Fasting Lipids and Alcohol

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Hi

Due to high blood pressure I recently had a full blood test including Fasting Lipids, my
cholesterol came out at 7.9 mmol/litre.

It was requested that I not eat anything 12 hours before the blood sample was taken, but no
mention was made of alcohol. I have just read in a book that no alcohol should be consumed within
72 hours of a test for fasting lipids.

I did have a few drinks (1.5 pints of beer) within 15 hours of the test, would this have affected
the result.

TIA

Paul

Hypothyroid can also frequently be a cause of BP and high cholesterol

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Hypothyroid can also frequently be a cause of BP and high cholesterol

Besides increasing lipid level by what other mechanism could hypothroid increase BP?

Chuck

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Hi

Due to high blood pressure I recently had a full blood test including Fasting Lipids, my
cholesterol came out at 7.9 mmol/litre.

It was requested that I not eat anything 12 hours before the blood sample was taken, but no
mention was made of alcohol. I have just read in a book that no alcohol should be consumed within
72 hours of a test for fasting lipids.

I did have a few drinks (1.5 pints of beer) within 15 hours of the test, would this have affected
the result.

TIA

Paul

Hypothyroid can also frequently be a cause of BP and high cholesterol

I was told the blood test showed thyroid was OK

Paul

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Hypothyroid can also frequently be a cause of BP and high cholesterol

Besides increasing lipid level by what other mechanism could hypothroid increase BP?

Chuck

I do not know the scientific reasons just know that many hypothyroid patients only get diagnosed
when a test shows high cholesterol levels ..........give the patients the right Thyroid meds and the
cholesterol level returns to normal as does any heart problems that often also present with
undiagnosed hypothyroid

I know because despite a very low fat diet my cholesterol was thru the roof ........my TSH was in
"normal range " as was Free T4 .....yet i had levels of all 3 Thyroid Antibodies thru the roof

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bnd777 said:

"Curiosity" <Curiosity@Most_things.com> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi

Due to high blood pressure I recently had a full blood test including Fasting Lipids, my
cholesterol came out at 7.9 mmol/litre.

It was requested that I not eat anything 12 hours before the blood sample was taken, but no
mention was made of alcohol. I have just read in a book that no alcohol should be consumed
within 72 hours of a test for fasting lipids.

I did have a few drinks (1.5 pints of beer) within 15 hours of the test, would this have
affected the result.

TIA

Paul

Hypothyroid can also frequently be a cause of BP and high cholesterol

I was told the blood test showed thyroid was OK

Paul

That may well not be the whole picture I guess all they did was TSH and that can be "normal" for 6
years despite the patient having high cholesterol ,a bunch of hypothyroid symptoms and positive
tests for thyroid antibodies ................theres an article in the Lancet about this

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That may well not be the whole picture I guess all they did was TSH and that can be "normal" for 6
years despite the patient having high cholesterol ,a bunch of hypothyroid symptoms and positive
tests for thyroid antibodies ................theres an article in the Lancet about this

Please provide the date of this particular article.