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â eggs, oatmeal (or whole grain cereal, or a piece of wheat toast with peanut butter), and fresh fruit or juice. Also, beware of coffee or other caffeinated drinks before the test as they tend to have the same detrimental effects as sugar, with unpredictable boosts of energy/jitters followed by crashes and fatigue.
can what you eat the day before a cholesterol blood test skew the results? I went out to eat the day before my blood test and had an Irish BLT and french fries and didn't eat a very healthy dinner either. My cholesterol 2 years ago was under 200, my diet habits have not changed much other than the occasional slide like mentioned above. So my total cholesterol was 232 - my HDL is 83 and my LDL is 118.