[Harold]

Was told I could have one cup black unsweetened. It may depend on the lab tests requested by your doc. My tests are usually only for A1c and Lipids.

[slipperyelm]

Turns out it was no problem skipping the coffee this morning.

I originally gave up coffee because it was inconvenient to have to look for coffee every morning of my life. If I was camping or spent the night on the boat, it was a problem. I was badly addicted and would feel sick, head-achy, stuffy-headed and my eyes sensitive to light without it.

During those four "good years" I drank a lot of tea instead. I'm still drinking a lot of tea, so that cuts down on the amount of coffee I might otherwise drink. Maybe that is why it was no problem after all to skip the java this morning. I do the hot water thing as well. In fact the last thing I drank to day was a mug of hot water. Weird, huh? "White tea."

Oh, I find tea stains my teeth worse than coffee.

[tanyatype1]

LOL! I'm actually overdue (for the first time) in getting my labs/a1c done because I just dread having to go without my sleepymorningwakeupcoffee! Ugh.....I think I'm going to try the hot water thing

[pokie]

Our lab says black coffee and tea are OK; no carbonated beverages. I guess every place is different. It's kind of my ritual to have a nice hot cup of black coffee to take with me to my labs; I hate the blood draw and it calms me down!

[BrianSCohen]

I have to weigh in on this one. For quite a while my Dr. suggested simply not eating anything in the morning before a fasting test. Of course, crazy me, I would stuff myself at midnight before more first thing in the morning test and darn it, my cholesterol (actually tris) came in high. Well at least in the case of triglycerides, 12 hours really means 12 hours, it takes a while to clear them out of your blood.

The whole thing about whether coffee or tea is ok is problematic. All I know is that medline suggests no (MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cholesterol test) and mayo suggests no (Cholesterol test: Sorting out the lipids - MayoClinic.com). I hate having a cholesterol test come in and having to argue with my Dr. that I don't want the *&%^%^& statin. Hence, I always err on the side of caution. In either case, I certainly would not add sugar or cream, this would definitely blow away any cholesterol test, and blood sugar test.