Food | Allowed (not allowed if spoiled or improperly stored)* | Minimize intake¶ | Not allowed |
Beverages | Decaffeinated beverages (eg, coffee, tea, soda); milk | Caffeine-containing drinks Clear alcoholic spirits (eg, gin, vodka, rum) Red or white wine (no more than two 4-ounce servings per day) Bottled/canned beer, including nonalcoholic (no more than two 12-ounce servings per day) Soy milk | Tap (draft) beer, Korean beer, vermouth |
Breads, cereals, crackers | Commercial yeast breads, hot and cold cereals, most crackers (ie, containing no aged cheese) | None | Sourdough bread; crackers and breads that contain aged cheese |
Dairy, eggs, cheeses | Butter, cottage cheese, eggs, farmers or pot cheese, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, ice cream, pudding, yogurt | American processed cheese, mozzarella, parmesan, Romano, sour cream (limit these to one serving of ½ cup) | All aged cheeses are absolutely not allowedΔ, including: Blue/bleu, camembert, cheddar, gorgonzola, gouda, gruyere, provolone, Roquefort, Stilton, Swiss |
Meat, fish, and poultry | All fresh packaged, fresh frozen, or fresh processed (not aged or smoked) meats, fish, and poultry; fresh breakfast sausage | Pepperoni, hot dogs, bologna | All aged, smoked, pickled, or cured meats/fish/poultry are absolutely not allowed, including: Aged, smoked, pickled or dried meats (eg, bacon, aged or dried sausage, all types of salami, Genoa, mortadella, corned beef, pastrami); aged chicken and beef liver; dried, pickled or smoked fish (eg, pickled herring, lox, smoked salmon, smoked trout, shrimp paste); liverwurst; meat extracts; meat alternatives that contain soy product (eg, meatless hot dogs made from tofu) |
Starches – potatoes/rice | Potatoes, rice, noodles, pasta, and most stuffings | None | Soy products (eg, tofu, tempeh) |
Vegetables and beans | Most fresh, frozen, canned, or dried vegetables, leafy salad greens, lentils, and beans (except fava and soy beans); most veggie burgers (ie, containing no soy product) | Chili peppers | Fava or broad beans (Italian green beans) and their pods, Kim chee (Kimchi), sauerkraut, snow peas, soy beans, bean pastes, edamame beans |
Fruit and fruit juices | Most fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and fruit juices | Avocado (not over-ripened), canned figs, raspberries | Avocado (over-ripened), banana (over-ripened), banana peel, dried fruit, any kind of fruit that is over-ripened |
Soups, gravies, casseroles, pizza | Home prepared (not prepackaged) soups, gravies, casseroles that contain no aged cheese, bouillons, flavoring cubes, or meat extracts | Occasional consumption of one to two slices of pizza from large chain commercial outlets appears safe (ie, generally made with low tyramine cheese); avoid: larger quantities, extra cheese, or pizzas containing aged cheese | Soups, gravies, casseroles, pizzas that contain aged cheese; soups or casseroles with flavoring meat extracts (eg, flavor cubes, bouillon), miso, broad or fava beans and their pods, tofu, tempeh, soy products (eg, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce) or yeast extracts |
Fats and oils | Butter, cream cheese, margarine, mayonnaise, olive oil, vegetable oils | Moderate amount (eg, 2 to 4 ounces) of peanut butter is considered safe | Fats and oils included in fermented, aged, cured, smoked, pickled, or other foods that are not allowed |
Snacks | Potato chips, popcorn, most nuts, most crackers (ie, containing no aged cheese) | Moderate consumption of peanuts is considered safe | Snack foods containing aged cheeses |
Sweets | Sugar, hard candy, honey, molasses, syrups | One serving of chocolate (eg, 2 ounces) is considered safe | None |
Desserts | Cakes, cookies, gelatin, pastries, pies, sherbets, sorbets | One serving of chocolate-containing dessert (eg 4 ounces) is considered safe | None |
Condiments and miscellaneous | Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, non-cheese salad dressings, salt, spices, herbs, Worcestershire sauce | None | All aged or fermented soy and yeast products (eg, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, soy paste, Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce, marmite/vegemite and other concentrated yeast extracts), sauerkraut |
MAOI: monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
* No leftover, improperly stored, handled, or spoiled foods of any type should be consumed. It is important to purchase and consume only fresh meats, poultry, and fish that are properly wrapped and stored under refrigeration and eaten the same day or frozen right away. Fresh produce should be consumed within 48 hours of purchase and not eaten if overripe. Use canned or frozen foods immediately upon opening or thawing.
¶ Eat these foods occasionally; no more than one serving (eg, ½ cup) of one to three of these foods or beverages each day.
Δ The majority of cases of food-related hypertensive crisis during treatment with MAOIs are associated with consumption of aged cheeses.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?