Posted by atypical on May 20, 2011, at 22:47:09
In reply to Almonds and tyramine -- MAOI diet, posted by Terry8 on May 20, 2011, at 12:53:16
I take Nardil. And I eat raw almonds every single morning. It has no impact on me in terms of the hypertensive reaction. I've had almonds in cereal and baked goods without any problems.
I guess our bodies are all different!
I have been triggered by Monterey Jack cheese and a draft beer (forget which kind). Today I had a draft beer (don't remember the name) and had no problem. Luckily.
> Almonds: not on the standard MAOI diet lists I've been following. But after yet another hypertensive reaction (not a full-on crisis, but ow, holy headache, Batman) I think I've narrowed the culprit down to almonds in baked goods: the homemade almond biscotti a friend sent me in the mail yesterday, and (making the connection in hindsight) the financiers (almond cakes) I tried for the first time at Easter. My blood pressure spiked each time. Nothing high enough to bring me to the hospital, but hovering around 150/100 for an hour or two at a time, and I usually roll in the 85/55 range now, so that high is pretty painful and unsettling.
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> Even though almonds aren't on the updated MAOI diet lists I've seen, a quick google brings them up on diet lists of high-tyramine foods to avoid for migraine headache suffers. Anyone know for sure? Or has anybody else had a reaction to almonds (or other nuts)? (Peanuts tend to be on some MAOI diet lists, but they're not nuts at all, they're legumes -- and I haven't had a problem with them.)
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