Posted by Larry Hoover on September 25, 2004, at 12:42:52
In reply to Re: correction....mozzarella probably excluded too » Larry Hoover, posted by cubbybear on September 25, 2004, at 8:29:31
> Absolutely NOT true--many MAOI users, including myself, have been able to enjoy a pizza with mozzarella cheese (with precautions about adding other cheeses or certain meats) or plain mozzarella itself.
Erring on the side of caution, is all. I know how mozzarella is made, and that's what led me to include it in safe cheeses in my first list. When I came across it listed in a forbidden cheese group, I certainly didn't want to have misled someone into a hypertensive crisis.
Dose is always the critical factor, and individual variability in sensitivity to tyramine varies dramatically. Being safe trumps food variety, unless you are willing to do some experimentation. I didn't want to have someone coming back with, "Larry Hoover said it was okay."
Lar
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