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VAT Trap

Dr Edward Leatham

The VAT Trap book, blog and digital media series reveals how visceral fat — the hidden metabolic organ — drives heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. Drawing on 30 years of frontline cardiology and the latest in imaging, app-based tracking, and metabolic science, Dr Ed Leatham translates complex research into clear, actionable steps. Whether you want to avoid heart disease, stabilise your metabolism, or understand GLP-1 therapy, these four concise podcast seasons accompany a four book series that will help you see, track, and reverse the VAT trap. To join the mailing list click on the link below and add your email https://link.scvc.co.uk/vat-trap-join-newsletterDisclosure Dr Leatham is Director and Founder of the Surrey Cardiovascular Clinic and, since 2019, Co-Founder and Managing Director of HeartScanDirect (https://www.heartscandirect.com/), one of the UK’s leading cardiac CT providers specialising in AI-processed scans and among the few cardiologist-led CT services in th

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46 episodes

  1. Ask the Evidence: How to Use AI to Get Real Answers From Our Articles 17:04
  2. HbA1c 1:49
  3. Doctors should be teachers 19:16
  4. The Runner Who Passed Every Test He Was Given 22:41
  5. The Ten Ten 23:25
  6. Testing your Cholesterol 1:29
  7. Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) as a Major Modifiable Driver of Cardiometabolic Risk 5:00
  8. How to Measure Your Waist 1:59
  9. Why Your CGM Only Tells Half the Story 5:47
  10. The Four Pillars: A Temple for Your Healthspan 6:32
  11. How to Interpret Your Home Blood Pressure Results: What Your MyBP Numbers Actually Mean 1:39
  12. VAT Brain 10:27
  13. Is coronary artery calcification good or bad? 23:15
  14. The VAT Trap: Understanding the Metabolic Doom Loop 5:56
  15. Why Your Shrinking Muscles Are Making You Diabetic 21:03
  16. Why Your Statin Isn't Enough 5:56
  17. The Hidden Fat That Predicts Heart Disease Better Than Weight 16:32
  18. Why Half of Heart Attacks Still Surprise Us 1:42
  19. Cardiology 3.0 - evidence-Based Protocols for Visceral Fat Reduction 15:20
  20. The Five Numbers That Matter More Than BMI 17:57
  21. GLP-1 Therapies in Cardiology Clinical Practice 21:46
  22. The Fourth Pillar: Why I Spent 30 Years as a Cardiologist Without Hearing About the Most Important Risk Factor of All 21:17
  23. The Sugar Connection No One Was Teaching 20:47
  24. Why Your Cholesterol Numbers Might Be Lying To You 19:53
  25. Strength as a Vital Sign — How We Measure It in Clinic and at Home 21:34
  26. Sarcopenia: Are We Diagnosing the Wrong Muscle Problem? 20:38
  27. The Cardiometabolic Reset: Escaping the Metabolic Doom Loop 22:50
  28. Prediabetes as a Therapeutic Target: A Cardiologist’s Editorial Perspective 20:56
  29. PCSK9, visceral fat, and the modern metabolic environment 22:37
  30. Why a Cardiologist Puts Cream on His Porridge 17:28
  31. Menopause, Belly Fat and Long Term Health: why HRT and Visceral Fat Screening Matter 17:45
  32. If You Spend 2 Minutes Brushing Your Teeth, Why Not 10 Minutes Saving Your Life? 16:15
  33. Sarcopenia: Are We Diagnosing the Correct Muscle Problem? 16:43
  34. Why GLP-1 Withdrawal Trials Fail — and Why Cardiometabolic Care Must Look Different 13:18
  35. Smart body composition scales: helpful metabolic tool—or misleading distraction? 14:00
  36. A New Year Reset: Why Your Waist Matters More Than Your Scales 16:52
  37. The Insulin Paradox: How GLP-1 Drugs Reduce Belly Fat and Heart Risk 15:35
  38. Why Protein Matters More Than Ever as We Age 15:43
  39. “ChatGPT Says My Thyroid Might Be Underactive… What Next?” 12:40
  40. Statins: who do you trust? 14:08
  41. What Your Glucose Curve Is Trying to Tell You: Why Continuous Glucose Monitoring Matters Long Before Diabetes 14:20
  42. What Keto and Atkins Diets Do 12:03
  43. MASLD/MASH -metabolic dysfunction -associated steatotic liver disease: What You Need to Know 12:05
  44. The Hidden Culprit Behind Heart Disease: Small Dense LDL and the Fat You Can’t See 17:10
  45. Cholesterol, LDL, and what we learnt from PCSK9 mutations in familial hypercholesterolaemia 18:18
  46. So what does determine your LDL (‘bad’) Cholesterol? 9:15