Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on November 17, 2009, at 8:04:50
I did a google search, but somehow it's not helping much.
Since I'm vegan, I have to be creative when finding means of getting enough protein while avoiding meats and dairy.
I know that tofu is supposed to be "prohibited", or at least caution must be exercised when eating it, and yet I have gone through pounds and pounds of tofu while on Parnate, and have never had a reaction.
But I am not happy to rely simply on tofu for protein (I do have some other options like hemp powder, nuts, etc, which can't be consumed in such large amounts anyway) so I asked my doctor if I could try tempeh. Tempeh is supposed to be quite a lot more dangerous than tofu, because it is actual fermented soy, but it is supposed to be far superior to tofu in pretty much every way--flavor, protein content, and fiber content, so my doctor gave me the 'ok' for it, just as long as I had some nifedipine with me.
That was about 3 weeks ago, and I have happily eaten package after package of tempeh during the last three weeks without a trace of a reaction.
So now I'm thinking that instead of playing this game of blind trying prohibited foods, I'd like to actually have the tyramine content of several of such foods so that when I experiment, I have at least the knowledge of where they stand in terms of danger, and this would be by knowing their tyramine content.
So, just wondering if anyone knows whether there's a way to find the tyramine content of just about any food?
If anyone has any info on this, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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