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Multiple Myeloma an incurable disease, but I have spent the last 25 years in remission using a blend of conventional oncology and evidence-based nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle therapies from peer-reviewed studies that your oncologist probably hasn't told you about.
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Is Diet a Myeloma Therapy?
Yes, diet is a myeloma therapy, according to the studies and video linked below. That is to say, a high fiber, low animal protein diet has been shown to slow progression if you are MGUS or SMM, or reduce side effects as well as the risk of cancer if you are in remission.
Additional research is being conducted to determine if nutritional supplementation such as curcumin or omega-3 fatty acids can act as a myeloma therapy as well but the completion of that testing will take time.
Thank you Dr. Urvi Shah for researching therapies that MM patients wonder about.
High-Fiber NUTRIVENTION Study for Delaying Progression of Myeloma | Urvi Shah, MD
I am a long-term MM survivor. Conventional, standard-of-care therapies such as:
- Velcade
- Revlimid
- Daratumumab
- Melphalan, etc.
did little for me beyond short, long-term and late stage side effects. I hope that Dr. Shah’s studies into non-conventional therapies signals oncology’s inclusion of non-conventional therapies with current FDA approved therapies for the management of multiple myeloma.
Email me at David.PeopleBeatingCancer@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about evidence-based non-conventional therapies such as nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle therapies to manage MM.
Thank you,
David Emerson
- MM Survivor
- MM Cancer Coach
- Director PeopleBeatingCancer
Research Shows How Lifestyle Factors and Diet Affect Hematologic Care
“Five studies presented during the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition reveal new linkages between blood disorders and the foods and substances we are exposed to. By illuminating how diet and other lifestyle factors may affect a person’s likelihood of developing a blood disorder as well as disease progression and response to treatment, the studies point to possible opportunities to intervene through lifestyle modifications…
Two studies offer evidence that consuming a high-fiber diet may help to reduce complications and disease progression by improving the health of the gut microbiome. Another study speaks to the role of tobacco exposure in cancer development and bolsters the evidence that quitting smoking could help to reduce or delay disease progression…”
A High-Fiber Dietary Intervention (NUTRIVENTION) in Precursor Plasma Cell Disorders Improves Biomarkers of Disease and May Delay Progression to Myeloma
“Conclusion
This is the first interventional clinical trial and in vivo study to show that a HFPBD intervention may delay progression from MGUS/SMM to MM. To our knowledge there has been no similar dietary interventional study in hematological cancers or solid tumors.
Together our in vivo and clinical data support the beneficial anti-inflammatory role of a HFPBD providing a link between diet, microbiota, and immune modulation to delay disease progression in MGUS/SMM…”
Growing Evidence Suggests Plant-Based Diets Reduce Cancer Risk
“When it comes to naming the dietary patterns offering the most protection against cancer, plant-based diets emerge as the winner for reducing the risk for several cancers sensitive to lifestyle factors…
Most recently, for example, a study published on January 6 in Nature Microbiologycompared the microbiomes of vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores across five cohorts totaling 21,561 individuals…
Decades ago, the idea that changing lifestyle behaviors could have an impact on cancer risk was so radical that many dismissed it as “false hope” sold by “snake oil salesmen,..”
Indeed, the AICR notes the multiple types of diets that fall under the plant-based umbrella. Instead of a checklist, they promote the “New American Plate,” composed of at least two thirds of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans, and no more than one third of animal protein…
“It doesn’t have to be entirely vegan or vegetarian. It just means you’re eating more plants than anything else,” she said. Having plants provide most of a person’s daily calories is a part of healthy diets of many different names, including the Mediterranean diet…
One 2023 meta-analysis of 10 studies narrowed the focus to plant- vs animal-based low carbohydrate diets. Cancer mortality was 14% higher with overall low carb diets and 16% higher with animal-based low carb diets. The plant-based low carb diets were associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality, but they were not associated in either direction with cancer risk…”
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