Initial assessment for the Diabetes program includes:

1.  Full Medical history, including review of all recent labs, medications, history with weight loss, and weight gain.

2.  Physical examination, including posture, range of motion, orthopedic, and neurological examination.  Many patients suffering from type II diabetes, also suffer from inflammation, joint pain, and diabetic neuropathy.  The physical examination will help determine, how to incorporate other treatment modalities, like chiropractic manipulation, Laser, Ultrasound, IFC, and massage therapy, which have all been shown to help improve circulation, decrease inflammation, increase range of motion, and help stimulate the neuromuskuloskeletal system to function optimally.

3.  Body Scan Analysis is used, to give us parameters such as:  Weight, BMI, Body Fat Percentage, Visceral Fat, Body Water, Muscle Percentage, Bone Mass, Protein Percentage, BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) which is how many calories your body burns at rest, and Metabolic Age (how your metabolism is functioning relative to your age.

4.  Request for further lab work, or lab markers, to better comprehend your type II diabetes, and underlying causes of weight gain.  Lab work may include:  Blood, Urine, Hormone testing, food sensitivity testing, and stool tests.  We will refer you to your family doctor to conduct this testing, and ask that you forward us the results.  Once you finish the program, and at certain points in your Best Weight Journey, we will ask for some of this lab work to be repeated, so we can objectively determine how well you are responding to the program.  As the lab work shows decreasing A1C, and blood sugar, we ask you to see your medical doctor, to decrease your medications.  Our ultimate goal with this program is to help you, with collaboration with your medical doctor, to eventually get off diabetes medications, like insulin, metformin, and Glypizide, and have your blood sugar and A1C under control. 

Treatment protocol for Diabetes program:

1. Customized nutrition, and Supplementation program based on Body Composition Analysis, and Lab Test Results
2. Incorporation of Chiropractic treatment including:  Spinal Manipulation, Laser/Ultrasound/IFC/STT, to different spinal segments, and muscles as needed to decrease joint pain, inflammation, and stiffness, and increase circulation, and neural flow to muscles and organs.  Excess body weight, and type II diabetes have both been shown to cause such symptoms.  Our goal is to incorporate a treatment protocol, that addresses all the patient’s needs, and achieve overall optimal health.
3. Lifestyle modification and education:  Patients are educated with regards to incorporating exercise, stretching, yoga, and meditation to help decrease blood sugar, and stress.  Exercise and activity has been proven to help with controlling blood sugar, and help with weight loss, and increasing metabolic rate.  Yoga and meditation are also great tools to help control stress, which is another well-known cause of weight gain, and high blood sugar.
4. Re-evaluation every 8 weeks-to determine progress for weight loss, and type II Diabetes.  At this point, we ask that you see your family doctor to do new blood work, and other labs (if needed) to see changes in A1C, blood sugar, cholesterol, inflammatory markers, etc.
5. Maintenance program is incorporated when the patient reaches normal blood sugar, and A1C levels, and optimal body weight.  Many of our patients, are able to achieve normal A1C, and blood sugar levels, and maintain it without continuing their medications.  Again, please note, that your medical doctor is the one supervising your medications, and ultimately making the decision to gradually decrease and take you off of your meds, as your body achieves better blood sugar control.

During maintenance, we may recommend you to continue taking certain natural supplements, to help maintain your health and normal blood sugar levels.  You will also be required to follow a customized maintenance diet that is tailored to your body.  We recommend patients to visit us once a month during maintenance, to ensure that you are continuing to maintain your results.

LAB TESTS YOU MAY BE REFERRED FOR ARE THE FOLLOWING

BLOOD: This is a very detailed blood lab analysis, many different markers are tested, and the goal is to determine which organs are suffering from inflammation, and not working optimally, blood sugar and A1C is checked, in addition to all the thyroid hormones, to determine if you have hypothyroidism, and if so, which of the specific thyroid hormones and or pathways is the cause. We also want to see if you have inflammation in the brain (homocysteine), which would indicate Alzheimer’s, which has now been called Type 3 Diabetes. Inflammation can also be affecting the heart. The markers we recommend to check will make sure that your kidneys and thyroid are functioning properly. Other markers will check liver enzymes (fatty liver), and vitamin D (very important for your immune system, metabolism and mood, etc. We will provide you with a list of markers to give to your family doctor to check, in addition to all the routine markers. You will do the blood work with your own medical doctor, and provide us with the results.

*Please note: Payment for any tests done by your medical doctor are not covered by our program, and all such payments should be arranged between you, and your medical doctor!

STOOL ANALYSIS:80% of your immune system is in your gut. Stool Analysis checks for Bacteria, parasites, and yeast, which is a huge cause of inflammation. Many people are unaware that they have Candidiasis, and suffer from many symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, confusion, depression, etc.… Candidiasis causes a lot of inflammation, and makes it very hard to lose weight. There is a specific diet for Candidiasis, and specific supplements that should be taken in order to eliminate it. Once Candidiasis is eliminated, patients lose weight, and feel healthy again. Candidates for this test are usually people who suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea, and or constipation, inflammation, bloating, etc.

SALIVA TESTING: This is a very detailed hormone check, including checking your Cortisol hormone level. Cortisol hormone is very important for regulating blood sugar. During times of stress, when Cortisol hormone secretion increases, it can cause muscle loss, and increased blood sugar levels. Based on your medical history, and symptoms, your Best Weight health care professional will determine exactly which specific hormones, and pathways need to be checked. For example, many Menopausal women and Andropausal men suffer from weight gain and excess Belly fat, due to increased age, and slower metabolism, despite following the same diet and activity routine. Some women may be suffering from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). This usually causes excessive weight gain. Stress is another precursor of weight gain, and causes a surge of Cortisol hormone level in the body, which will burn muscle for energy, and decrease your metabolism. Hormones responsible for weight gain are the following:

• THYROID
• INSULIN
• LEPTIN
• GHRELIN
• OESTROGEN
• CORTISOL
• TESTOSTERONE
• PROGESTERONE
• MELATONIN
• GLUCOCORTICOIDS

FOOD SENSITIVITY TEST: Most people have food sensitivities they don’t know of.  The most common food sensitivity, people now hear of is Gluten Sensitivity. Unfortunately, you may be suffering from food sensitivities to even healthy foods, like chicken, or eggs, or tomatoes that you are unaware of. This can be frustrating, and you may be following a healthy diet, and exercise routine, and still cannot lose weight. Food sensitivity is also a cause of inflammation, and high blood sugar. If you are following a healthy diet, and have issues bringing down your blood sugar, and/or weight, you are most likely suffering from food sensitivities. Once we determine which foods need to be eliminated from your diet, then the weight will come off very easily, and your blood sugar, and A1C will also typically be lowered.

Once the appropriate tests are done, your Best Weight healthcare professional will discuss your results with you, and incorporate your results into your treatment protocol. This approach is customized, to your specific Lab Test Results, and is key in helping you control your Diabetes, decrease your blood sugar levels, and A1C levels, lose weight, eliminate toxins, and foods that your body is sensitive to, and decrease inflammation in your body. Please note that not all tests are recommended for each patient. Your health care professional, and your medical doctor, will decide which tests and markers should be checked, in order to best address your individual needs.

The program can range between 2 months-6 months on average, depending on the severity of your diabetes, how long you have suffered from this disease, the number of medications you are currently on, and how much weight you need to lose. This is a process, and individual results vary. Although we typically have excellent results, as with all health care treatments, there is no guarantee that this program will work for you. Results vary, based upon many factors, including but not limited to: adherence to the nutrition and supplement program, positive lifestyle changes, genetics, and your body’s response to the program.

The ultimate goal is to lose weight, and change lifestyles, to control Type II Diabetes, help you minimize or get off medications for diabetes, cholesterol, and blood pressure, with collaboration and supervision of your medical doctor, get you to a healthy body weight, and accomplish a healthy lifestyle. During this process, Best Weight’s Healthcare professionals will ask you to visit with, and collaborate with your Medical Doctor. Your medical doctor will decide, based on your new, improved blood sugar, A1C, cholesterol, and Blood pressure levels, to decrease your medication dosages, and eventually, in many cases, get you off of these meds, when your labs are normal. Certain lab tests and markers will be repeated by your medical doctor, as you go through the program, to make sure your blood sugar, A1C, cholesterol etc.…. are within normal levels before decreasing medication dosage, or stopping medications by your medical doctor.

Best Weight will monitor patients via In Office/Online/Phone Follow up visits on a weekly basis, depending on whether you are doing our In-Office program, on an In-Home program. We do offer an In-Home program for patients that live further from our offices.

MAINTENANCE: Once you reach your Health and Weight goals, your Best Weight Healthcare professional and you, will together discuss which one of our maintenance programs is right for you. We usually recommend maintenance for at least 6 months – 1 year.

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