Coincidentally, a few weeks before I had heard this podcast, I had decided to do a 24 hour fast before my routine lab work to see if that affected any of my tests. I was shocked to find that my LDL-C had shot up 99 mg/dl in my June testing after it had been testing exactly the same on my two previous rounds of lab work. After hearing the podcast with Jimmy and Dave, I paid for another lipid profile out of pocket to see if my LDL-C results would come back down after a 14 hour fast. My LDL-C did drop back down by 67 mg/dl with a 13 hour fast. It would be interesting to see how the LDL-C changed day to day during a continuous 7 day water fast. For now though, I will stick with the 12-14 hour fasting period prior to my lab work.
Here are the results from my blood lipid tests discussed above. Note that all other measurement stay relatively consistent compared to the large jump in LDL in June after the 24 hour fast:
