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<blockquote data-quote="ziggy_w" data-source="post: 2362984" data-attributes="member: 323454"><p>Hi [USER=533316]@nutribolt[/USER],</p><p></p><p>Yes, a blood lipid test is a cholesterol test -- and often includes the subfractions of cholesterol such as HDL, triglycerides and LDL (though LDL most often is not measured but calculated based on the other three: TC, HDL and trigs).</p><p></p><p>My explanation is probably overly simplistic, but this is what my understanding of this is. When we fast, our metabolism as a rule burns stored fat for energy and thus, fat particles in the blood stream increase. This then may lead to artificially high cholesterol levels when tested -- incidentally also often the reason why cholesterol levels are elevated when we lose weight).</p><p></p><p>If you really want out more about this and get some more expert information on this, I can recommend Dave Feldman's website <a href="https://cholesterolcode.com/" target="_blank">https://cholesterolcode.com/</a> who for many years now has conducted experiments on himself to find out how food (and some other things) have affected his cholesterol levels. (Btw, he calls himself the human pin cushion due to the many cholesterol tests he himself has taken, sometimes on a daily basis).</p><p></p><p>Mind you -- imho, cholesterol is very variable and I sometimes wonder how helpful testing especially total cholesterol really is (HDL and trigs might be more helpful, though). However, many HCPs still worry about total cholesterol and it might make recommendations based on this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy_w, post: 2362984, member: 323454"] Hi [USER=533316]@nutribolt[/USER], Yes, a blood lipid test is a cholesterol test -- and often includes the subfractions of cholesterol such as HDL, triglycerides and LDL (though LDL most often is not measured but calculated based on the other three: TC, HDL and trigs). My explanation is probably overly simplistic, but this is what my understanding of this is. When we fast, our metabolism as a rule burns stored fat for energy and thus, fat particles in the blood stream increase. This then may lead to artificially high cholesterol levels when tested -- incidentally also often the reason why cholesterol levels are elevated when we lose weight). If you really want out more about this and get some more expert information on this, I can recommend Dave Feldman's website [URL]https://cholesterolcode.com/[/URL] who for many years now has conducted experiments on himself to find out how food (and some other things) have affected his cholesterol levels. (Btw, he calls himself the human pin cushion due to the many cholesterol tests he himself has taken, sometimes on a daily basis). Mind you -- imho, cholesterol is very variable and I sometimes wonder how helpful testing especially total cholesterol really is (HDL and trigs might be more helpful, though). However, many HCPs still worry about total cholesterol and it might make recommendations based on this. [/QUOTE]
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