Question: I stumbled on a product called Sensa on television. The makers say they are using the human senses of taste and smell to help gain greater satisfaction from a smaller amount of food. This leads to less overeating and therefore helps you lose weight. It sounds amazing. Does it really work? Do you recommend it?

Answer: The appetite suppressant Sensa, developed by psychiatrist and international expert on taste and smell, Alan Hirsch, M.D., is based on the premise that intensifying the flavor of food by sprinkling it with specific flavor enhancers will help satisfy the innate biological mechanism that drives appetite. Very little information is available about this product and no ingredients are disclosed.

Sensa granules offer a different approach to weight loss than the usual supplement; however with so little information disclosed about the product’s formulation, it is difficult to recommend it as a weight loss supplement.

We find it somewhat worrisome that none of the ingredients in the six different patent-pending scent/flavor combinations of this product are revealed. Presumably they are not harmful, but with such a unique supplement, we need more facts before we can determine if it is effective or worthwhile.

Aside from offering reports of coverage on a national news program and scientific jargon-laden marketing materials, the makers of Sensa do not make a convincing case for their product. They do not address the emotional factors involved with over eating, lack of exercise and excess weight but rather focus on the biological urge to eat. We would need more conclusive information to recommend this product.

If you do shop for a weight loss product in a health store, pharmacy or on the Internet, you'll often find hundreds of different brands containing a confusing array of ingredients. You may be tempted to experiment with different diet aids until you find one that works. But this approach may be expensive. Jennifer Berniello, a respected nutritional writer from Health News Minute did a fantastic review on diet pills and their actual effectiveness in a recent feature, the results are quite surprising.

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