Reply #57: The majority of heart attacks are clustered around no such thing. [View All]

[dmallind]

Typical health-nut-purity-wank. When a guy who runs a cheesesteak stand dies at 71 it's because he ate bad food. When a pro athlete nutrition buff drops dead of the same thing 30 odd years younger it's just an unlucky outlier. In reality of course heart attacks depend on a huge number of variables and the "200% greater chance" the innumerate press breathlessly spews about anyone who isn't built like a twig means nothing more than the fact - the much more certain fact - that buying two lottery tickets gives me 200% the chance of winning $100 million.

Tell me - do any fat or sedentary people fall victim to unlucky outlier events like Larsen's? If not we should really study the outlier-protective effects of adipose tissue.