Introduction
The Sirtfood Diet is a relatively new diet plan that has been gaining popularity due to its reported success in helping celebrities like Adele lose weight. The diet focuses on eating foods that are high in sirtuins, a group of proteins that are believed to have a positive effect on metabolism and overall health. The diet also encourages intermittent fasting and calorie restriction. The diet has been praised for its ability to help people lose weight without feeling deprived or hungry. This article will provide an overview of the Sirtfood Diet, its benefits, and how it can help you reach your weight loss goals.
What Is the Sirtfood Diet, Adele’s Reported Weight Loss Plan?
The Sirtfood Diet is a relatively new diet plan that has been gaining popularity due to its reported success in helping celebrities like Adele lose weight. The diet focuses on eating foods that activate the body’s “skinny gene,” or sirtuins, which are proteins that regulate metabolism, inflammation, and other processes in the body. The diet is based on the idea that these sirtuins can be activated by eating certain foods, which can then help the body burn fat and lose weight.
The Sirtfood Diet is based on the idea that certain foods can activate the body’s sirtuins, which can then help the body burn fat and lose weight. The diet focuses on eating foods that are high in polyphenols, which are compounds found in plants that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. These foods include dark chocolate, red wine, blueberries, kale, green tea, and extra virgin olive oil. The diet also recommends eating lean proteins, such as fish, chicken, and turkey, as well as healthy fats, such as avocados and nuts.
The Sirtfood Diet also recommends limiting calorie intake to 1,000-1,500 calories per day, and suggests that dieters should drink three cups of green tea per day. The diet also recommends exercising regularly, and suggests that dieters should aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise per day. The diet also recommends avoiding processed foods, sugar, and alcohol.
The Sirtfood Diet has been credited with helping Adele lose weight, and has been gaining popularity due to its reported success. While the diet has not been scientifically proven to be effective, it does focus on eating healthy, nutrient-rich foods, and limiting calorie intake, which can be beneficial for weight loss. However, it is important to speak to a doctor or nutritionist before starting any new diet plan.
When Grammy-winner Adele lost 100 pounds in just two years, the world sat up and took notice. While some criticized the superstar for losing weight too quickly (or even for losing weight at all), others were impressed with her dramatic health transformation. Media and fans alike clamored to know: How did she do it?
While reports have varied on Adele’s diet and fitness routine, it’s been widely speculated that the singer followed an eating plan known as the sirtfood diet. And though Adele has since denied that the diet was the key to her extreme weight loss, other well-known celebs across the pond, such as Pippa Middleton and Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor, have been linked to the diet, as well. With origins in the UK, the sirtfood diet has enjoyed much popularity in Britain—but may be poised for growing fame in the states, too.
Here’s a look at what the sirtfood diet entails, and whether it’s a healthy, sustainable eating plan for weight loss.
The background
The buzz around the sirtfood diet all started with a book of the same name published in 2016. Penned by British nutritionists Aidan Goggins and Glen Matten, the book claims you can “eat your way to rapid weight loss and enjoy a longer life by triggering the metabolic superpowers” of so-called “sirt” foods.
The theory goes that certain high-antioxidant foods turn on proteins in the body called sirtuins, which activate genes supposedly responsible for reducing inflammation and increasing metabolism. Follow the diet, claim the authors, and you could lose about seven pounds in seven days.
What you can eat on the sirtfood diet
The premise of Goggins’ and Matten’s diet is quite simple: curate your diet around a short list of antioxidant-rich foods and watch the pounds drop. It’s gotten plenty of good press for the fact that red wine, coffee, and chocolate all get the green light. Other foods on the list include kale, soy, strawberries, blueberries, extra virgin olive oil, onions, buckwheat, arugula, and walnuts.
To begin the sirtfood diet, you’ll complete an initial three-day juice fast. Days 1–3 prescribe drinking three green juices and eating one meal focused on approved foods; this should total about 1,000 calories. Then, on days 4–7, you can switch to two green juices and two sirtfood meals per day for a total of about 1,500 calories per day.
Following this initial cleanse, you’ll move on to a daily plan of three sirtfood-focused meals, one green juice, and two optional snacks, with no calorie restrictions. The book and blogger websites offer recipes to follow to keep approved, high-antioxidant foods at the center of your plate.
Is it a good idea to try the sirtfood diet?
Losing seven pounds in seven days might sound too good to be true—and like most crash diets, it probably is. While the foods on a sirtfood diet are largely very nutritious—and with their antioxidant properties certainly contribute to reducing inflammation—there’s very little research confirming whether they actually flip a genetic switch to make the body burn calories faster.
What’s more likely is that the sirtfood diet’s success comes down to its substantial calorie restriction—but limit your calories to just 1,000 per day by eating just about anything and you’ll probably lose weight. And since most quick-fix weight loss plans don’t result in long-term weight loss, you’re probably better off working toward slower, steadier progress to meet your health goals, no matter what celebrities say.
Sarah Garone, NDTR