Pine Nuts.... anyone else have a side effect?

marybeth67 · 03-28-2011, 01:31 PM

I tried pine nuts for the first time on friday....... thought they tasted great. I noticed sunday morning that my coffee seemed bitter, and had an after taste. Then everything else I ate that day was bitter, so I just assumed it was some sort of acid reflux. So today everything is still bitter and when I googled "bitter taste in mouth" pine nuts came up.... actually pine mouth came up. who knew??
I've never heard of this in my life. Anyone else? I'd love to know a cure for it, says it may take a week

melanija · 03-28-2011, 01:33 PM

Wow...I've never heard of that. I love pine nuts, i don't remember having that problem. I guess it doesn't affect everyone?

nolcjunk · 03-28-2011, 01:43 PM

wow, I have never heard of that either, must be some kind of genetic thing that affects only certain people- like smelling cyanide.

I love a couple of pine nuts in a salad and never had a bitter aftertaste.

ETA I just googled and see that this is caused by some Chinese varieties of pine nuts. Next time get some nuts from outside of China (like Italy, Spain, etc) and see if it makes a difference.

maybell · 03-28-2011, 01:52 PM

I have heard of this! The woman who owns a wine boutique a few blocks away told me that some Pine Nuts will cause an ongoing bitter taste in people's mouths. She had a few customers tell her about it, that is how she knew.
I can't remember which country but there was one specific one where the pine nuts came from that caused this. She said it can last for a week!

marybeth67 · 03-28-2011, 02:03 PM

Oh gosh.... I hope this doesn't last a week. It's awful

drjlocarb · 03-28-2011, 02:58 PM

Market and sell as a diet aid.

"Make your favorite foods taste bad."

Furious Bunny · 03-28-2011, 03:42 PM

Ugh, hope it gets better soon. I thought my roommate was kidding when she told me about this, but google said otherwise. I thought maybe the stuff I got from Trader Joe's would be okay, but the websites I found seemed to indicate that the stuff from Trader Joe's was specifically problematic. Will have to try to find some European-origin pine nuts at Whole Foods.

Rebecca1979 · 03-28-2011, 04:00 PM

I don't have the bitter taste, but my throat gets gummy where I feel like I can't clear it. It's awful!

03-28-2011, 01:31 PM	#1
marybeth67 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: KY Posts: 292 Gallery: marybeth67 Stats: 235-238-150 WOE: low-carb Start Date: re-start again........	Pine Nuts.... anyone else have a side effect? I tried pine nuts for the first time on friday....... thought they tasted great. I noticed sunday morning that my coffee seemed bitter, and had an after taste. Then everything else I ate that day was bitter, so I just assumed it was some sort of acid reflux. So today everything is still bitter and when I googled "bitter taste in mouth" pine nuts came up.... actually pine mouth came up. who knew?? I've never heard of this in my life. Anyone else? I'd love to know a cure for it, says it may take a week

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03-28-2011, 01:33 PM	#2
melanija Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Michigan & Latvia Posts: 414 Gallery: melanija Stats: 177/171/127 5"2' WOE: Atkins/intuitive/other Start Date: October 28, 2010	Wow...I've never heard of that. I love pine nuts, i don't remember having that problem. I guess it doesn't affect everyone?

03-28-2011, 01:43 PM	#3
nolcjunk Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,470 Gallery: nolcjunk Stats: Whole foods lc, 110, 5'6 WOE: Atkins - it's a diet	wow, I have never heard of that either, must be some kind of genetic thing that affects only certain people- like smelling cyanide. I love a couple of pine nuts in a salad and never had a bitter aftertaste. ETA I just googled and see that this is caused by some Chinese varieties of pine nuts. Next time get some nuts from outside of China (like Italy, Spain, etc) and see if it makes a difference.

03-28-2011, 01:52 PM	#4
maybell Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: los angeles Posts: 568 Gallery: maybell Stats: 144/117/117 WOE: Atkins	I have heard of this! The woman who owns a wine boutique a few blocks away told me that some Pine Nuts will cause an ongoing bitter taste in people's mouths. She had a few customers tell her about it, that is how she knew. I can't remember which country but there was one specific one where the pine nuts came from that caused this. She said it can last for a week!

03-28-2011, 02:03 PM	#5
marybeth67 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: KY Posts: 292 Gallery: marybeth67 Stats: 235-238-150 WOE: low-carb Start Date: re-start again........	Oh gosh.... I hope this doesn't last a week. It's awful

03-28-2011, 02:58 PM	#6
drjlocarb Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,214 Gallery: drjlocarb Stats: 274 /224/190 WOE: vlc/NK Start Date: LC-1999,jan2010 274 NK 1-1-13 at 244	Market and sell as a diet aid. "Make your favorite foods taste bad."

03-28-2011, 03:42 PM	#7
Furious Bunny Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 40 Gallery: Furious Bunny Stats: Overfat/Correcting/Maximum density WOE: LC real food (scotch is real food, right?) Start Date: January 2011	Ugh, hope it gets better soon. I thought my roommate was kidding when she told me about this, but google said otherwise. I thought maybe the stuff I got from Trader Joe's would be okay, but the websites I found seemed to indicate that the stuff from Trader Joe's was specifically problematic. Will have to try to find some European-origin pine nuts at Whole Foods.

03-28-2011, 04:00 PM	#8
Rebecca1979 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indian Trail, North Carolina Posts: 2,064 Gallery: Rebecca1979 Stats: 286/227/199 (for now!) WOE: Induction is my life right now! Start Date: May 12, 2008	I don't have the bitter taste, but my throat gets gummy where I feel like I can't clear it. It's awful!