wicked anti-migraine diet

panda started me on this diet that was torture at first. i am getting used to it.
it is an "anti-migraine" diet. a low tyramine diet. from the headaches.org website.

tyramin is produced with the breakdown of the tyrosine amino acid. tyramine levels increase when foods are aged, fermented or stored for long periods. ie, not fresh!

MEAT
ok: fresh meats, fish, poultry :: canned or frozen.
so so: nitrates
not ok: fermented sausage: pepporoni, salami, summer sausage, etc / non-fresh meats, fish poultry, pickled herring 
limit: tofu / tempah to 10 oz per day
limit: processed meats and/or aged cheeses to 4 oz per day

DAIRY
ok: milk: whole, 2%, skim / fresh cheese: american, cottage cheese, cream cheese, mozzarella
not ok: aged cheeses: cheddar, blue cheese, brie, swiss, parmesean, provolone (see limit in meats)

BREADS, CEREALS, PASTA
ok: all breads, biscuits, pancakes, cooked & dry cereal /  all pasta: spaghetti, rotini, macaroni, egg noodles

VEGETABLES
so so: raw onion
not ok: fava beans, broad deans
limit: soy sauce, miso, teryaki to 1 oz per day

FRUITS
limit: citrus fruits to 1/2 cup per day

SOUPS
ok: homemade broths

BEVERAGES
ok: decaff coffee or tea, club soda, caffeine free carbonated beverages
limit: caffeinated beveraged to 200mg per day
limit: alcohol: either 2 bottles/cans domestic beer or 4 oz wine
not ok: tap beer

DESSERTS & SWEETS
ok: sugar, jelly, jam, honey, hard candies, cakes, cookies
limit: chocolate: ice cream (1 cup), cookies (1 average size), pudding (1 cup), cake (3 inch cube), chocolate candies (1/2 oz) :: all count as 1 serving caffeinated beverage. 

INGREDIENTS
not ok: MSG, nitrates/nitrites, sulfites, aspartane

FATS, OILS, MISC
ok: cooking oils, fats, vinegar, extracts
not ok: concentrated yeast extract (ie, marmite/vegemite)

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basically: no caffeine, alcohol, chocolate, aged cheeses, processed meats, MSG, aspartane, nitrates, sulfites!!!  yeah, try that.  after a couple weeks, migraines gone.  also with the aid of one other ingredient not listed that i supplement as needed.

stellar january albums

january music recommendations. a rather prolific month for labels & promoters to get the new year off to a nice start. some of the best music i heard in january is actually from the tail end of 2012, but hear ya are!

blues/americana

grandma kelsey – something special for you (2012, kelsey swope)

keller williams & the traveling mccourys – pick (2012, sci fidelity recordings)

filthy still – the last six feet (2011, farmageddon records)

strange americans – a royal battle (2012)

danny barnes – rocket (2011, ato records)

ben harper / charlie mussellwhite – get up!   (2013, stax)

wooden wand – blood oaths of the new blues  (2013, fire records)

rock

jerry joseph & the jackmormons – happy book  (2012, response records) ::

dropkick murphys – signed & sealed in blood  (2013, born & bred records) :: top notch!!

judgement day – polar shift (2012, minus head)

act rights – sweat equity (2013, tonequake records)

panda riot – northern automatic music (2013, saint marie)

fidlar – singles (2013, mom & pop)

jazz/world

ballake sissoko – at peace (2012, six degrees records)

terry lyne carrington – money jungle (2013, concord jazz)

alasdair roberts & friends – a wonder working stone (2013, drag city)

ambient

ex cops – true hallucinations (2013, other music recording company) ::

clinic – free reign (2012, domino) :: oh yes!

find the others  (2011, fto) :: plays like a documentary about modern agriculture

stripminers – trail hope ranch (2013, stripminers) :: features brett anderson of the donnas

on and on – give in (2013, roll call records)