Cheese and Migranes

Response to Tyramine and Cheese Headaches Question (Answered by Advait):

We're obviously not doctors, but a migraine doesn't sound like the typical symptoms associated with cow's milk protein allergies. However, headaches from eating cheese have been associated with tyramine and other biogenic amines. These biogenic amines are produced during the aging process of cheese, as specific bacteria or molds break down the proteins in milk to create the sharp taste of an aged gouda, or the runnyness of Brie. Some people may have problems with tyramine and the other biogenic amines that are created as the milk proteins are broken down. But this has much more to do with the type of cheese, and its specific aging process, than with the source of the cheese proteins. Your best bet may be to avoid hard aged cheeses altogether - vegan or otherwise. The role of tyramine as a trigger of headaches is controversial; but, as far as we know, fresh, non-aged cheese should cause less problems with tyramine. Perhaps another biohacking project would be to create a bacteria that breaks down milk proteins without producing tyramine!

Info researched and collected from webMD (all rights remain to webMD):

http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/tyramine-and-migraines

Advait Patil (talk) 17:41, 12 August 2014 (EDT)