Dr. Urvi Shah at Memorial Sloan Kettering is studying how nutrition may slow the progression of MGUS (and maybe smoldering) to myeloma. She has lots of videos of her webinars on YouTube.

Eating a plant-based diet may help prevent MGUS turning into myeloma. Dr. Shah recommends eating tofu, tempeh and beans as the sources of protein rather than meat, chicken, eggs, etc.

Turmeric is a spice that kills myeloma cells in a Petri dish. Science has not determined the effect of turmeric on myeloma cancer cells in humans. I sprinkle one teaspoon or more on my food several times a day. I drink golden milk with turmeric and black pepper. Be sure to eat black pepper with turmeric to aid digestion. A plant-based oil is also recommended. I have a high-risk mutation, but my myeloma is not progressing as expected. I think it is the turmeric slowing the progression, but doctors don’t confirm this because of the lack of scientific evidence. Dr. Shah suggests supplements with curcumin, the active part of turmeric.

Dr. Shah has clinical trials about nutrition for newly diagnosed patients and patients with MGUS, I believe..