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Will eating high cholesterol foods the night before lidid check alter?my readings?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Little.: The vast majority (98%+) of cholesterol in your blood was made in the liver. However, HDL readings will be little affected. But depending on how late you ate, and how much you ate, triglycerides might be elevated, giving a lower ldl, which is calculated and not measured.

Answered 1/28/2017

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