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Read articlesHow to correctly take the HDL and LDL test: whether fasting is mandatory, how training, alcohol, illness and hormonal drugs distort the lipid profile. A practical checklist from the editorial team.
Triglycerides are the most food-sensitive lipid indicator. How long to fast, why alcohol, fructose, training and glycerol distort the test and how to give blood correctly.
Apolipoprotein B (apoB): whether you need to fast, what can distort the result, when the test is more informative than LDL and how an athlete should prepare.
Fasting glucose: how many hours not to eat, whether coffee and water are allowed, how training, stress, sleep and dinner affect the result, how a glucometer differs from a laboratory.
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c): whether you need to fast, which blood conditions (anemia, blood loss, hemoglobin variants) distort the result and how often to repeat the test.
PSA (prostate-specific antigen): how to prepare for the test, why ejaculation, cycling, digital examination, infections, finasteride and testosterone change the result.
Ferritin: how to prepare for the test, why inflammation, infections, exhausting workouts, alcohol and iron preparations distort the result, how athletes should read it.
Cortisol: when and how to take the test, why the time of day matters, how training, sleep, stress, contraceptives and glucocorticoids affect the result, how blood, saliva and urine differ.
Creatine phosphokinase (CPK, CK): how many days not to train before the test, how injections, massage, statins and hemolysis raise the result, how to distinguish an athlete's norm from rhabdomyolysis.
Urea in the blood: how to prepare for the test, why a high-protein diet, dehydration, training and medications raise the result and how to read it together with creatinine.
How to correctly take the HDL and LDL test: whether fasting is mandatory, how training, alcohol, illness and hormonal drugs distort the lipid profile. A practical checklist from the editorial team.
Triglycerides are the most food-sensitive lipid indicator. How long to fast, why alcohol, fructose, training and glycerol distort the test and how to give blood correctly.
