VAT Trap Blog

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.

The four pillars of coronary prevention map directly onto dementia risk reduction through shared vascular mechanisms. Cardiovascular risk factors in midlife predict cognitive decline decades later, making optimal heart health our strongest defence against age-related cognitive impairment and dementia.