Fat is actually healthier during a heat attack? So I've heard this "claim" a lot lately.  They say that people who have heart attacks or cancer always fare better when they are overweight.  They say the fat actually protects your life during a major health crisis.  Statistics do seem to support this, but I've never read anywhere where an FA ever acknowledges that fat people have significantly higher risk of heart attacks.  Who gives a flying fuck if you are better able to survive a heart attack, you shouldn't be having them in the first place.  They're comparing thousands of fat people who get heart attacks and survive to the handful of skinny people that get them and die.  It makes no sense at all.  So basically it's like saying I have a fool proof way to survive a car crash.  First drive 100 miles an hour in a residential neighborhood so you are absolutely certain you'll get in a wreck.  Then fuck I don't know where else to take this analogy, mine is just as fucking stupid as what they are doing.