Exactly. I mean, it's like they make this shit up from whole cloth because it sounded good when the fat in their brains told them to say it..   Beer gut is also a good way of protecting the abdomen, gladiators with fat bellies had better survival chances.  Yeah, because adipose tissue will totally defend against a sword or bullet in battle. It's practically body armor. Alert the Department of Defense. We need to re-evaluate our troop conditioning for combat readiness. Fucking idiot.