=::Then when I was in the chair giving the blood, the tester said, well, if
you
::have not fasted this morning, this test will not be accurate. Is that
right?
::Is cholesterol a fasting test, just wondering.


Fasting only.  Otherwise, the meat you ate for breakfast would give a
different reading than if you ate cereal.  What irritates me is that when
people go to donate blood the red cross as a "service" tells you what your
NON-fasting cholesterol is.  I wonder how many people think their
cholesterol is too high because of this?



Dr. Mom- Ph.D. in motherhood.
BS- psychology, BA-biology
Graduate courses in biochemistry.
Will give nutritional advice for books.

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