Alternative Medicine Practitioner Services

Weight Loss Support in Greenville, SC

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

Weight loss support at Integrative Health Partners addresses the biological barriers to weight loss that most diet programs ignore: insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction, cortisol dysregulation, leptin resistance, gut dysbiosis, hormonal imbalance, and nutritional deficiencies that impair metabolism. Dr. Hendry approaches weight loss not as a caloric math problem but as a metabolic medicine challenge — identifying and correcting the specific physiological factors preventing your body from reaching its optimal weight.

How Weight Loss Support Works

Weight loss support begins with comprehensive metabolic testing: fasting insulin (insulin resistance assessment), HbA1c, fasting glucose, full thyroid panel, cortisol curve, sex hormones, inflammatory markers, and gut health assessment. Based on findings, Dr. Hendry builds an individualized protocol targeting identified barriers. Acupuncture for appetite regulation, hypothalamic function, and metabolic support is combined with Chinese herbal medicine and functional medicine-guided dietary and lifestyle intervention.

Your First Appointment

Bring a food diary and any prior metabolic testing. Describe your weight history: when you started gaining, what preceded it, what you've tried, and what worked or didn't. Emotional, hormonal, and medication-related weight changes are all clinically relevant.

Why Dr. Hendry for Weight Loss Support

Dr. Hendry's functional medicine metabolic assessment identifies the specific physiological barriers to weight loss — insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction, cortisol-driven fat deposition — that diet and exercise programs alone cannot overcome.

Frequently Asked Questions

Unresolved insulin resistance causes fat cells to resist mobilization regardless of caloric deficit. Hypothyroidism reduces metabolic rate by 20–40%. Elevated cortisol directs fat storage preferentially to the abdomen. Leptin resistance impairs satiety signaling. These biological barriers require medical investigation — not more restriction.
Acupuncture at ear points (appetite regulation, Shen Men, hunger, stomach) combined with body points (ST36, ST40, SP6) reduces appetite, regulates leptin and ghrelin, and supports hypothalamic function. Multiple clinical trials confirm modest but significant weight loss benefit as adjunct to dietary intervention.
Insulin resistance causes persistently high insulin levels, which directly inhibit lipolysis (fat breakdown) and promote fat storage — particularly in the abdomen. Reversing insulin resistance through dietary modification (low-carbohydrate, time-restricted eating) and supplementation (berberine, chromium, magnesium) is often the key to unlocking weight loss.
Dr. Hendry does not prescribe GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic, Wegovy) as he is not a prescribing MD. He does investigate and address the metabolic barriers to weight loss through functional medicine and integrative approaches.
Metabolic correction (insulin resistance, thyroid, cortisol) typically produces noticeable weight improvement within 4–8 weeks. Sustained, meaningful weight loss over 3–6 months is the typical timeline for complex cases.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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