Aaaaaand it’s back.  Red wine that is. The last article I shared on the health benefits of red wine seemed to downplay the long touted positive effects. But that was then and this is “Sirtfood’s ” time now!

Any diet that recommends to eat chocolate and chase it with wine certainly will draw a lot of attention and it has.  According to The Times on line – “The eating plan revolves around upping your intake of foods that are supposedly high in compounds called sirtuin activators….Sirtuins are proteins that protect your body's cells from dying or becoming inflamed and, according to proponents, when activated by these sirtfoods, they also increase your metabolism to help you shed pounds.” http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article4647459.ece

Sounds interesting…and delicious.  Other sirt foods include apples, citrus fruits, walnuts, parsley, capers, blueberries, green tea, soy, strawberries, tumeric, olive oil, red onion, arugula, kale, red wine, dark chocolate, and coffee .

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Authors and nutritionists Aidan Goggins and Glen Matten, who wrote  The Sirtfood Diet book say they weren’t looking to write a weight loss book.  The results of trials in the health and exercise industry lead them to discover energy and weight loss “ way beyond what we had imagined."

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