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SOURCES: 2009 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Richard Doty, PhD, Smell and Taste Researcher, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

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Narrator:

One morning, Ed Sherry's breakfast caused a taste sensation.

Ed Sherry:

I tasted this very bitter taste, which I thought was odd, but I didn't think much of it. But then what happened was, is that, that bitter taste started to move forward and was, my entire mouth became very bitter and metallic.

Narrator:

Breakfast wasn't the end of his ordeal — the foul flavor persisted. At the end of his rope, Ed scoured the internet and saw a buzz.

Ed Sherry :

This is like I'm dying, this is, I'm scared, this is not, something's not right. And these people were saying, and we know what the answer is. The answer is pine nuts.

Narrator:

Yep, pine nuts, specifically chinese pine nuts, that he ate a few days before the bitterness bit him.

Richard Doty, Ph.D.:

Certainly possible that it was an allergic reaction of some sort to what was in the pine nuts, or that something else he ate around that same time.

Narrator:

Doctor Doty (dough tee) and others are puzzled by the pine mouth mystery, but he says an allergic reaction can wreak havoc on the olfactory system, and wreck your ability to sense flavor.

Richard Doty, Ph.D.:

Everything else you think of flavor, of a steak, all these things really depend upon the smell.

Narrator:

Other possibilities include dysosmias (diss OZZ mee uhhz) or dysgeusias (diss GOOZE ee uhhz)—essentially distorted smell or taste perceptions. Or the culprit could be a virus.

Richard Doty, Ph.D.:

There are many viruses that can be there that don't have any other elements; you don't have to have a stuffy nose, and things of the sort, still can damage or alter the smell function.

Narrator:

Whether this terrible taste was triggered by pine nuts, or if it's coincidental, is yet to be discovered. As for Ed, the normal tastes he "pined" for returned in about two weeks. For WebMD, I'm Sandee Lamotte.

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