Heart HealthA Cardiologist Reveals Why Visceral Fat Is the Root Cause of Heart Disease
Cardiologist Dr. Pradip Jamnadas draws on decades of interventional cardiology to identify visceral fat as a central driver of poor cardiovascular outcomes. After performing thousands of procedures — stents, angioplasties, interventions for blocked arteries — he noticed a consistent pattern among the patients with the worst prognoses: excess visceral fat. This observation shifted his clinical focus upstream, toward prevention rather than just treatment. In this clip from The Primal Podcast, he explores whether targeting visceral fat reduction could be one of the most powerful tools in preventing heart disease. For health-conscious adults, the message is direct: the fat you can't see, stored deep around your organs, may matter far more than the fat you can.
