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HornedLion posted...

Why isnt eating detrimental?

Eating before blood testing can be detrimental if it's assumed you're in a fasted state. Fasted blood glucose is what's typically measured first. Blood glucose should be fairly stable and under 100 in the fasted state in healthy individuals, e.g. before breakfast in the morning, because the body should have had time to produce insulin and process the excess blood glucose, bringing the concentration down back to a normal baseline under 100. But the gold standard test is feeding someone glucose and measuring their response over time (in measuring blood glucose), known as the glucose tolerance test.