Posted by curious on February 13, 2002, at 15:28:02
I'm a vegan, so soy products (tofu) are a large part of my diet, and a big source of protein. I am starting on an MAOI (Parnate, for atypical depression) and have found much - but often conflicting - information about soy products. Does anyone have experience? Especially with tofu? Or with different brands of soy sauce?
I've read the Shulman article's abstract (J Clin Psyciatry 1999;50:191-193) and a post that soy sauce was OK for one person (apparently even from the assays different brands of soy sauce have different tyramine levels).
My understanding is that the tyramine is usually a product of fermentation or decay) so I understand why soy sauce would be a problem, but what about tofu?
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