The only real care you absolutely must have with ayahuasca is not taking anti-depressants, stimulants or other substances that can dangerously interact with MAOI. As far as the typical food (and sex) dieta, it is by no means a universal requirement, is arbitrary and subjective. Some people do it, some do not, some tribes do it, others do not. Nobody is The Ayahuasca Chief which can say to everybody else what they follow, even amongst indigenous people there is no agreement.
For example the Shuar will consume ayahuasca together with alcoholic fermented drinks, as well as have sex freely (Sangirardi Jr, 1983). In other tribes this might be a big no.
In some tribes, 'normal' people can't consume ayahuasca, only the shamans. In others, women can't consume when they are menstruating, or at all. In others, only the patient who is sick can drink, or the hunter who will soon hunt, nobody else. I could quote you many different restrictions from different groups which are localized and arbitrary, not universal.
IMO ayahuasca simply asks you to 'be balanced' and avoid excesses so you have to find for yourself what YOU have to do or avoid doing. Historically, it might have made sense for some tribes to have taken some special diets because maybe they had just gotten in contact with processed salt and sugar, with stronger alcoholic drinks from white people, and maybe ayahuasca told them to avoid that. But maybe it wasn't that ayahuasca tells people salt is bad, its just that in that specific context, where many indigenous people were overindulging in those specific things, maybe ayahuasca told them that to find a balance they needed to take a break from that. And then it became a dogma which others follow blindly.
As for the MAO-tyramine interaction dangers, they are way overstated since tyramine is metabolized by both MAO-A and MAO-B, and harmalas in ayahuasca are reversible MAO-A inhibitors only. There is no real danger of taking ayahuasca and eating cheese or things like that. Me personally, I just believe in eating generally light and healthy, and after trying all sorts of ways I rather have eaten a couple of hours before ingestion rather than fasting.
I have no clue what the "rollback" thing you are talkign about, but if ayahuasca is having negative effects for you, take a break. Otherwise, feel free to experiment with different restrictions or freedoms you decide to set upon yourself. Just be informed, avoid dangerous pharmacological mixes and you'll be fine.
For example the Shuar will consume ayahuasca together with alcoholic fermented drinks, as well as have sex freely (Sangirardi Jr, 1983). In other tribes this might be a big no.
In some tribes, 'normal' people can't consume ayahuasca, only the shamans. In others, women can't consume when they are menstruating, or at all. In others, only the patient who is sick can drink, or the hunter who will soon hunt, nobody else. I could quote you many different restrictions from different groups which are localized and arbitrary, not universal.
IMO ayahuasca simply asks you to 'be balanced' and avoid excesses so you have to find for yourself what YOU have to do or avoid doing. Historically, it might have made sense for some tribes to have taken some special diets because maybe they had just gotten in contact with processed salt and sugar, with stronger alcoholic drinks from white people, and maybe ayahuasca told them to avoid that. But maybe it wasn't that ayahuasca tells people salt is bad, its just that in that specific context, where many indigenous people were overindulging in those specific things, maybe ayahuasca told them that to find a balance they needed to take a break from that. And then it became a dogma which others follow blindly.
As for the MAO-tyramine interaction dangers, they are way overstated since tyramine is metabolized by both MAO-A and MAO-B, and harmalas in ayahuasca are reversible MAO-A inhibitors only. There is no real danger of taking ayahuasca and eating cheese or things like that. Me personally, I just believe in eating generally light and healthy, and after trying all sorts of ways I rather have eaten a couple of hours before ingestion rather than fasting.
I have no clue what the "rollback" thing you are talkign about, but if ayahuasca is having negative effects for you, take a break. Otherwise, feel free to experiment with different restrictions or freedoms you decide to set upon yourself. Just be informed, avoid dangerous pharmacological mixes and you'll be fine.