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Posted by Maxime on December 23, 2009, at 14:33:10
I ate a lot of swiss cheese last night and I didn't get a hypertensive crisis. I wonder if it has less tyramine in it that cheddar cheese.
I wasn't trying to have a hypertensive crisis. My mum was cooking with it and I kept eating it because I haven't had any in so long.
Posted by SLS on December 23, 2009, at 14:57:59
In reply to Cheese and maoi, posted by Maxime on December 23, 2009, at 14:33:10
> I ate a lot of swiss cheese last night and I didn't get a hypertensive crisis. I wonder if it has less tyramine in it that cheddar cheese.
>
> I wasn't trying to have a hypertensive crisis. My mum was cooking with it and I kept eating it because I haven't had any in so long.I would be more afraid of cheddar than of swiss. Usually, the more expensive aged cheeses are the most dangerous. Processed cheeses are less of a risk. Unfortunately, I can't quantify the risks of eating the various cheeses, so I am not recommending that you eat any type of cheese in partucular. The tyramine reaction is unpredictable. You can eat a certain type of cheese three days in a row without precipitating a hypertensive reaction, yet react badly to it on the fourth day.
- Scott
Posted by jedi on December 30, 2009, at 2:50:50
In reply to Cheese and maoi, posted by Maxime on December 23, 2009, at 14:33:10
> I ate a lot of swiss cheese last night and I didn't get a hypertensive crisis. I wonder if it has less tyramine in it that cheddar cheese.
>
> I wasn't trying to have a hypertensive crisis. My mum was cooking with it and I kept eating it because I haven't had any in so long.Hi Maxime,
I have not posted in such a long time that this feels kind of strange to me. I have had a hypertensive episode on aged swiss cheese so I would be really careful. Scott is right in that the processed varieties have very little tyramine. However true aged swiss is very dangerous on MAOIs. I just saw white cheese and was not thinking swiss. we sometimes get lulled into a sense of complacency after many years on MAOIs. Have to remember to always be very careful.
Be Well,
Jedi
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