Food Type	Foods Allowed	Foods to Avoid
Beverages	Decaffeinated coffee, fruit juices, club soda, non-cola sodas (7UP, ginger ale) * Caffeine sources to be limited to 2 cups per day	*caffeine sources Coffee, tea, cola type sodas, in excess of 2 cups per day No chocolate or cocoa Alcoholic beverages NONE!
Meat, Fish, Poultry	Fresh or frozen turkey, chicken, fish, lamb, veal, pork, egg as meat substitute, tuna, tuna salad	Aged, canned, cured or processed meats, canned or aged ham, pickled herring, salted dried fish, chicken liver, aged game, hot dogs, fermented sausage (no nitrates or nitrites) bologna, salami, pepperoni, summer sausage, peanut butter, any meal prepared with meat tenderizer, soy sauce or yeast extracts
Dairy	Milk: Homogenized, 2% or skim Cheese – American, cottage, framer, ricotta, cream cheese, Velveeta Yogurt: limit to 1/2 cup	Cultured dairy such as buttermilk, sour cream, chocolate milk Cheese – blue, boursoult, brick, brie types, camembert types, cheddar, swiss, gouda, roquefort, stilton, mozzarella, parmesan, provolone, romano, emmenthaler.
Breads And Cereals	Commercial breads: white, whole wheat, rye, French, Italian, English muffins, melba toast, crackers, rye crisp, bagel All hot and dry cereals: cream of wheat, wheaten, oatmeal, cornflakes, puffed rice and wheat, etc.	Hot, fresh homemade yeast breads, breads and crackers with cheese
Potato or Substitute	White potato, sweet potato, rice, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles
Vegetables	Asparagus, string beans, beets, carrots, spinach, pumpkin, tomatoes, squash, corn, zucchini, broccoli, green lettuce, etc. all except those to avoid	Pole or broad beans, lima beans, Italian beans, lentils, snow peas, fava beans, navy beans, pinto beans, pea pods, sauerkraut, garbanzo beans, onions, except for flavoring, olives, pickles
Fruits	Any fruit juice such as prune, apple, applesauce, cherries, apricots, peach, pears, fruit cocktail Limit intake to ½ cup orange, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon lime	Avocados, banana (1/2 allowed per day), figs, raisins, papaya, passion fruit, red plums Nuts and seeds: peanut butter, sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seed, peanuts
Soups	Cream soups made from foods allowed, homemade broths	Canned soups: soup cubes, bouillon cubes, soup bases with autoyed yeast or MSG (read labels)
Desserts	Fruit listed, sherbets, ice cream, cakes, and cookies made without chocolate or yeast, jello	Chocolate type: ice cream pudding, cookie and cake
Sweet	Sugar, jelly, jam, honey, hard candy	Chocolate candies, chocolate syrup
Miscellaneous	Salt in moderation, lemon juices, butter or margarine, cooking oil, whipped cream White vinegar and commercial salad dressing in small amounts	Pizza, cheese sauces, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate (MSG) in excessive amounts, yeast, yeast extracts, brewer's yeast, meat tenderizers, accent and seasonal salt Mixed dishes: Macaroni and cheese, beef stroganoff, cheese blintzes, lasagna, frozen TV dinners Some snack items to be avoided Read all labels Any pickled, preserved or marinated foods

*CAFFEINE HAS NO TYRAMINE PER SE, BUT AGGRAVATES THE SYMPTOMS OF HEADACHES AND HYPERTENSION