| Dr. Hirsch wouldn't have dreamed of the response he | | | | According to Dr. Hirsch's research |
| has received for his path breaking Sprinkle diet - All | | | | *Scents from Sensa Tastants travel through your |
| the media channels including Oprah have found | | | | nose to nerve receptors. |
| bandwidth to mention it. Dr. Alan Hirsch, director of | | | | *The receptors send signals to the brain that |
| the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research | | | | stimulate the olfactory bulb. |
| Foundation in Chicago, formulated crystals he calls | | | | *The olfactory bulb, in turn, signals the satiety center |
| tastants to stimulate the sense of taste and enhance | | | | in the hypothalamus. |
| a food's flavor. Dr Hirsch opines that the flavoring | | | | *The hypothalamus sends signals to the pituitary |
| enhances the taste factor of bland foods like Tofu | | | | gland that triggers the release of hormones that |
| and vegetable centric food - this in turn sends a | | | | suppress hunger and appetite. |
| signal of fulfillment (or satiety as Dr. Hirsch calls it) - | | | | We all know that sensory nerves of smell and taste |
| leading to a natural regulation of the diet....But, is it | | | | are inter-connected. According to Dr. Hirsch - As you |
| that simple? | | | | eat, the two senses work together to stimulate an |
| Some questions begs the answers..a] Will this Sprinkle | | | | area of the brain called the "satiety center," which |
| diet treatment really work in the case of compulsive | | | | tells your body when it's time to stop eating. By |
| eaters?b] As Dr. Hirsch says, the bland food becomes | | | | enhancing smell (sensory input), Sensa Tastants help |
| more appealing to taste buds - Will this not enhance | | | | to enable the brain-stomach connection and trigger |
| the appetite naturally? | | | | the "feel full" signal. |
| "How can you feel full faster? That is what this | | | | *When you first start on the Sensa program, the |
| study looked at," said Hirsch in a news conference. | | | | Tastants do all the work. Over time, you will begin to |
| "But this uses natural physiology. The more they liked | | | | intuitively understand portion control and develop |
| the taste, the more they used it and the more | | | | healthier eating habits, without having to give up any |
| weight they lost." | | | | of your favorite foods. |
| In another study by a neurologist, the observations | | | | Sensa - The Ingredients |
| seem to corroborate Dr. Hirsch's theory: | | | | The ingredients of Sensa are worth mentioning and |
| "Sprinkling calorie-free flavorings on foods can help | | | | some of them might raise some eyebrows. |
| people feel full faster and lose weight, according to a | | | | 1. Maltodextrin |
| study presented today at the annual meeting of the | | | | 2. Tricalcium Phosphate |
| Endocrine Society in San Francisco. The research was | | | | 3. Silica |
| performed by a neurologist who was intrigued by the | | | | 4. Natural and Artificial Flavors |
| fact that people who lose their sense of smell and | | | | 5. FD&C Yellow 5 |
| taste from severe head injuries often gain weight | | | | 6. Carmine |
| rapidly." | | | | 7. Contains Soy and Milk ingredients |
| Sensa - Sprinkle Diet case Studies | | | | I am be a bit concerned about 2 of the ingredients: |
| In the study, the salt-free tastants were labeled as | | | | Natural flavors/natural flavoring is another name for |
| savory or sweet but produced such flavors as | | | | MSG and maltodextrin very likely contains MSG. |
| cheddar cheese, onion, horseradish, ranch dressing, | | | | Sensa Advantages |
| cocoa, banana, strawberry, malt and other flavors. Dr. | | | | *The major advantage for Sensa Sprinkle diet is |
| Hirsch asked ... | | | | convenience. You do not have to worry about the |
| [a] 1,436 overweight or obese men to sprinkle the | | | | amount of calories and carbohydrates that you |
| tastants on all their food for six months but not to | | | | consume. |
| otherwise alter their diet or exercise habits. | | | | *Negligible change in the existing lifestyle |
| [b] At the end of six months, those who had stuck | | | | Dr. Hirsch said that the long term effects and safety |
| with the tastants lost an average of 30.5 pounds or | | | | of Sensa diet haven't been study yet. Hirsch says to |
| about 15% of their body weight. | | | | eat low-calorie foods with lots of seasonings, sniff |
| [c] A control group of 100 people who used | | | | your food before you eat it and then chew it a lot. |
| non-flavored crystals that looked like tastants lost an | | | | Sensa - Consumers' view |
| average of 2 pounds over six months. | | | | Sensa , the sprinkle diet has been adopted by a lot |
| Dr Hirsch's advocacy of Sensa - The Sprinkle Diet | | | | of weight loss aspirants - but then like every other |
| As is true with any new product or drug, Sensa has | | | | drug or nutritional product, it needs to be questioned |
| attracted a lot of eyeballs and this is what Dr. Hirsch | | | | from a customers' point of view. |
| has to say about the strong points of Sensa. | | | | 1. Lack of nutritional education - This diet does not |
| [1] Sensa works with your body's natural impulses, | | | | advise the audience to the dangers of eating |
| not against them | | | | processed and junk food but rather tells them to |
| "With Sensa, there are no food restrictions. It is | | | | sprinkle Sensa and the rest will be taken care of. |
| designed to help you overcome the biological urge to | | | | 2. Absence of an accompanying exercise plan - The |
| overeat, so you can reduce your calorie consumption | | | | Sprinkle Diet does nothing to promote regular |
| and lose weight while continuing to enjoy the foods | | | | cardiovascular activity or strength training. Any |
| you love and feeling fully satisfied. It works gradually, | | | | expert might advise against a unilateral process of |
| with no shock to your system." | | | | losing weight. |
| [2] Sensa is based on 25 years of research and | | | | 3. Absence of Long term effects and results- There |
| testing | | | | are no stats on long term impact of taking sensa and |
| "At the heart of the Sensa program is a | | | | for how long we need to continue. This has been |
| patent-pending technology 25 years in the making. | | | | accepted by Dr. Hirsch himself. |
| Sometimes referred to as "sprinkles," Sensa Tastants | | | | 4. Added ingredients - How many would you like |
| use your senses of smell and taste as allies in weight | | | | something sprinkled on your food - particularly if you |
| loss. Sprinkling Tastants on your food makes you feel | | | | enjoy food as it is. |
| fuller faster by stimulating the part of your brain that | | | | Sensa pricing It is $210 for six months supply. It is |
| tells your body it's time to stop eating." | | | | rather pricey for weight loss products. |
| [3] Sensa was proven effective in one of the largest | | | | Conclusion |
| clinical studies ever performed on a non-prescription | | | | A lot of factors turns the scale in Sensa's favor but |
| weight-loss product. | | | | then there are a lot of questions that can be raised |
| "Over a 6-month period, 1436 women and men | | | | too - and this is important because of the lack of |
| between the ages of 19 and 55 who sprinkled | | | | clinical case studies and long term impact studies. Our |
| Tastants on everything they ate lost an average of | | | | job is put the facts and figures in front of the |
| 30.5 pounds. No other weight-loss product has such | | | | consumers so that they can make the best call. If |
| extraordinary clinical results." | | | | Sensa is a safe and long term solution to the weight |
| Sensa- How it curbs your appetite? | | | | loss epidemic, then it should be welcomed and |
| Sprinkle diet seems a very simple and easy to adopt | | | | prescribed. But, then it Dr. Hirsch's responsibility to |
| regimen for weight loss aspirants. It makes sense to | | | | include a more exhaustive clinical study which involves |
| understand how Sensa works on a neurological level - | | | | reliable factors and subjects of experiments. |