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Ralphey ...re fasting / non fasting from the NY times

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Fasting may provide a more accurate assessment of triglyceride levels, another measure of heart risk. But “it doesn’t matter if you eat” before a cholesterol test if the main goal is to evaluate LDL and HDL cholesterol levels, said Dr. Mary Norine Walsh, the president-elect of the American College of Cardiology.

“One of the barriers to getting cholesterol testing done is that patients arrive at the doctor’s office not fasting, and then it doesn’t get done,” Dr. Walsh said. She runs the test even if patients have eaten before an appointment and encourages other doctors to do the same.

Among the studies that found that fasting may have little impact on cholesterol blood test results was a large 2012 Canadian study of more than 200,000 people that found average levels for HDL and total cholesterol varied less than 2 percent, regardless of whether people had eaten an hour earlier or fasted for 16 hours. LDL cholesterol levels varied by less than 10 percent whether patients had fasted or not, and triglyceride levels varied by less than 20 percent, that study found.


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TG levels seem to be the most affected by whether patient fasts properly or not.

In an earlier post I listed my TG values . You may have thought they are all fine . Problem is my HDL has never been over 40 ...usually low 30's ...and my cardiologist was concerned ( as you are ) about the HDL / TG ratio....Family history of heart attacks , mixed D , Hetero FH etc

Also ...you refer to OTC Omega 3's .....believe OTC is the wrong label ...they are all DS ( dietary supplements ) .

Kiwi