Sensa Weight-Loss Program: The Accidental Discovery That's Transforming the Way People Lose Weight [Hardcover]

Alan R. Hirsch (Author), Darin Dougherty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2009

This is not a diet book. The Sensa® Weight-Loss Program is a complete, overall health system that is anchored by the Sensa® Weight-Loss product and helps you to lose weight while eating. The program not only includes an explanation of how the product was developed, but goes further to include an exercise plan, foods and fabulous recipes that you can include in your regular meal plan. This book will explain how our ability to taste and smell is part of the protective mechanisms that encourage us to eat, and is also part of the system that sends signals to the satiety, or fullness center in the brain that tells us to stop eating. The Sensa® Weight-Loss Program is simple and easy to incorporate into your everyday activities.

"Dr. Hirsch presents a most practical and innovative approach to weight loss, incorporating as well the tenets of his prior works on taste and smell--an enjoyable read." -- Dr. Edward, J. Herba

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About the Author

Hirsch, a neurologist and psychiatrist, is the Neurological Director of the Smell and Taste Research Foundation in Chicago.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Hilton Publishing; Hardcover w/DVD edition (November 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981538185
• ISBN-13: 978-0981538181
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Alan Hirsch, a Neurologist and Psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of smell and taste loss, is the Neurological Director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, IL. He is a Faculty Member in the Department of Medicine at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.

Since being accepted into medical school at the age of 16, Dr. Hirsch's career has been dedicated to studying the sensory system of the human body. He lectures frequently around the country, and has conducted and published over 180 research studies on sensory phenomena. His 20-plus years of research regarding the impact of smell and taste on weight loss led him to develop the patent-pending technology used in the Sensa Weight-Loss System.

As America's foremost researcher on the effects of odors and flavors on human emotion, mood and behavior, Dr. Hirsch has helped create the sensory experiences for thousands of products and places, from the refreshing fragrance of your favorite shampoo to the welcoming scent in a hotel lobby. In fact, there's an excellent chance that at least once in the past four days, you've come in contact with a product or place he's helped to odorize!
Dr. Hirsch has been featured in major magazines and has appeared on Dateline NBC, CNN, Good Morning America, Extra and the Food Network.

Customer Reviews

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189 of 197 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Sensa Nightmare, August 28, 2011

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Charles Peden - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sensa Weight-Loss Program: The Accidental Discovery That's Transforming the Way People Lose Weight (Hardcover)

Aside from the worthless gimmick that you sprinkle on food, the nightmare really begins after your trial period. GOD HELP YOU IF YOU DO NOT CANCEL IN TIME! I was charged from their automatic billing and could NOT get my money back. A very dirty tactic that they must employ to make money from their worthless powder.

I wish that was all. I wish I could have just been screwed over and lost $80+ and forgot about it. OH NO, THE SENSA NIGHTMARE CONTINUES!

I tried this Sensa junk over a year ago and I STILL get emails from them! Just unsubscribe, right? WRONG! Well that didn't work so I blocked their email address. That should stop the emails, right? WRONG! WTF? So I called the company and asked them to take me off of their email list. That should stop them, right? WRONG! To this day I still get emails from them and I cannot stop them.

Sensa is not so much a corporation as it is a cancer. There is a class action lawsuit pending at this time.

159 of 165 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother, March 4, 2011

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Michael Gardner (Glendale, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sensa Weight-Loss Program: The Accidental Discovery That's Transforming the Way People Lose Weight (Hardcover)

Crystals tasted and smelled like sweet 'n low and left me queasy. They claim you cannot taste the crystals, but you can. They change the way your food smells too. I could smell them long after the food was gone. I returned the product the very next day. The only way I would loose weight with this is because I couldn't eat the food I sprinkle it on due to the smell, texture and taste.

87 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware of Sensa, August 22, 2011

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Montana Gal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sensa Weight-Loss Program: The Accidental Discovery That's Transforming the Way People Lose Weight (Hardcover)

I tried Sensa, but after only 8 days started feeling very bad, my normally low blood pressure was through the roof, the inside of my mouth was very sore, pineapple felt like I was eating fire. Went to my doctor who said one of the ingredients was a stimulant, I can't take stimulants. Stopped using Sensa immediately, took another week for my blood pressure to go back to normal. Then to top it off Amazon would only give me less than half refund because the first month shakers were opened. Sensa company was even less sympathetic. I think a serious medical problem is bad for public relations, but they don't care. Stay away from just another scam for weight loss!!