VAT Trap
The VAT Trap 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.
PCSK9, visceral fat, and the modern metabolic environment
Raised LDL cholesterol is so common in modern societies that it’s almost considered normal — yet from an evolutionary and molecular standpoint, it’s anything but. Aside from the surprisingly small direct effect of high dietary intake of saturated fats, in most people there are three main causal systems that interact to determine an individual’s LDL set point — the level around which LDL cholesterol naturally stabilises.
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So what does determine your LDL (‘bad’) Cholesterol?
In the first podcast in the series, the discussion revolves around cholesterol and the fact that while your blood LDL cholesterol determines the development of coronary plaque, your levels are more about your genetics than necessarily what you eat. In contrast, what happens to coronary plaque over your lifetime and whether it causes a heart attack is more about 'inflammation', what carbohydrates and UPF's you eat and your lifestyle.
To read more on this topic visit the blog https://www.scvc.co.uk/naked-heart/what-determines-ldl-bad-cholesterol/
