experiencing taste disturbances!

so, i did a really gnarly reaction in the lab and then during lunch everything i ate tasted bitter and metallic. i was very safe while setting up the reaction, but i started to freak out after 2 days of everything tasting like chemicals. i have been talking to everyone about it, and my lab mate told me a story of another chemist in the department with the same problem. he also thought chemistry was the culprit for his 'taste disturbances'.

HOWEVER, he found out that it was due to pine nut consumption! totally crazy! i ate ABSURD amounts of pesto last weekend and have been throwing pine nuts in all my food, and i think i have it too! i have been reading about it on the internet and TONS of people have this problem. people are trying to blame it on chinese pine nuts, i think that's stupid.

the internet says i may have these 'taste disturbances' for up to WEEKS!

i quit pine nuts.