Bluetit1802
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Is there an advised time from waking up in the morning to do a fasting blood test? I generally do one within 20 minutes of getting out of bed. Is that too soon?
There is your mistake. You should test immediately you get out of bed (after washing hands). During the 20 minutes you have waited, you will no doubt have been rushing about, having a shower, making breakfast, whatever. This will encourage your liver to start dumping glucose. Also, higher fasting levels than you like are probably due to some insulin resistance. Insulin resistance tends to improve as the day progresses. Normally our lowest readings of the day are before our evening meal.