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Biosignature Modulation: What Your Fat Deposits Say About You
May 12, 2004

Biosignature Modulation is a system that is used here at the Poliquin Performance Center to adequately prescribe weight training routines and supplement programs to help the athlete/client lose fat in specific regions of the body. Sounds to good to be true? Science and empirical evidence has proven otherwise. Everybody has a certain genetic code that tells the body where to store fat. We tap into that information with our unique Biosignature Modulation system using specific skin fold sites on the human body. Skin folds can say a great deal about: a person's hormonal status, if they are sleeping properly, and if they are sensitive to carbohydrates, among other things.

Over the years we have treated hundreds of women using this system. I wanted to share with you two of the major skin fold sites that seem to plague women. This may be a refresher course for some of you regular readers of my material, but for others this may be the answer you have been looking for.

The Triceps:

Lean triceps are a function of higher androgen levels in the bloodstream. Stress levels tend to lower androgen levels by stealing pregnenolone to make cortisol instead of making the androgen DHEA. Herbal preparations, called adaptogens, help the body handle stress better and thus reduce cortisol levels. Here is a few of the best supplements to help you decrease this skin fold site: schisandra, rhodiola rosea, ginseng, and licorice root. It's not uncommon for an executive-type women client to go down 5mm within three weeks of starting a stress reduction program that includes the use of adaptogens.

The Supra-iliac:

The Supra-iliac is usually a problem which results from circulating insulin levels. On a dietary note we recommend that the client select lower glycemic foods, and also eating several meals (protein should be included in each meal) throughout the day will help to stabilize one's insulin levels. By means of supplementation we would prescribe to the client fenugreek, and flax seeds. Fenugreek seeds in particular are high in dietary fiber, and as we all know fiber helps control blood sugar levels and insulin levels.

If you missed the full article of 'What Your Fat Deposits Say About You' in Oxygen, we will be posting this up on our home page shortly. This will be accompanied by a full page of information on how you can get tested and make this unique system for fat loss work for you!

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