The Sprinkle of Food Diet, or Sensa Diet, was developed by Dr. Alan Hirsch. Tastants are odorless, tasteless sprinkles you shake onto all of your meals. The tastants supposedly help to suppress your appetite, leading to weight loss. Over time, your body will learn to control its appetite and you will no longer need the tastants.
How it is Used
According to the Sensa website, you sprinkle the Sensa tastants on all your food, directly before you eat it. You do not use the tastants in soups or other liquids. The site claims, you do not have to change your diet, consume packaged meals or starve yourself to lose weight. While on the Sensa tastant diet, you can go to restaurants, eat whatever you want, and still lose weight, the site claims.
Cost
The cost for a six-month supply of Sensa tastants is $375, as of 2010. This makes the average monthly cost $60, reports Health News. As the average weight loss is 30 lbs. in six months, you are paying approximately $60 dollars for each 5 lbs. you lose.
Clinical Trials
Dr. Alan Hirsch, the creator of Sensa tastants, conducted a trial with 2,437 overweight or obese subjects. The study was done over a six-month period, during which the subjects sprinkled sweet or savory tastants on everything they ate. The results were compared to a control group, consisting of 100 people.The results of the study showed that the average weight loss, over a six month period, was 30.5 lbs. The control group only lost 2 lbs.
History
According to ABC News, Dr. Hirsch has been promoting the idea tastants for several years. In 2004, he called the product Sprinkle Thin. The advertisers claimed the product was clinically proven to help you lose weight. Unfortunately, Sprinkle Thin went out of business in 2005. Dr. Hirsch has brought the idea back, renaming it Sensa tastants.
Speculation
Dr. Pamela Peeke, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Maryland and host of Fit for Life, told ABC News there is no scientific proof Sensa works, she believes the studies done for Sensa, were done for commercial purposes. According to ABC News, the subjects used in the study reported their own weight-loss results. Dr. Peeke notes that when participants in a trial report their weight loss, rather than being weighed, the results cannot be trusted.
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