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Can what you eat the night before interfere with the outcome of the blood test?

So I had a blood test done and the results came in and I couldn't have been more shocked, Everything came back low for starters which I was prepared for BUT what shocked me was my cholesterol it came back high smlShocked.gif

I " Normally " have a pretty good diet I don't cook in oils, I don't have any animal fat apart from what I put into my coffee and very rarely eat cheeses ect , I don't eat take away's and the list that he gave me of things to avoid I don't eat. I'm not overweight anymore and I excersise not a fanatic but I do enough.

However.... I did have a bowl of nacho's the night before just a small bowl, I was told to fast from midnight onwards I had these at around 6ish.. I am wondering if this one little bowl could have uppered my cholesterol?

I would have thought it would have to be something I do constantly to make it so high it wasn't a little bit high it was 5.9 high

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As long as you followed your fasting orders, which it sounds like you did (unless your labs were before 6 am) then the numbers are probably accurate. You can always request a repeat test if you want but your insurance may not cover it without medical necessity.

I had normal cholesterol before I was banded. One year after my surgery I had my annual physical and my cholesterol came back high. How that happens, I have no idea. I've cut out red meats, added a ton of fish and soy products (mostly tofu), added dairy but only fat free or reduced fat milk for my Protein drinks, completely eliminated a lot of my prior sources of cholesterol...

So I figure - my numbers may be a matter of genetics. There's really no other way I can find to explain it.

Does high cholesterol run in your family?

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Hi Wheetsin thanks so much for replying , I'm in Australia so I can request a blood test at anytime :) That's exactly like me when I was bigger I had no problems with my cholesterol at all. The dr said It could be something I have inherited but for me there is no way I can find out if my parents had high cholesterol. My mum was on alot of pills so it could be a possibility.. My sister said she would go get bloods taken and I will ask my brother also so how there test come back I can either rule it in or out..

Out of everything I never imagined that would come back high

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