Thread: Atkins Diet
View Single Post
Old 11-13-2003, 07:18 PM   #8 (permalink)
Cheechoo
New Friend
 
Cheechoo's Avatar

 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 15
Cheechoo is an unknown quantity at this point
Quote:
1)akins burns msucle as well as fat
Actually, I believe that the Atkins diet is a "protein-sparing" diet, which means that very little muscle is burned. As long as you eat 3-4 oz or more of protein every day, muscle is spared. If the protein were not eaten daily, muscle would be consumed in the weight loss.
__________________
Charlie Proctor
San Jose Sharks PuckMan
Cheechoo is offline   Reply With Quote