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Nutrition Therapy in Greenville, SC

Nutrition Therapy at IHP Greenville. Dr. Hendry, DAOM — functional medicine, root-cause diagnostics, personalized care. Call (864) 365-6156.

Nutrition therapy uses targeted dietary interventions as a primary treatment modality for specific health conditions. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. William Hendry applies nutrition therapy principles from both functional medicine and traditional Chinese dietary therapy — using food as medicine to address the biochemical drivers of chronic disease, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction.

How Nutrition Therapy Works

Nutrition therapy is more clinically targeted than general dietary counseling. It involves identifying specific biochemical imbalances through lab testing (inflammatory markers, blood sugar dysregulation, nutrient deficiencies, food sensitivities), then prescribing dietary protocols designed to correct those imbalances. This may include therapeutic elimination diets, anti-inflammatory protocols, gut-healing diets, blood sugar stabilization plans, or condition-specific dietary strategies.

Conditions Treated with Nutrition Therapy

Your First Appointment

Bring recent lab work if available. Dr. Hendry may order additional functional testing to guide nutrition therapy recommendations specific to your biochemistry.

Why Dr. Hendry for Nutrition Therapy

Dr. Hendry's background in Chinese dietary therapy — which has used food as medicine for over 2,000 years — combined with modern functional nutrition science provides a uniquely comprehensive therapeutic dietary framework.

Frequently Asked Questions

Nutrition therapy is more condition-specific and lab-driven — it uses dietary interventions as a primary treatment modality for diagnosed conditions, while nutritional counseling may focus more broadly on dietary optimization and education.
In some cases, dietary changes can reduce or eliminate the need for certain medications — particularly for metabolic conditions, digestive disorders, and inflammatory conditions. This should always be done under clinical supervision.
Anti-inflammatory diets emphasize whole foods, omega-3 fatty acids, colorful vegetables, and targeted exclusion of inflammatory triggers (processed foods, refined sugars, seed oils, and individual food sensitivities). The specific protocol varies by patient.
Many patients notice improvements in energy, digestion, and symptom severity within 2–4 weeks. Measurable lab changes typically require 8–12 weeks of consistent dietary implementation.
Integrative Health Partners is a cash-pay practice and does not bill insurance directly. Upon request, we provide detailed superbills you can submit to your insurance carrier for potential reimbursement. We recommend checking with your plan about out-of-network nutrition therapy benefits in advance.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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