Made famous by singer Adele, the Sirtfood diet allows for fast and effective weight loss. Opinions, menu, principles… You will know everything about this slimming method.
Although it has been around for a long time, the Sirtfood diet has been widely popularized by the stars who have followed it. Pippa Middleton first then Adele who would have lost 45 kilos quickly thanks to him. Created by Aidan Goggins, pharmacist and nutritionist, and Glen Matten, a graduate in nutritional medicine in the United Kingdom, this diet promises a loss of 3 kilos per week. Big plan.
It’s what ?
The Sirtfood diet, made famous by Pipa Middleton, promises to lose weight quickly (3 kilos in one week), and above all without deprivation since you can eat chocolate and red wine! We mainly eat foods that act on enzymatic proteins (“sirtuins”), which would increase the body’s ability to burn fat (lipolysis), and exert an anti-aging effect (in particular by preventing neurodegenerative diseases). These “superfoods” are apple, blueberry, kale, onion, citrus fruits, olive oil, soy, nuts, coffee, matcha green tea, turmeric… but also dark chocolate and red wine, which explains the craze for this diet!
In phase 1, the first 3 days are limited to 1000 kcal/day, with 3 “SirtFood” vegetable juices + a single meal of superfoods and the following 4 days, we are at 1500 kcal (2 juices + 2 meals ). We then continue, for 2 weeks, with 1 meal + 3 juices. We can chain the cures.
What foods are high in sirtuins?
- Dark chocolate (min 85%)
- Coffee
- Red wine
- Strawberry
- Blueberries
- Soy
- Arugula salad
- Virgin olive oil
- Kale
- Matcha green tea
- Dates
- Turmeric
- capers
- Parsley
- Apple
- Buckwheat
- Red chicory
- Thai chili
- Hazelnut
What are the benefits of this diet?
Calorie restriction (because it is, even if we praise the “pleasure” effect of chocolate and wine, we still eat quite little, only once or twice a day) has beneficial effects on life expectancy : it would effectively protect against ageing.
What are the disadvantages ?
Before having the wind in its sails thanks to Pippa Middleton (who does not have a crucial need for it given her silhouette), this diet launched in 2016 by two English dieticians had not convinced the specialists, who were always doubtful. On the one hand, on a scientific level: no study has been done on the effect of sirtuins in humans (the only work carried out is done in mice, yeast and cell cultures), and we does not know the real medium and long-term effects of this diet (especially since these are long and difficult studies to set up). Then because this diet promises ultra-rapid weight loss… generally guaranteeing a melting of fat but also of muscle mass (and a loss of water), as well as an equally rapid resumption of weight. when stopped: the “famous” yoyo effect.
What is our opinion?
If the “chocolate and red wine” marketing argument hits the nail on the head with foodies, the Sift Food Diet remains a low-calorie diet, which can be considered restrictive even if it is obviously not sold as such. Ultra-targeted on certain foods, it does not bet on variety, yet essential for optimal intake of vitamins and minerals and… to avoid frustration. Not to mention that chocolate, red wine and olive oil have never been prohibited in many classic diets. On the contrary, they participate, in particular, in the famous Mediterranean diet, considered one of the best diets in the world for the line and health.