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Do a search on the web for the Sirtfood Diet. The benefits gained from fasting are apparently mediated by activating the body's sirtuin gene, the so-called “skinny gene”. When energy is in short supply, as occurs when calorie intake is restricted, stress is placed upon our cells. This is sensed by the sirtuins, which then…
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Thanks for the question. The body might 'crave' food in order to obtain any specific minerals that it doesn't have. If those are not in the food we eat, then maybe it complains and makes us feel hungry...
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Here's something I discovered after doing a a bit of digging around today... Apparently, a study carried out by two UK food scientists (McCance and Widdowson) on the mineral depletion of foods available in the UK from 1940 to 1991, showed that in all the foods analysed in the study there was a large loss in their mineral…
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This is getting quite interesting! @TheDevastator (thanks for your reply, Sir,) says that Brazil nits and Kelp are good sources of selenium and iodine respectively. I agree with that. Brazil nuts are always available in health food shops where I live ... and they are nice! Not sure about kelp though... But I've never come…
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Thank you very much for all your answers! I like this forum. Thanks @TheDevestator for the 'Agonist/Antagonist' article. That was new to me. Thanks @GaleHawkins for your detailed reply. Much appreciated. Anyway, I asked this question because around a month ago a friend of mine mentioned that she read that today's farm…
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I found a recipe for Sirtfood diet bites made of dark chocolate that's low in calories.
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A top Sirtfood is coffee, which is great news if you like caffeine. Keep out the sugar and the milk though.
