Cursed Pine Nuts or Triglycerides?
Posted in General Science on Apr 26, 2009
A few days ago I noticed that my taste was disturbed: no matter what I eat or drink I feel the bitter taste in my mouth. This bitter, metallic taste appears within seconds of chewing and it affects everything I eat even sweets! Initially I thought I was having a very serious health problem until I came across this short article “Taste disturbances after pine nut ingestion” from “European Journal of Emergency Medicine”. A few days prior to my unusual symptoms, I had eaten a whole 200 g bag of pine nuts from “Whole Foods”!
The article hypothesizes that certain triglycerides, formed by unsaturated fatty acids, may attribute to the bitter taste; however, the role of these triglycerides remains a mystery. The good news is I should be able to taste food normally within a week or so.
I’ve eaten pine nuts in large quantities in the past but never experienced any taste problems, so perhaps it depends on the nuts’ origin.
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I have been suffering through pine mouth for awhile. I just found this website and it decribes my symptoms. I am curious, though, my family at the nuts as well, and it was only me that has the problem. Why is that? could it be an enzyme that I have and they dont, Like the asparagus pee thing?
Curious.
How long has it been since you got metallogeusia (metallic taste)?
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maybe it has to do with your triglicoride levels at the times or something like that maybe some vitamin or whatevr was abnormal upon you eating the nuts at that specific time and not the other times.
I definitely had “cacogeusia” as described here http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049580?dopt=Abstract
Perhaps related to the soapy-aluminum taste of cilantro? Do you hate cilantro?
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nice posting thanks for sharing
maybe we need a medication to add hydrogen to the unsaturated molecules!
Ihave Pine Mouth from MOMA”s cafe Romaine salad with Pine Nuts.
maybe we need a medication to add hydrogen to the unsaturated molecules!
It could be as simple as pine nuts… I hope it is. It could also be the first sign of cranial nerve damage or the beginnings of some other pathological problem. If it doesn’t go away in two days, you may want to check with a physician just in case. Be safe!
This is still a problem and it’s worldwide… Australia, UK, Canada. Read this blog for more info. http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/60
It is like a twisted form of torture, I can’t enjoy anything I eat :)
Wow. That’s cool.