nutty

Remember how back in February I broke out in hives from drinking a soda? Well the strange food reactions are at it again, although this time the reaction isn’t as miserable, just rather annoying.

Yesterday I hadn’t eaten breakfast or lunch and so I grabbed a piece of garlic bread out of the fridge as we were headed out the door. Not the healthiest food choice, I know. Anyway, the first bite tasted awful and bitter and I wondered how bread that was only a day old, and tasted delicious the previous day could have spoiled so quickly. I downed a half bottle of water to wash away the taste which only made it worse. As the day went on, everything I tasted left the same strange bitter metallic taste. I thought maybe I was coming down with something.

When I woke up this morning and brushed my teeth, I was startled to find the taste hadn’t gone away. It wasn’t there all the time, but only when I ate or drank something. So I went on with my day, had some coffee which is bitter anyway, but sadly the taste was still there at lunch and dinner. I mentioned to Tim that I was starting to worry that there was something seriously wrong with me. I didn’t have any symptoms of a cold or sore throat or really anything but the taste. My vivid imagination started to get the better of me and I wondered if it was a brain tumor and suddenly I’d start having blackouts and hallucinations ala Izzy Stevens.

Well after trying unsuccessfully to knock out the bitterness with some sweet ice cream, I Googled “bitter taste in mouth” and the third thing I saw said “bitter taste from eating pine nuts”. Are you kidding?! I just snacked on a handful of them right after work! Turns out that spoiled pine nuts can cause a weird taste reaction that shows up 1-3 days after eating them and can last for several days to weeks. There are a TON of sites that tell you all about it… bunches of people with the exact same weird symptoms. Well I love pine nuts and had some left from a recipe, so they’ve been my little high protein snack for a few days now. Little did I know this evening when I was looking for something to get rid of the taste that I was actually making it worse. I’m hoping this weird reaction doesn’t last too long, but given my hives experience, it will probably last the better part of a week.

On the bright side, if everything I eat tastes bitter, this may be just the thing I need to lose those last 5 lbs of baby weight.