diet has become as big in recent years as the Cabbage Soup diet, the 5.2 Diet and Dukan diet, popular not only with Adele, but celebrities like Lorraine Pascale and Jodie Kidd, too. But is it yet another diet that promises too much, or could following a sirtfood eating plan really help you slim down and feel better?
We’ve spoken to the experts to separate fact from fiction and bring you everything you need to know about the Sirtfood Diet.
What is a sirtfood?
What sounds like a snack lifted straight from a sci-fi movie, a ‘sirtfood’ is actually a food high in sirtuin activators, says nutritionist Rob Hobson. Sirtuins are a type of protein which protect the cells in our bodies from dying or becoming inflamed through illness, though research has also shown they can help regulate your metabolism, increase muscle and burn fat – hence the new ‘wonderfood’ tag.
