"You have seen me eat, Harley. I am on no starvation diet! Though tracking what nutrients etc are in my daily intake is definitely going to be helpful. xx"

"Hello Wendy,

My protein levels are apparently lower, but I have a suspicious feeling that the amount I'm absorbing is higher than ever before. Perhaps I should just be wary of the doctor, although she has been fantastic in the past and she is very…"

"Thanks Peter, I will start to do this!"

"I did have my protein levels tested as a vegan and they were 4.5 or something and now they are apparently 1.4 or some such....

That aside, I have avoided the doctors office for some time now, though the fears surrounding infertility and family and…"

"I exercise 5-6 mornings each week. My mental poise lately has not been fantastic, personal and family life have been less than great but I am working on a positive attitude and I'm just keeping on. I guess that could affect my absorption, though I…"

"I feel fine, mostly."

"But what sources are recommended, Adam?"

"Thanks Chad,

Some days I eat 15 bananas, a head of lettuce and 4 cobs of corn, some days, like lately, I eat lots of guava, persimmon, lettuce and grapes. Am I able to up the protein that you say is insufficient by having a particular food?"

"Thank you Nora.

I must invest in a thermometer and begin to record my temperature levels etc. According to the hormone specialist I was referred to, I am not ovulating, and he assumes that if my BMI goes up just a little (as long as its not a…"

"Wow, thank you so much Debbie.

It is great to be armed with this kind of information when I return to my doctor. Do you think that it could be that they measure protein levels by what you excrete...therefore not showing an accurate measurement of…"