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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-newsletter

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Ask the Evidence: How to Use AI to Get Real Answers From Our Articles

2026/10/06

How to Use AI to Get Real Answers From Our Articles Read the full blog

HbA1c

2026/10/03

HbA1c is one of medicine's most widely used blood tests, yet most people misunderstand what it actually measures. This article explains how the test works, why a normal result isn't the same as a clean bill of health, and how to use it to track your metabolic future. Read full blog

Doctors should be teachers

2026/09/29

We teach children to change a fuse. We teach them to check the oil, to put air in a tyre, to find the stopcock before the pipe bursts rather than after. Many of us learned to put out a chip pan fire and quite a few learned to restart a heart. The lighthouse series teaches people about the 4 pillars that support healthspan.

The Runner Who Passed Every Test He Was Given

2026/09/29

A man whose heart gave out at forty-two had three pillars in excellent order — and one that nobody had ever looked at. The 1st case history in the Lighthouse series - the blog includes an interactive tool which allows the reader to rewrite history and get familiar with the 4 pillars that support healthspan. Once empowered, the reader can test their own and share it with their own doctor! Read the story and see the 4 pillars that support healthspan

The Ten Ten

2026/09/28

A gym and a personal trainer may be the gold standard, if you can keep them up. For the great majority who cannot — the person writing this included — here is the twenty-minute version that does most of the work. Read the blog

Testing your Cholesterol

2026/08/28

Most adults have never had their cholesterol properly tested — yet a simple blood panel can reveal silent heart disease risk years before any symptoms appear. This guide explains exactly what to test, how to get it done, and what your results actually mean for your long-term heart health. Read full blog and use your AI companion

Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) as a Major Modifiable Driver of Cardiometabolic Risk

2026/06/23

Two people can share the same weight and BMI yet have completely different risks of heart attack and type 2 diabetes. The difference is often visceral fat — the hidden fat wrapped around your organs. This article explains what it does, why scales miss it, and how to reduce it. Read article

How to Measure Your Waist

2026/06/16

Waist circumference predicts cardiometabolic risk better than weight or BMI — but only when measured at a fixed anatomical landmark: the midpoint between your lowest rib and the top of your hip bone. Measuring at the “narrowest point” flatters the number and hides the risk. Read full blog

Why Your CGM Only Tells Half the Story

2026/06/11

Your continuous glucose monitor shows exactly how bread affects blood sugar but misses the fructose pathway completely. While CGMs track glucose perfectly, they remain blind to fructose heading straight to your liver, where it converts to triglycerides and visceral fat without spiking blood glucose. Read full blog

The Four Pillars: A Temple for Your Healthspan

2026/06/03

What if living longer isn’t about finding a miracle treatment, but strengthening four foundations that support every decade of life? The Four Pillars explores cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, metabolic health and recovery, showing how small, consistent improvements in each area can help extend not just lifespan, but healthspan and vitality. Read full article

How to Interpret Your Home Blood Pressure Results: What Your MyBP Numbers Actually Mean

2026/06/03

A week of home blood pressure readings tells a far more accurate story than a single clinic measurement. Learn how to interpret your MyBP results, understand what the categories mean, recognise when lifestyle changes are enough, and know when it may be time to discuss treatment with your GP. Read full article

VAT Brain

2026/06/02

Your belly fat isn't just threatening your heart — it's actively damaging your brain. Visceral adipose tissue drives the insulin resistance, inflammation and vascular damage that accelerate dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease, often decades before symptoms appear. The hopeful part: every step in that chain is, in principle, reversible. Read full article

Is coronary artery calcification good or bad?

2026/05/31

Coronary calcium screening has evolved from expensive research tool to mainstream risk assessment, but fixation on Agatston scores obscures sophisticated plaque analysis. Zero calcium cannot exclude disease in younger patients, while elevated scores demand intensive prevention regardless of traditional risk calculations. Full article

The VAT Trap: Understanding the Metabolic Doom Loop

2026/05/30

Most metabolic problems start years before symptoms appear. Visceral fat creates a self-perpetuating cycle of inflammation and insulin resistance that drives diabetes, heart disease, and weight gain. Understanding this doom loop is the first step to breaking free from it and restoring metabolic health. Read the blog

Why Your Shrinking Muscles Are Making You Diabetic

2026/05/29

Your muscles handle 80% of glucose from every meal, but muscle loss from age thirty creates a vicious cycle. Shrinking muscle forces insulin overproduction, driving visceral fat accumulation and worsening blood sugar control. Strategic resistance training and protein intake can reverse this devastating doom loop.45 words · Blog listings · Patient waiting room · Clinic handouts · ADL knowledge chunk Read Full article