Posted by gardenergirl on June 7, 2007, at 14:49:58
In reply to spinach, posted by brooke484 on June 7, 2007, at 14:16:15
Brooke, that booklet sounds great! A lot of what girlinterrupted was asking about sounded like pre-1996 restrictions, i.e. before that large study actually measuring tyramine amounts.
If gi's still reading, I'd recommend getting a BP monitor. I use that whenever I try an "iffy" food for the first time--one of those "use with caution" or other types I've not had yet. I take a small amount, and then measure my BP immediately, and 10-15 minutes later. If no change, I proceed cautiously.
I've never heard of spinach being a problem, especially fresh spinach. I think it's not hard to tell what an overripe avocado is like. It's much much softer and perhaps even starting to smell a bit. I've not had any trouble with nuts, though I don't eat filberts, which I think was one listed specifically? I just don't like them.
About tofu, from what I understand, it's the marinated type that is a no-no. Fresh tofu, prepared as you like though without any other no-no's is fine. I would think soy-based "dairy" products are also fine as long as they are fresh. If there's some kind of soy protein paste type thing that's not quickly perishable, that might be iffy. Sorry, I don't know enough about vegetarian and vegan foods.
Re: autolyzed yeast extract...I think I've posted about this before, so you might look in the archives. Lots of great MAOI diet info there...but I avoided it altogether at first. But since it's everywhere in commercially processed foods, that got old really quick. I learned it was something used to bind flavoring in foods. Reading the ingredients on packages showed that it's often one of the smallest quantity ingredients. For me, the lower it is in the ingredient list, the safer I feel eating the product. In something like Marmite or Vegemite, the amount would be quite high, so those are no-no's. Which is just fine for me. :)
gg
poster:gardenergirl
thread:761571
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20070604/msgs/761659.html