Biosignature

Hey Everyone,

I just returned from a 5 day conference on nutrition for body composition and health. It was excellent and I changed a lot of my own dietary practices as a result. The conference was based on an individual "Biosignature", which is essentially the result of a 12 skin fold body fat test. BioSignature is a system based on scientific evidence that where people store their body fat is an indication of their hormonal profile. We then went through all the protocols(Nutrition, lifestyle, supplementation, environmental changes) to help people get leaner and stronger. It seems to be the future of the health and fitness industry as we know now its possible to spot reduce body fat, something long thought to be a myth. Charles Poliquin presented and I hope to pass along some of the great new information that was shared. I'll highlight some of the major things here and then dive into them more specifically in the near future.

3 Major Things that make us fat
1. Stress(Cortisol)
2. Malnutrition
3. Toxins

Most people don't eat enough protein for optimal metabolism/leanness. The first 30 grams of protein in the morning goes towards Phase 2(P2) detox of the liver. Our liver has to detox over 500 chemicals on a daily basis. The next 30 grams supports the immune system. So if your only getting 60 grams a day(Ladies!) very little of it is going towards helping you build/maintain muscle and keeping your basal metabolism high.

The majority of Americans are deficient in Vitamin D3, Zinc, Magnesium and HCL(Acid found in your stomach that helps with digestion). I personally was deficient in Zinc and HCL(I've been supplementing prior to the course with D3 as well as magnesium). HCL is the major one as someone can't digest and absorb all their nutrients, vitamins, proteins etc if they don't have proper HCL levels. A few presenters mentioned this being one of the major under diagnosed problems we face. They talked about the importance of taking vitamins, omega 3's etc but if you can't absorb them properly they become useless. I have a way to test your HCL as well as help fix it that I will write about later.

TAKE FISH OIL. About 6 hours was spent on this and all its benefits. It seems that most Omega 3 experts are recommending cycling through different fish oils every 7-8 days. Also for body composition purposes taking your body fat % in grams of fish oil had a dramatic effect on ones ability to get leaner. Also it was mentioned about not taking a low quality fish oil, as they often aren't tested for heavy metals, plastics and solvents. A recent lawsuit was brought up regarding companies that sell low quality fish oils. http://news.yahoo.com/video/health-15749655/18426668. If your skeptical on fish oil, a good thing is to go to google and think of an obscure disease and type in fish oil next to it. 100% guarantee there will be studies and research that show it helping with that disease.

Insulin is the one hormone we have 100% control over. It was basically stated that you need to "earn your carbs". If you are more insulin resistant, which is shown through higher body fat in the Sub scapular(underneath shoulder blade) and Supra-illiac(Love handles), you need to be on a low carb diet to lose body fat. It was estimated this is about 75% of people. The Sub scapular skin fold is based on genetic disposition and Supra-illiac on nutrition.

Take a Multi-vitamin. If your multi uses Magnesium Oxide, its a dead give away its a cheap multi that most likely isn't helping you(more on this in the future).

We also did an entire day on proper cleanse protocols and why most on the market are garbage. Liver detox was huge, I'm sure most in this group could benefit from that.


Aaron Swan