# The Elephant in the Room

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Podcast: [The Naked Heart](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-naked-heart-7051353)
Published: 2026-06-01T09:59:29+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a4fb74a9
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/a4fb74a9/95bdea44.mp3
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Duration seconds: 1194

## Resource

Naked Heart is now hosted by Author Dr Leatham's cardiometabolic health channel launched 1st June 2026 www.vat-trap.com. What better topic than a look at recent ACC/AHA guidelines for cholesterol targets and no note that cardiovascular deaths fell 70–80% in sixty years — one of medicine's greatest triumphs. But progress is now slowing. Visceral fat, not LDL-C, is the upstream driver of the four real epidemic diseases: atrial fibrillation, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and dementia. The VAT-TRAP four-pillar framework addresses all four simultaneously. Read full article

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