Nutrition and Bone Marrow Failure Diseases | Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF) Return to top.

Nutrition and Bone Marrow Failure Diseases

Topic(s): 
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Managing Your Treatment
Presentation Date: 
Wed, 03/27/2019 - 8:00pm (EDT)

Proper nutrition and regular exercise are important for maintaining overall health, keeping a strong immune system, and even optimizing blood production. During this program, registered oncology dietitian, Joanna Myers-Casale from MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper discusses the most current recommendations for a healthy diet, provide practical dietary suggestions for bone marrow failure patients to consider before, during and after treatment, dietary suggestions to help you deal with fatigue, taste changes, nausea, loss of appetite, treatment side effects and more.