Posted by myco on February 9, 2009, at 13:11:47
In reply to New MAIO user with questions about food safety, posted by Isabelle on February 8, 2009, at 22:22:09
Ok...I know the diet can be a lil tricky..here we go. First step: breath! lol ... The diet is very individual, meaning just because something is on it doesnt mean you cant have it in MODERATION. I know this from experience, ive eaten many a "no no" and lived to tell the tale of the not so evil maoi...kind of like in that monty python movie, was it 'holy grail'?, where they go to meet/fight this terrible monster in a cave and he turns out to be a bunny "wif big nasty teefs" or something silly like this lol. mmhmm
ok...the wind up:
tahini...yeeps go ahead mow it down hun, totally safe. im not a big fan but I eat tons of seseme "butter"...pretty much ground oil seseme seeds like tahini. Many nut butters are great in flavour: sunflower, macadamia, almost, hazlenut (or you yanks call it filburt i think), peanut.
ya no issue.hummus...eat away hun, no issue
mozzeralla...general rule: fresh white cheese and processed ok (ie ricotta, cream cheese, mozz, american parm in that lil shaker thing). See when a cheese (and meat) is aged and or fermented...bacteria and fungi begin to break down compounds in the cheeses to create various flavours and aromas to get various types of cheese...all cheeses start as pretty much white milk. So if its ewwww shhhtinkay, dont eat it. or nibble and see how ya feel :0)....From this we go pizza...yeeps, its fine aslong as you watch whats on it (no old cheese - mozza can be old/aged/smoked etc to). Again no pepperoni, old sausage (has to be raw meet before cooking then eaten...no preserved/dry meat)
"broad beans", "beans" - no fava (lima same thing), snow peas ok (love em), lentils yep go wild (although watch they havent been (as is common with chefs) cooked in stocks - chicken, beef)...adds great flavour to a pretty much tasteless mushy thing. Be aware of this for alot of beans aswell...boiling/cooking in stock adds lots of yum yum flavour (*note for restaurant food ok)...even you veggies out there may not realize that your lentil dish may have been cookin in stocks lol. sorry :-P
"european chocolate": this is a silly way to think of it though. Think dark, white, milk etc...chocolate is chocolate and differs only in the amount of cocoa butter (harmless by the way) and any additives (ive a dark choc with olive oil bar in the fridge). It's a caffeine issue with chocolate mostly but there is tyramine because it does undergo some fermentation (means aged - organisms allowed to work on it to some degree). so moderation...no massive pms or break up binges while eating bags of the stuff ok lol.
"tempeh" (gotta luv the fungi) and "miso" - hella no no's. miso has alot of soy which is bad but again moderation (i eat soy sauce, no issue with nardil and i eat tofu to some extent - lil bits). tempeh is coated in fungal mycelium so...it may be a deathwish lol i dunno though, ive not eaten it in years and years. the fungi break it down and produce flavour compounds...this type of processing of foods you should avoid if you can....fermented (ie aged or grown in association with bacterias and moulds)....that being said though, yogurt i luv (all bacteria with a lil fruit and milk and sugar) and sour cream (yum) but a no no. moderation :0)
keep smilin,
hope this nardil mid morning hypomanic episode helps (mmmm damn i luv coffee - oh ya, drink up...just watch the caffeine megadose)*f*rts and leaves
myco
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