Cold Tips

[nemoaz]

I have quick hands.

 

[CorpsmanUP!]

LOL it must be warm where you are.

 

[Stryker D]

You might try adding cayenne pepper to your diet. It helps to improve the circulation and is warming.
I have also used it for a soak for my feet before going outside for the weekend.
Pour hot water into a container that is large enough to soak your feet in. Test the water so that you know you can stand it. Then add one or two tablespoons of the cayenne. Stir and keep your feet in for as long as you can stand it. Dry your feet and you are ready to go.
I haven't tried it on my hands but it should help just fine.

 

[Dave_Markowitz]

Wrong. It causes vasoconstriction, meaning the vessels CONSTRICT. The lack of blood flow to the extremities can lead to "frostbite" and hypothermia.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002338.htm

Nicotine from tobacco also causes profound vasoconstriction.

So, don't drink those cups of coffee before the walk. Coffee and cigs only decrease your ability to survive the cold.

Eating some carbs (or fat) prior to the walk may also help, especially if you are just waking and haven't eaten for many hours.

I stand corrected. At least I knew to avoid caffeine in the cold, if for the wrong reason.

 

[flnder]

try some bag balm or petroleum jelly rubbed on your hands and cheeks.

 

[Codger_64]

I wear glittens. No, mloves. Well, they are short fingered gloves with a mitten end that can be folded back when you need to use your fingers. Hunting stores carry them. I also have UASF cold weather gauntlets which have liners. You can retract your index finger into the mitton portion for warmth, or leave it in the finger portion for dexterity.

Codger

PS- Yes, I can stand heat a lot better than cold now. And I use a lot of tricks to keep warm. A good wool head wrap is one.

 

[nemoaz]

You might try adding cayenne pepper to your diet. It helps to improve the circulation and is warming.

Ya know... I'm a bit of a herbalist skeptic. I admit it. However, I have real trouble with the cayenne cures cancer and heart conditions, and herpes, and lung conditions, and stops bleeding... Basically I've seen someone somewhere make a claim that cayenne cures about every condition I can think of.

So, I guess I want to know from someone who knows these things, does cayenne increase circulation by vasodilatation and increased cardiac output? Or does it stop bleeding by causing vasoconstriction? I've seen both CONTRADICTORY claims made.

 

[Stryker D]

Originally Posted by Stryker D
You might try adding cayenne pepper to your diet. It helps to improve the circulation and is warming.

Ya know... I'm a bit of a herbalist skeptic. I admit it. However, I have real trouble with the cayenne cures cancer and heart conditions, and herpes, and lung conditions, and stops bleeding... Basically I've seen someone somewhere make a claim that cayenne cures about every condition I can think of.

So, I guess I want to know from someone who knows these things, does cayenne increase circulation by vasodilatation and increased cardiac output? Or does it stop bleeding by causing vasoconstriction? I've seen both CONTRADICTORY claims made.

When I add Cayenne to my diet I get warm inside and my body tends to sweat. Often if there is enough spice in my meal my skin will even turn redish. How this works I haven't questioned but I would imagine by the way I feel and react it is from vasodialation. As you may have noticed in the rest of my post I have used it mainly as part of a solution to soak my feet in. After doing this my feet have stayed warm for hours when normally they would have become cold. Hopefully someone else will be able to enlighten us further.