Obese Better Able to Fight Heart Disease

Here’s a head scratcher if ever there was one. Apparently obese people are better able to fight heart disease, especially against the condition’s worst effects. This is a phenomenon they’re calling the “obesity paradox.”

While obesity helps contribute to things like heart disease and high blood pressure, the obese also seem to do better at rebounding better than lean patients. One belief is that obese people visit their doctors at the first sign of symptoms, while another thought is that “something in the excess fat cells of obese people might have a protective value.”

Make no mistake, however, that being obese is STILL a bad thing! The reason people get heart disease to begin with is because they are obese. So if you’ve got weight to lose, you should still do it.

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