07-23-2009, 06:08 PM
Robert M wrote: He had a healthful meal of burgers, fries, a shake and a bag of pork rinds as a snack a few hours before his cholesterol test. He forgot about the test and wasn't reminded of it until after he'd stuffed himself. His doctor told him not to take the blood test because his "meal" will have skewed the results entirely.
I wonder if fasting before bloodwork actually skews the results moreso than not fasting. Seems to me, if his regular diet consisted of this type of food, then the results would have been more accurate than if he had fasted before the test.