Fasting for only 8 hours is an "unnecessary burden"? After following Dr Fung a while, this comment is pretty funny. Note industry conflicts, one author would not want to miss a potential statin user [” Bangalore said abandoning the fasting requirement could speed up the process of identifying and treating patients who need to be on statin therapy.”] and the other would not want a patient to skip a return visit to the Quest lab for a blood draw.

In the US a regular annual exam, the cholesterol draw is often one test along with others including a fasting blood glucose, which must be done fasted. So I'll just have to drag my famished body to the lab anyway

But serious question, if Canada Health decided fasting makes no difference, then why add this line to her test results: "LDL-C calculation is decreased if fasting < or = 10 hours. Consider the Non HDL-C value as an alternate lipid target if monitoring treatment in intermediate or high risk patients."

Does this mean her doctor should decrease the 5.10 mmlo LDL result or is it already somehow lower than it should be had she fasted longer, And by how much? The LDL is only a few points away from what is now considered a good level in the US, so this is a minor point ignored before, but interesting in light of the study Doreen posted.