Got Pine Mouth? The Curious Problem with Pine Nuts

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  Posted by Montereyme Thu May 28, 2009 7:28am PDT

  I've never had pine mouth, and I eat them quite a bit. I buy a brand called "Alessi" or something like that. I believe they're Italian, not Chinese. I buy them at my local supermarket.

  Informative article though - definitely something to watch for!

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  Posted by Andygirl Thu May 28, 2009 8:54am PDT

  That's strange. I love pine nuts and I've never experienced that!

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  Posted by Jules Thu May 28, 2009 9:06am PDT

  Don't buy anything from China! They are the problem!

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  Posted by itslilolme Thu May 28, 2009 2:09pm PDT

  Yet another problem with something from China! (Insert heavy sarcasam here) I'm sooooo surprised!

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  Posted by Drea2up Thu May 28, 2009 3:43pm PDT

  Food allergies, such as with sulfur dioxide, can also cause this. Some gastrointestinal disorders can be aggravated by food allergies and cause burping, dry mouth, thirst, rectal itching and a metal taste.

  High protein diets can cause benign dietary ketosis. This has also been associated with a metal taste.

  Personally I agree with itslilolme though, and just avoid anything that's from China as much as possible, especially Food.

  XOxo~Drea

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  Posted by Gwen Thu May 28, 2009 4:02pm PDT

  I get that metallic taste in my mouth sometimes, but I rarely ever eat pine nuts... anything else that causes it?

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  Posted by Drea2up Thu May 28, 2009 5:11pm PDT

  Gwen, food allergies are only one cause. I am allergic to dairy products and get a metallic taste that lasts three days after I eat dairy. I discovered this by doing some research online. XOxo~Drea

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  Posted by Kathryn Fri May 29, 2009 9:01am PDT

  This happened to me. I made a pasta salad with store bought pesto Ralph's brand pine nuts (the supermarket chain: label says the pine nuts were from China). In the past I had always used the Costco pine nuts. After eating a lot of the pasta salad as well as noshing on the leftover salad for a few days, I developed the bitter/metallic taste. It only occurs when eating or drinking and occurs every time I eat or drink something. It starts with the third or fourth bite of something and lasts for about 15 minutes afterwards. So I think this is what I have. I don't know if this means I should never eat pine nuts again or just avoid pine nuts from China.

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  Posted by casio Fri Jun 5, 2009 3:19pm PDT

  As a bonified pinenut-ologist I can assure you that this condition will last a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of the rest of your life. This is due to a protein located inside the masticular-fibion of the inner serebria of nut. This protein is indigestible by the human body.

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  Posted by Mary Kate Mon Jun 8, 2009 8:57am PDT

  Yes! I am suffering through it for the past 3 days. I had gone on webmd to try to figure out what was going on and the best they could say was dry mouth or acid refux. I was about to make an appointment with my doctor to figure it out this morning when I made a google search for bitter or mettalic taste in my mouth after eating and drinking. And there are a whole bunch of forums that brought up pine nuts. I just bought some last week at Trader Joes - I ate some raw, some toasted, and then I used the majority for a homemade pesto. The taste just lingers on your toungue right a few bites or drinking for up to 20 minutes. The only time it doesn't happen is with water. It is brutal and the thought of eating anything is downright depressing. Others who have suffered from it says that it subsides after 7 to 14 days. I can only hope.

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