PS. Any of you knowledgeable women know how much difference fasting before a blood test makes? My test was done as part of a general check-up and I was not told to fast in advance - in fact I sat chowing down on a sandwich in the waiting room just prior to my test. I had biked there and was starving...

But it seems everywhere I read about a "proper" full cholesterol profile being done, it's important to fast in advance, because triglyceride levels react strongly to food intake. So maybe my levels aren't that high anyway.