Helping Your Patients Manage Diabetes Through Weight Loss

  • Your diabetics will be more easily managed with fewer medicines and lower doses of diabetic medicines.

  • Your patients with obesity-associated conditions will enjoy improvements.

  • We will assume only long-term management of patients’ weight while you remain their physician for all other medical problems.

  • We will keep you informed of your patients progress with periodic reports.

Our Experience Demonstrates Diabetics Benefit from a Low Carbohydrate Program

A restricted carbohydrate (very low carb) diet in overweight diabetics will induce reduction of fat mass, weight loss, and lower blood sugars resulting in decreased need for diabetic medications.

Patients general experience the following as a result from The Hendricks Method program:

  • Prediabetes – reversal of impaired fasting glucose commonly occurs

  • Diabetes – reversal in some cases of early diabetes improved sugar control – lower blood sugars in 100%

  • Medication dose reduction 75%

  • Medication discontinuation of at least one medicine 33%

  • Decreased complication rates

  • Symptomatic improvements in Renal function

  • Symptomatic improvements in Vision

  • Symptomatic improvements in Neuropathy (if done before permanent nerve damage occurs)

  • Increased quality of life

  • Reduction in obesity associated conditions (Asthma, Sleep apnea, arthritis pain, etc.) once insulin was introduced.

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What a Low Carbohydrate Weight Loss Program Can Do for Your Patients:

A restricted carbohydrate (very low carb) diet in overweight diabetics will induce reduction of fat mass, weight loss, and lower blood sugars resulting in decreased need for diabetic medications.

Patients general experience the following as a result from The Hendricks Method program:

  • 1. Improved T2DM control manifested by:

    1. Lower Fasting blood sugar
    2. Lower glycohemoglobin
    3. Improvement in insulin resistance
    4. Reductions in insulin, & other medication dosages
    5. Discontinuation of some diabetes medications

  • 2. Improvements in associated conditions

    1.  Obesity
    2. Non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH)
    3. Arthritis
    4. Sleep apnea
    5. Asthma

  • 3. Improvements in cardiac function

    1. Lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure
    2. Decreased left ventricular mass6 and volume
    3. Decreased carotid artery intimal thickness
    4. Improvement in left ventricular dysfunction

  • 4. Improvements in lipids

    1. ↓LDL cholesterol
    2. LDL shift to large particle size
    3. ↓Triglycerides
    4. ↑HDL cholesterol

  • 5. Reduced mortality from cancer, CVD, and all-causes

  • 6. Improved Quality of Life

Weight Gain and Associated Increased Diabetes Risk

For Women:
WEIGHT GAIN RISK OF DIABETES
+10 lbs. 1.5X
+20 lbs. 2X
+30 lbs 5X
For Men:
WEIGHT GAIN RISK OF DIABETES
+10 lbs. 2X
+20 lbs. 4X
+30 lbs 6X
Weight Loss & Diabetes Risk:
WEIGHT LOSS DECREASE IN T2DM RISK
-11 lbs. 50%
-22 lbs. 90%

References: Bray. Obesity 2013; 21:897; Hamman. Diabetes Care 2006; 29:2102.

Our Expertise in Helping Your Patients

Our founders and staff have the peer-approved expertise in weight loss care you demand for your patients.

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Ed J. Hendricks, M.D.

  • Master Fellow, Obesity Medicine Association (MFOMA), 2017

  • Ex-Officio Trustee, Obesity Treatment Foundation, 2016-

  • President, Board of Trustees, Obesity Treatment Foundation, 2013-2016

  • FDA Endocrine and Metabolic Drug Advisory Committee, 2010-2015

  • Ex-Officio Trustee, American Society of Bariatric Physicians, 2011- 2013

  • Fellow, American Society of Bariatric Physicians 2010

  • Trustee, Board of Directors, American Society of Bariatric Physicians, 2008 – 2010

  • Secretary-Treasurer, American Board of Bariatric Medicine, 2002-2007

  • Trustee, Board of Directors, American Board of Bariatric Medicine, 2000 – 2007

  • President, California Society of Pathologists, 1986

  • Trustee, Board of Directors, California Society of Pathologists, 1980 – 1986

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