Have You Been Struck By “Pine Mouth”?

I ’ve avoided true pine nuts since the first time I had them . That ’s because a few hours after snacking on them , I noticed that my mouth tasted like I ’d been eat old engine part that had been soaked in ammonia water . Everything , including my own breathing space , tasted metallic and bitter . I fancy I was gently allergic . I was improper .

But I was not alone . “ Pine mouth ” strikes people so oftentimes that the FDA has released a command about it . They could n’t say much , beyond it only seemed to happen to people exhaust raw pine nuts , and that it was an “ adverse food chemical reaction … that is clearly trenchant from a typical food allergic reaction . ”

What is it ? There ’s meditation that it has something to do with a chemical substance used during the shelling process of pine nuts from China , because there was an increment in pine mouth during a twelvemonth when there was an gain in import pine nuts from China . Other than that , there is no existent indication on what causes it . Fortunately , it goes away as cryptically as it come . There are n’t any other symptoms , besides slight hungriness due to not eating because of the bitter - metal gustatory sensation in your mouth .

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