Friday, June 01, 2012

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jagon
07/02/08
jagon
Category: test

how can excercising affect a cholesterol test

I recently took a Cholestrol test at about 6PM and I fasted all day (12 hours) like I was instructed but I worked out really hard that morning and I didn't find out until later that you should avoid heavy activity for 48 hours before the test. Did this give me a falsely lower result…

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