Bitter taste in mouth cause by eating pine nuts (sinus, allergies, kidneys)
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I just figured it out for myself, and the weird part is that it starts a few days after eating the pine nuts and lasts for a while. It's worse when I eat, almost ruining the taste of the food I'm eating (however it hasn't stopped me ).
Yes, I had that happen to me, but only once. (I would call the taste metallic rather than bitter). Slightly worrisome until I figured out it by googling. The isolated incident has not stopped me from regularly eating pine nuts!
just a suggestion, but I would cease eating pine nuts if I were you. They are known to cause metallic taste in mouth and you've been lucky it hasn't been permanent so far. I developed metallic taste almost a year ago and still have it (it's about 60% better but depends on what I eat). I wouldn't risk it if I were you...giving up pine nuts is a small price to pay, IMO.
just a suggestion, but I would cease eating pine nuts if I were you. They are known to cause metallic taste in mouth and you've been lucky it hasn't been permanent so far. I developed metallic taste almost a year ago and still have it (it's about 60% better but depends on what I eat). I wouldn't risk it if I were you...giving up pine nuts is a small price to pay, IMO.
I will stop eating them...I didn't know if could be permanent and the restaurant where I have them often (on my favorite Caesar salad) is all organic if I'm not mistaken - I will ask them at my next visit.
Here I thought it was a sinus problem and post nasal drip causing that bad taste (for me it is bitter when I eat something else).
I buy them from Trader Joe's...and they don't come from China. Even if they were, the issue is not where the nuts are from but how individuals react to pine nut oil. I've found no research stating that the bitter taste could be permanent (not saying it couldn't be...just that permanent after-effects are apparently not at all the norm).
As I mentioned, I eat pine nuts all the time and have for years, and have only had the reaction once. But by all means, give them up if it is a big worry of yours! No one cares if you eat pine nuts or not.
Most pine nuts come from Europe and are over a year old when you eat them. This is ok for some nuts but the pine nuts have become RANCID.
New Mexico pinon nuts don't have this problem - they grow from pinus Edulis but are hard shelled. They are the best. Next comes the Pinus M from Nevada Colorado - not quite as tasty nor as nutritious but they have the softer shell.
The problem does not appear to be with the nuts themselves but an idiosyncratic reaction to them. I would not be surprised to find a gene associated with it, such as the gene that makes cilantro taste soapy to some people or the one that makes people dislike broccoli and similar veggies.
A metallic taste in your mouth is usually a sign that something is quite wrong. Anything you eat that causes that should be eliminated.
I don't like broccoli because it tastes bad! Same w/ brussel sprouts. These two greens have a long list of people who just dislike their taste. As a vegetarian, it's been a non issue, as I can still eat broccoli raw in salads (cooking seems to bring out all the "flavor"), and seldom encounter brussel sprouts, thank goodness.
People used to throw small cabbages from the floats in New Orleans on St Paddy's day when I lived there, but they stopped that because too many people got beaned w/ them (the coconut effect from the Krewe of Zulu). When they switched to brussel sprouts as a safety measure, they found that most people threw them back. I'd bet that broccoli would get the same response.
I suffered from that sinus drip and seasonal allergies for decades. After eliminating wheat and switching to a much more alkaline diet (most meats, all dairy, and many other foods are very acidic and mucus causing) it completely went away within 2 days. I feel like an idiot for suffering for so long, but this information was not easy to discover. Simply taking 400mg of inexpensive guaifenesin tablets twice a day should help w/ the symptoms, but won't address the problem. There are no side effects w/ this OTC medication.
The kidneys and lungs closely regulate the acidity of the body, no matter what you eat. "Alkalinizing" one's body is physiologically impossible. If the system gets either too acidic or too alkaline, the lungs and kidneys will correct the problem in a healthy person. Anything you eat, whether the food is acidic or alkaline, is going into your stomach, where the digestive juices are far more acidic than anything you could tolerate eating.
Allergies have nothing to do with "acid" in your diet. They are a response of the immune system to antigens from such things as pollen in the environment or in food you eat. Those antigens are proteins, and a runny nose can be a reaction to such antigens if you inhale them. Antigens in foods may cause hives. Severe reactions can cause anaphylaxis, which can be fatal.
If you change your diet and your allergic symptoms get better, it is because you eliminated whatever antigen (protein) you were allergic to. It has nothing to do with "acid".
The metallic taste from pine nuts does not mean you are sick.
Some people are genetically predisposed to dislike broccoli and brussels sprouts. They can taste certain chemicals in them that others cannot. That makes the vegetables taste bitter.
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