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"There are so many symptoms of perimenopause (35 or more depending on what site you go to) and some are things you might not expect \u2013 dry eyes or dizziness, for example \u2014 that when I started noticing that everything I ate or drank had a weird metallic aftertaste, I thought at first it might be just another weird symptom of this time of life. But there are other things that could account for this strange, tinny taste \u2014 diabetes or pregnancy \u2014 both of which are not impossibilities. Yet a little more googling turned up an unexpected culprit: pine nuts. I&amp;#039;d made pesto two days ago, and gobbled a handful of pine nuts in the process, and then about a day a half later, noticed that everything I ate or drank had a weird, harsh aftertaste. I&amp;#039;m not the only one apparently. An article in the British Daily Mail discusses how eating pine nuts can cause &amp;quot;pine mouth&amp;quot; in some people \u2013 a bitter taste that can last for weeks and cause all food or drink to be completely unpalatable. And there&amp;#039;s no cure but time. Another news article reported that there&amp;#039;s been a surge of &amp;quot;pine mouth&amp;quot; since 2009, though no one knows why. The first case was reported in Belgium in 2001, and there&amp;#039;s even a medical name for it: mettalogeusia. And just last month, the FDA, in response to a surge of complaints, issued an announcement about the new condition \u2014 which it claims is not a food allergy \u2013 and a questionnaire in hopes of getting to the bottom of it. Pine mouth &amp;quot;typically begins 12 to 48 hours after consuming pine nuts,&amp;quot; it states, &amp;quot;and lasts an average of between a few days and two weeks.&amp;quot; Great. Just in time for the holiday. I guess I&amp;#039;ll be saving my chocolate easter eggs for Memorial Day. Have any of you readers experienced pine mouth? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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