Whether or not I’m getting enough protein and calcium are the two most common questions people ask when my non-dairy, non-meat diet comes up. And it’s usually at that point I waffle.  I know I’m getting enough, I know that I eat more greens in one day than that person has eaten in a week and I want to counter their judgement with questioning their overall diet, but I don’t.  I simply respond by repeating random facts that I’ve read and responses that my mom has given to similar questions throughout the years.  All the while, I still wonder…

But last week I was able to gather some cold hard facts that made any ounce of doubt disappear.  And even though this past month has been a disciplinary challenge as I dabbled in dairy and meat here and there, I don’t think that I ate nearly enough to sway eight months of a predominantly vegetarian, dairy-free-ness.

So there ya have it kids!  Not only am I smack dab in the middle of normal levels of calcium and protein, my levels have even increased from last November.  Phew!

My triglycerides have gone wayyyyyy down.

My good cholesterol has gone wayyyyyy up.

And more important than all of these healthy green numbers, I feel much better than I did last November.  Hooray for turning myself into a science experiment!