Eat Well, Live Strong with Myeloma: A Practical Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and Healthy Living
Discover how the food you eat can make a difference in your myeloma experience. In this webinar, Marty Davey, MS, RD, CDN, will explain how a whole food, plant-based diet can help support your immune system, improve overall health, and may even play a role in preventing or managing disease. You’ll also learn how to read nutrition labels with confidence and enjoy a live food demonstration with practical, easy-to-follow tips to help you make healthier choices every day.
Cynthia introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Marty Davey, MS, RD, CDN
Marty talks about plant based nutrition diet and its benefitis for myeloma patients
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Cynthia Cahoon, RN
Cynthia is a newborn ICU nurse by trade that has spent the last six years in the medical device industry educating nurses and doctors about devices that are new to their facility. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, traveling the world with her family, and creating Halloween animatronics for her annual front yard display. She has a passion for life-long learning and enjoys sharing what she learns with the people around her.
Marty Davey, RD, CDN
Marty has been plant-based since 1980 and plant-exclusive since 2002. After decades in the film and TV business, Marty decided to change her occupation and become a dietitian, earning a Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. She launched her own dietetics practice and developed a business as a nutrition contractor. That contract work included seven years as a facility dietitian assisting teens in lockdown learn culinary skills and build a school garden with an herbs CSA. Marty has produced over 80 cooking videos. Her early work as a nutrition researcher led her to be an intervention member for PCRM's GEICO study. She became a senior research team member creating and implementing the NEW Soul Study and the DG 3-diet study interventions at the University of South Carolina. She just completed collaborating with the Food Revolution Network, developing curriculum for their Plant-Based Coaching Certification Program. Currently, she is an adjunct professor at Mercy & Pace Universities and maintains her faculty position with the Main Street Vegan Academy. Otherwise, Marty and her husband can be found kayaking in Yonkers or camping in some quiet spot.