Brilliant! I'm so glad you're feeding yourself. I'm in school and we studied protein last week. This made me think of you.

"When the concentration of plasma proteins is significantly decreased, the concomitant decrease in the plasma colloidal osmotic pressure results in increased levels of interstitial fluid and edema. Albumin is the protein that makes up 80% of the osmotic pressure of intravascular fluids, which maintains the appropriate fluid balance in the tissue. Albumin transports thyroid hormone, other hormones particularly fat soluble ones, iron and fatty acids, calcium, magnesium ions and many drugs. The half life of serum albumin is 20 days."

Clinical Chemistry by Bishop.

You can go to the phlebotomist let them test blood sugar on their meter than you take it again on your meter as an easy check.