03/12/2025
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 🩸
Most people follow none of the correct steps before getting blood work done and the truth is, it seriously affects the results 💯.
Your blood test is a snapshot of your health in a single moment, so the goal is to make that snapshot as accurate and reliable as possible.
Here’s why each step matters:
🤧 Being ill beforehand: Increases inflammation, immune activity and stress hormones all of which can distort key markers.
💊 Supplements & medication: Many nutrients and compounds directly alter blood levels (iron, B vitamins, magnesium, adaptogens, antihistamines, painkillers etc.). If you take them too close to the test, you’re not measuring your baseline you’re measuring theirs.
🍺 Alcohol: Affects liver enzymes, blood sugar, inflammation, hydration and hormone balance for days afterwards. Let’s face it, it’s a poison so it’s not going to help your blood markers is it?
💪 Exercise and training: Elevates CK, liver enzymes, cortisol and inflammation.
🥵 Saunas, steam rooms & hot baths: Heat exposure changes hydration status, electrolytes and certain stress markers.
🍴 Not fasting long enough: Impacts glucose, triglycerides, insulin, lipids and liver markers. All of which need fasting for true accuracy.
💧 Poor hydration or being sedentary before testing: Can artificially concentrate the blood, elevate certain markers, make others appear lower than they are or impact the draw.
When these aren’t controlled, the results can look completely different to your true health picture and this is why so many people are told their bloods are “normal”… even when they clearly don’t feel normal.
This is why preparation matters so much and why this post should be saved before every blood test ✔️
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Getting blood work done properly is only the first step.
For it to be genuinely useful, the results need to be analysed beyond standard “normal ranges” because those ranges represent the average of a sick, sedentary population.
But that’s a conversation for another post 😉.
Save this so your next blood test actually reflects your real health 🩸
Jamie
