We’ve been preaching about the endorphin rush from hot peppers for years, and many books and magazines have been published which support this. This article from the Clarion Ledger out of Mississippi is a short summary of this same topic. Check it out this snippet and link:

Burn, baby, burn: The high of hot peppers
By Felder Rushing
Special to The Clarion-Ledger

Psssst! Wanna cheap buzz that’s legal?

There’s no need to turn to mind-altering drugs - just eat a hot pepper.

It’ll make you downright woozy - after you get over the initial think-you-are-dying stage.

The white lining the inside walls of hot peppers contain a material called capsaicin, which causes a distinct burning sensation when in contact with nerve endings in mucous membranes.

Oddly enough, the heat isn’t real - it just seems that way, so much so that your brain can’t override it. You just can’t talk a pepper burn down.

Other than riding it out (at most it usually lasts only a few minutes), the surest way to get relief is by drinking milk.

Casein, a substance found in dairy products, disrupts the reaction.

In other words, that old joke about chasing hot peppers with ice cream to soothe the after-effect is, well, not a joke!

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