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although i do agree that if you are just wanting to lose weight the Atkins diet is a good way to go as long as you can stick out the first 2 weeks and that you don't overdo the Trans/Saterated fats..

but Zebedy's question was can you build muscle on the Atkins diet inmo you cannot otherwise all competing bb's on a low carb diet would increase muscle mass when they diet but they don't.

to gain muscle you must eat Carbs it is that simple now i am sure there will be one or two genetic freaks who post a reply saying they have gained 20lbs of muscle on 20g of carbs per day..

so the simple answer is

yes you can diet and lose fat whilst keeping the muscle you have already attained on the Atkins diet as long as the Protein is kept high....but you won't gain muscle whilst following this kind of diet.........