Posted by alchemist on November 8, 2005, at 15:14:04
In reply to Re: MAOIs and olive oil?, posted by gardenergirl on November 8, 2005, at 7:40:11
And to think that she's been avoiding it unnecessarily for nearly 20 years!
I discovered this website and found all sorts of posts about people on MAOIs eating mozzarella, beer, and other forbidden foods.
It seems her doctor was more strict than most. For example, for all these years, she's been avoiding all beans except green beans. He told her she couldn't have lentils, kidney beans, black beans, etc. Now I'm reading that only fava beans and broad beans are forbidden. She was also told not to eat "exotic" fruits such as mango and kiwi. I haven't been able to find any information on this at all, though. Oh, and she was forbidden to eat pork of any kind. Anyone heard of these restrictions?
Of course, I keep finding things like soy sauce and sour cream on the forbidden list, and those are things she *does* eat!
Thanks for all your help.
My biggest fear, though, is telling her, 'Sure, you can eat this!' and then having her keel over dead.
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