I went to CVS pharmacy (local chain) to get one of those kits a few months after I started the Atkins diet. They were gone. I asked the pharmacist. He said that the store had stopped selling them because they had been proven to be wildly inaccurate. Maybe you got a different kind, but if you're concerned, it wouldn't hurt to get a real lab test done... Take care, John Pavao ---------- i've been on low carb for almost a year now, specifically on NeanderThin since May. when i was a vegetarian, my cholesterol readings were between 150-160. so i decided to check what being on NeanderThin has done to my cholesterol. i have been putting this off and putting it off, since i was worried: what if it turned out to be high? would i quit paleo-eating? well, not to worry. i did one of those home cholesterol tests, purported to be 97% accurate, if one reads the instructions and follows them. my reading today is 162.