Comments on: Feeling full, satisfying hunger http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/04/09/feeling-full-satisfying-hunger/ On line. In season. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bohdan Luhovyy http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/04/09/feeling-full-satisfying-hunger/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Bohdan Luhovyy Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:56:49 +0000 http://cuisinecanadascene.com/?p=2178#comment-1259 This is very interesting article, however I was unable to find any update on this matter (satiety claims or the definition of hunger/appetite as a desire or uneasy sensation, not an organic function and therefore not a drug claim) on CFIA or Health Canada's web sites. I would appreciate any reference or link to legal documents where this change in interpretation of satiety has been reflected. Thank you. This is very interesting article, however I was unable to find any update on this matter (satiety claims or the definition of hunger/appetite as a desire or uneasy sensation, not an organic function and therefore not a drug claim) on CFIA or Health Canada’s web sites. I would appreciate any reference or link to legal documents where this change in interpretation of satiety has been reflected.
Thank you.

]]> By: amyproulx http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2010/04/09/feeling-full-satisfying-hunger/comment-page-1/#comment-944 amyproulx Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:28:00 +0000 http://cuisinecanadascene.com/?p=2178#comment-944 I think you've brought up a couple of very interesting points. The first one is the influence of off-label, unconventional advertising and promotion methods. The advent of social media has allowed for all sorts of marvelous and unsubstantiated claims to be promoted in ways that are incredibly difficult to regulate. But secondly, it raises the difficulty of measuring satiety. Holt and colleagues' Satiety Index is an intriguing, but not universal measure of how full you will feel after consuming a controlled amount (240kcal) of a food. How many of us actually eat single foods, and exactly the same quantity, without other social, physical and genetic factors coming into play. Is there a regulatory answer? The comment about the multi-tiered nature of food regulation in Canada is very true. If you don't like the regulations the way they are, then make your product into a Natural Health Product. And if you don't like the response then apply for an Interim Marketing Authorization. I'm of the opinion that the emphasis should be on consumer education, reminding them that there is no magic bullet to solve obesity. I think you’ve brought up a couple of very interesting points. The first one is the influence of off-label, unconventional advertising and promotion methods. The advent of social media has allowed for all sorts of marvelous and unsubstantiated claims to be promoted in ways that are incredibly difficult to regulate.

But secondly, it raises the difficulty of measuring satiety. Holt and colleagues’ Satiety Index is an intriguing, but not universal measure of how full you will feel after consuming a controlled amount (240kcal) of a food. How many of us actually eat single foods, and exactly the same quantity, without other social, physical and genetic factors coming into play.

Is there a regulatory answer? The comment about the multi-tiered nature of food regulation in Canada is very true. If you don’t like the regulations the way they are, then make your product into a Natural Health Product. And if you don’t like the response then apply for an Interim Marketing Authorization. I’m of the opinion that the emphasis should be on consumer education, reminding them that there is no magic bullet to solve obesity.

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