blood work and supplements

[twobitt]

I am supposed to get some blood work done next week for life insurance and thought I read somewhere that you should stop taking certain things prior to having blood work done. Just curious if anyone knows more about this. I am currently taking white flood, green mag, and 100% whey. Anyone know if any of this will effect the results. Thought I read something about stopping things like NO drinks 30 days prior or something. Also does anyone know if they can tell if you smoke cigarettes on these tests? I am a very casual smoker and don't want to end up paying higher rates if I'm labeled as a smoker if I can just postpone it a little and make sure not to smoke. We were out of town and I had a few cigarettes then found out that my wife scheduled the blood work for this Friday. Thanks for the help.

[MikeDre]

I wouldn't take NO the day prior at least and then try to do as little smoking as possible. I dunno if they check for that, but Im sure they ask. What would you say if they asked?

[twobitt]

Why take NO the day prior? Or do you mean stop taking it at least a day prior? I would answer no to smoking. I really don't smoke but occasionally if I go out with friends that do I will have a couple. That was the situation this weekend. Went to a casino so sat at the blackjack table and had a few.

[Problem]

I don't think whey protein will affect anything, it's PROTEIN, you know? Matter of fact, not even creatine. It's an amino acid. big deal!

I dunno about while flood.