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Following three successful books and a popular recipe blog, I’ve been an advocate of the two-day fasting diet for years. But perhaps inevitably I’ve got bored of fasting and to be totally honest, I’ve found fasting to be harder with less impressive results. In fact my food cravings started to increase, I ate more on days when I wasn’t fasting and I started to gain weight.

I first found out about SIRT foods while trying to find an easier way to get the results of calorie restriction. In a scientific research paper, I read that there were two ways to activate the insulin-sensitive hormone IGF-1 (the one triggered by 5:2 and fasting). The first was calorie restriction and the second was specific trigger foods. Intrigued, I started to try and find out more. There hasn’t been much about the diet in the press except a few tantalising newspaper articles with headlines shouting ‘Eat more chocolate, drink more red wine’. These headlines are an oversimplification of a fantastic truth:

Eat SIRT foods such as kale, turmeric and dark chocolate and they will help you lose weight naturally.

If it sounds too good to be true, it’s really not. These super-foods start a chain reaction inside you that makes your metabolism work more efficiently and allows you to make more effective use of the calories you consume. This naturally curbs your appetite, boosts your energy levels and fights inflammation. There’s a lot more about the science behind SIRT foods and their key role in your metabolism in the section ‘What are SIRT foods and why are they special?’

Green tea is the top of all SIRT foods, containing a rich source of catechins, the most powerful sirtuin activator scientifically identified. For this reason, drinking at least two cups of tea a day is considered to be one of the fundamentals of the SIRT Diet. What if you’ve never tried green tea and don’t like the sound of it? You are not alone. Luckily I was in the same boat as you only a short while ago and I’ve got the complete guide to learning to love green tea. Take a look at the ‘Living the diet’ section to find out more.

Go on, drink your green tea, eat your chocolate and guzzle your red wine. Look at the amazing benefits they bring:

• Triggering your metabolism to break down more fat

• Natural reduction in appetite and hunger pangs

• Converting fat to muscle without increasing exercise