Testing your Cholesterol

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.

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What is VAT Trap?

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.

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Disclosure

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 the country. Dr Leatham’s own private medical practice is based at the Surrey cardiovascular clinic and therefore has a major financial interest in the Surrey Cardiovascular clinic, the Virtual Cath Lab and Vat-Trap.com. He has no financial relationship with any pharma company or product.

A full disclosure is available at https://www.vat-trap.com/disclosures.