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Do you think it could be better to build muscle then lose weight or the opposite way around?

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Dr. Andrew Lipton answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Muscle : Muscle mass dictates your metabolism so gaining muscle will make it easier to loos weight.

Answered 8/15/2013

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