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Fasting for Blood Work

Written by Tom Coghill ·

April 12, 2008 | | 21,213 Views

Blood work needs to have the bloodstream as clean as possible to get an accurate reading. Sip the smallest amounts of water possible just to wet your mouth and nothing else.

For an operation you cannot even drink any liquids for hours before the operation. I was turned away from an operation on my foot for drinking 1/2 glass of water, 2 hours earlier.

As far as a blood test determining triglyceride levels is concerned, for 12 to 14 hours before the test, only water (no coffee!) is permitted. Overnight fasting is essential for an accurate measurement of blood triglycerides! In addition, alcohol should not be consumed for the 24 hours just before the test.

You are also not supposed to take any vitamin supplements 24 hours prior to your fasting blood work. If you are currently on antihistamines, antibiotics or cortisone treatment only, you need to call the lab or your doctor for more information on how to proceed.

Anything taken in, other than water, during that time can elevate the blood triglycerides as they change dramatically in response to meals. Without the proper fasting, they can easily be high enough to prompt your doctor to prescribe drugs.

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Ed: Everyone, I am on day 18 of a juice fast with some egg whites, like Tom suggested. I got sick of the veggie juice last month on a 10 day juice fast. Now I am pretty much forcing myself to drink the veggie juice. One good trick is to use a straw to drink the juice you don’t care for. It...
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keith101: HI CHRISTINA… Dont worry about your fasting at the moment! if your father is in hospital.. thank you to for opening up a little, that was brave of you. Looking at your posts!.. I think there is more to you than people will give you credit for?… I may be thousands of miles...
keith101: HI LENA HI INDIGOWONDERS… HOW ARE YOU BOTH TODAY?… I normally leave messages in the morning and at 8pm uk time so sometimes i miss your comments…. with kind regards keith.
keith101: boothed well done! day 11 tomorrow thats great… stay strong and the time will pass! i still remember day 1 lol… look at you now your on day 11 tomoz… best regards keith.
keith101: robert i cant help but add to my last post… i have heard a few times before about enemas,but all the feciecs that lie in the body must be toxic and have an effect on the body whilst lying internally? every time iv taken an enema i really have felt much better and cleaner inside...
keith101: HI ROB… Water fasting in my experiance is a lot easier on hunger!.. juicing i would have thought?..gives you the cals,and carbs the body needs to to stay in a limbo state?… half fasting..half in hunger due to your body feeding on nutrients thus hunger will be there?.. In my...
Christinalove3: My dad is in the hospital having heart surgery plus he has lung disease so its messing up my fasting. I’ll have to be stronger I suppose. Ill post in a week.
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boothed: I meant I am on day 10.
boothed: God Bless Everyone and welcome Rob. I am not on day 10 of my 21 days of water and juicing. I really wanted to eat yesterday but did not give into temptation. I am looking forward to completing this fast because I know that God is in it. I want to encourage everyone to continue to seek...
keith101: HI TOM… Tom i see you have upgraded your site! this looks much better as when we log on.. massive improvement, thanks. regards keith.
keith101: christina…you will find all the support you need on this site… No one here is judgemental on anyone!… And tont think you feel out of place on this site as we are all behind you… warmest regards keith.
keith101: HI ALL TODAY…DAY 28.. Last night my nephew came round to see me after over a month, and said oh my god, what have you been doing?..lol.. My mother had already told him that i was on a water fast! But he was shocked when he had seen how much waight id lost… but never once...
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Christinalove3: I’ll post my water fast progress once I’m more ahead.
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Tom Coghill: Hi Keith101 Wow your life and journey is very similar to mine. Yes it would be great to post your testimony.
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