ok, she has tried it and I was wrong about the heat range thing. It's 60,000 h.u. organic cayenne. And yes, she eats it straight and tried to snort it for the migraines.
Quoting: Gomez She's more woman than I am! I can't even order anything beyond the medium wings at Buffalo Wild Wings..lol.
Sorry it didn't help her migraines.
Sure would be nice if they'd get off their duffs and find out what causes them to begin with instead of just shrugging them off as a 'womans complaint'.I am no expert, this is merely my opinion based on a lot of reading and observations. I could be way off base, but I'll throw this out there none the less.
I believe
some migraines are caused by increased blood flow to the brain.
This is similar in concept to brain freeze. When you consume cold things your blood vessels constrict. Your body recognizes this and sends increased blood flow to the area constricted. This new blood flow warms up the vessel and it expands. This expansion is what causes the 'brain freeze' or rather short term, acute headache.
With this in mind there's a few things to think about and perhaps may lead to lifestyle changes.
Caffeine and nicotine are some of the most commonly used substances. Both of these substances constrict blood vessels. There are other substances that can do this too but for this explanation I'll stick to caffeine and nicotine.
With continued use of either substance your body will begin to adapt. Your body will keep your blood vessels from constricting when in the presence of these substances. Once the equilibrium is found, your body's status quo is good and you have no problems.
Now, take one or both of these substances away or dramatically reduce intake and your body will take time to adapt again. In the meantime, since you no longer intake substances that restrict blood flow your vessels expand more than normal and you now have increased blood flow. Thus migraines ensue.
Ever notice how all migraine OTC pills contain caffeine?
