Vegan Nutrition with Marty Davey, M.S. R.D.
 Marty Davey is a Registered Dietitian and has a Masters degree in Food and Nutrition from Marywood University. In her first career incarnation, Marty worked in the entertainment field, mainly in film and television. During her first college career in the 1970's, Marty moved from her blue collar meat and potatoes diet to learning to eat a variety of beautifully meals set in a relaxed dinnertime while studying in France. She became a vegetarian in 1980 when she discovered that the French didn't want our meat products due to factory farming methods. She began studying nutrition while cleansing her diet to a totally plant-based lifestyle. After having her son, she embarked on becoming an RD.
Marty has taught nutrition and cooking classes for many years. She was the Program Coordinator of the SNAP! program at Marywood University. This was a family weight management program that focused on the family dynamic in dealing with weight issues for both parents and children.
Currently, Marty is working on a book for elderly vegetarians/vegans discussing daily nutrition needs and including issues with acute and long term facility care when following a plant-based diet. A website is being built for Marty to further educate people about plant-based diets. She also has a private practice specializing in assisting clients transitioning from the conventional Western foods to a plant-based regime.
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Past Questions:
- Protein and Healing - What are the very best things to eat to facilitate healing?
- Allergies and Food - Help me find foods I can eat when I go out.
- Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - Girlfriend, get thee to a vitamin shop.
- Hypothyroidism - What is a good diet for hypothyroidism?
- Don't I Have to do Tricky Food Combos to be Plant-Based and Healthy - What legume / carbohydrate (i.e., beans and rice, lentils and potatoes) combinations provide the best amino acid combinations for producing protein?
- Does Low BMI Prohibit Becoming Vegan - I'm a teen vegetarian wanting to convert to veganism, but I have a low BMI of 15.9. Is it safe for me to become a vegan?
- Symptoms of Thyroid Problems - What can I do?
- Getting enough protein - How much shoud I eat in a day?
- Raw Food Wannabe but hold the nuts - I am vegan and trying to embrace a completely raw foods diet.
- How does a mom get that picker eater some fruits and veggies - I can't get my five year old to eat any fruit and vegetables.
- Proteins & Grains - Can I get enough protein by eating lots of greens as well as sunflower and pumpkin seeds?
- Front Loading Carbs: Does it Work? - Does front loading your carbs, say 65% for your breakfast meal, work for scaling down your intake for the remainder of your day?
- Dry vs. Cooked Whole Wheat Pasta and Peas - Is there any nutritional difference?
- Diarrhea and Fatigue - - Fishing for an answer
- Gluten intolerance - I want to become a vegetarian but what can I eat?
- Weight loss plateau and ammonia-like sweat - Is it my vegan diet?
- Elimination diet for food allergies - Where do I start?
- Belly Fat - What can I do to combat this stubborn fat?
- Vitamin D and Calcium - Are they linked with bones?
- Daily Vitamin Supplements: What Supplements are Essential - I've been vegan for about a year now and take vitamins/supplements but was wondering exactly what supplements are essential to take everyday and how much of each vitamin (i.e. mg's or IU's) I should be taking to sustain long term health.
- Nutrition for a Vegan: Nutrition Deficiency Test - Nutrition for a Vegan: Should I get tested every few years for deficiencies?
- Gluten Free Grains - Can I get enough protein by eating lots of greens as well as sunflower and pumpkin seeds?
- Vegan Weight Loss - I have been trying to lose weight. I have a bowl of cereal for breakfast. A bowl of mixed fresh fruit for lunch. And a proper health dinner.I am not losing any weight?
- Healthy Stool - Should it float?
- Raw Versus Dried Fruits - Do they have the same nutritional qualities?
- Gas and Itchiness - I am having trouble with terrible gas and also itchiness on my bottom which is sore also.
- Daily Vitamin Supplements - Do I really need supplements even though I feel fantastic?
- Nursing a child with nut allergies - can I eat sunflower seeds and beans?
- Six year old challenging vegan lifestyle
- Food plan for a new vegan - an suggestions?
- Baby Eczema - can flaxseed cure it?
- Mental health complications on a vegan diet - what could be the cause?
- Raising my new baby vegan - do you have any advice to help me get prepared?
- Meat analogues- what is your opinon of them?
- Low iron levels - how can I increase my daughter's levels?
- High School Cafeteria Food - how should I discuss vegan food options with my high school principal?
- Multiple food allergies - How can I ensure proper nutrition?
- Pimples since going vegan - Is this normal?
- Rice and soy milk for toddlers
- Dietary supplements for a 12 year old
- Loose stools - is it normal for a vegetarian baby?
- Am I too old to go vegetarian? - I'm 47
- Vegan diet for weight loss - Help!
- Flaxseed - How to use as an egg substitute
- Ridges in Nails - Is this caused by a deficiency?
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