Fat *might* not be so bad afterall.

Don't eat eggs! Wait-- eat eggs. Definitely carbo load! Wait-- don't carbo load, eat protein. Lose weight! No weight-- NO WAIT!!

Just in time to further confuse the populace and help us all rationalize our weight gain this holiday season, a new study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says that being overweight might actually be GOOD for your health.

"The bottom line, the scientists say, is that modestly overweight people demonstrate a lower death rate than their peers who are underweight, obese or -- most surprisingly -- normal weight."

"Moderately overweight" is defined in medical terms as "not a total lard ass."