Can Pepper Increase Anxiety/Stress Levels?

DMF

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I added a boatload of lemon pepper to my late night meal after an evening of intense exercise. Later on my sleep was fraught with strange vague symptoms of rapid heartbeat, racing mind, overall frustration while tossing and turning, and ultimately of course, feeling rotten the next day. I almost never use pepper in my foods.
 

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Some spices are noticeably estrogenic for me. Peat says pepper is estrogenic.
 

Dobbler

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I'd say its the evening exercise or the food you ate or something else, i don't think such small amount of spice can have any noticeable effect.
 
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Capsaicin is an insulinogogue. How hot that pepper was? High amount of capsaicin could lead to low blood sugar.
 

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