For days 1-3
For the seven-day kickstart, have 1,000 calories a day for the first three days. You can enjoy three sirtfood green juices and one sirtfood-rich main meal (at breakfast or lunch time).
For days four to seven have 1,500 calories a day. This includes two green juices and two sirtfood-rich main meals (one at breakfast or lunch time, one at lunch or dinner). You can also enjoy a daily treat of 20g dark chocolate (85% cocoa solids).
You’ll need a decent juicer or you can make do with a blender if necessary (just remember to strain the juice through a cheesecloth to remove the fibre).
Makes 1 (or you can increase the recipe to make enough for the day and keep it stored in the fridge).
Have your green juice three times a day. First thing in the morning, mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
75g kale
30g rocket
5g flat-leaf parsley
5g lovage leaves (optional)
150g green celery, including the leaves
Half a medium green apple
Juice of half a lemon
½tsp matcha green tea (only add this into the first two juices of the day, leave out of the afternoon juice as you don’t want caffeine later in the day). Mix all the greens together, then juice them. Next juice the celery and apple. Stir in the lemon juice. Pour a little of the juice into a glass and mix in the matcha. Then add the rest of the juice, stir again and enjoy. You can add a little water if necessary.
Asian king prawn stir-fry with buckwheat noodles.
Serves 1 150g shelled raw king prawns, deveined
2tsp tamari or soy sauce
75g soba (buckwheat noodles)
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped
20g red onions, sliced
40g celery, trimmed and sliced
75g green beans, trimmed and sliced
50g kale, roughly chopped
100ml chicken stock
5g celery leaves
Heat a frying pan over a high heat, then cook the prawns in 1tsp tamari/ soy sauce and 1tsp oil for 2-3 mins. Transfer the prawns to a plate.
Wipe the pan with kitchen paper, as you’re going to use it again.
Cook the noodles in boiling water as directed on the packet. Drain, set aside.
Meanwhile, fry the garlic, chilli, ginger, red onion, celery, beans and kale in the remaining oil over a medium-high heat for 3 mins. Add the stock, bring to the boil, then simmer for 2 mins.
Add the prawns, noodles and celery leaves to the pan, bring back to the boil, then remove and serve.
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Serves 1.
20g buckwheat flakes
10g buckwheat puffs
15g coconut flakes or dessicated coconut
40g Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
15g walnuts, chopped
10g cocoa nibs
100g strawberries, hulled and chopped
100g plain low-fat Greek or soya yoghurt
Sirt Muesli.
Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add the strawberries and yoghurt when serving. You can add milk if needed. (If you want to make your muesli in bulk, just up the dry ingredients appropriately and store in an airtight container.) 40g celery, sliced
20g red onion, sliced
15g walnuts, chopped
1tbsp capers
1 large Medjool date, pitted and chopped
1tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Juice of quarter of a lemon
10g parsley, chopped
10g celery leaves, chopped
Place the salad leaves on a plate or large bowl.
Mix all the remaining ingredients together and serve on top of the leaves.
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After this week, go onto the maintenance phase of the diet, with around 1,800 calories a day from three sirtfood-rich meals and one sirtfood juice. This is a sustainable way to lose around 1-2lbs a week and keep it off. You can repeat the one-week plan every three months or so, to help rev-up your weight loss if needed. For more information and meal ideas, check out The Sirtfood Diet and The Sirtfood Diet Recipe Book (see our competition).
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