posted Wed, 01/22/2014 - 04:16
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Labs and fasting
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I dated a girl that helped with my bloods. All good things come to an end.... I've ordered some from private md labs, and they're requesting 12 hours fasting. I had never fasted before. Does eating affect the testing levels? 12 hours is a long time..... I don't even sleep through the night without eating something.
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Metabolic Panel, CBC, and IGF-1 all need to be fasting I believe.
What I do is this:
Eat your last mean around 8-9pm
Go to bed
Sleep In(do this on a day off work)
Wake up and drive to lab( call couple days ahead and set up appointment, this means less wait time, as sometimes you might have to wait 1 hour...not something you wanna do fasted)
Take test
Gorge on food ASAP!
This works for me I eat at 9 p and take test at 9am first thing less hunger pains that way
Also idk what you are taking but be mindful of blood sugar levels And so forth...don't want anyone on insulin dying, but if you experienced enough to run that then You got blood sugar levels down pat
I'm guessing the fasting is for the metabolic panel My previous testing wasn't as in depth. But it was convenient. I guess I'll just man up and do what they say.