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Dr. Alan Hirsch, a neurologist and psychiatrist, has invented food flakes made of assorted salty and sweet flavorings and minerals, from maltodextrin to silica. Sprinkle them on everything you eat and, he said, they enhance the flavor of your food, making you feel full faster and stop eating sooner.
He has been promoting this idea for years. Back in 2004, his product was called Sprinkle Thin and the ads made bold weight loss claims, such as "clinically proven to help lose weight."
Sprinkle Thin was not long for the market and went out of business in 2005. Six weeks ago, Hirsch presented the results from his study on Sensa sprinkles at the prestigious Endocrine Society's annual meeting. Among the findings of a 1,500-person study was an average weight loss of 30 pounds over six months--
