: Is it safe to use non stick cookware over a flame? I have recently started to learn how to cook. Whenever I am trying to make a chapati or to cook a vegetable, I start experiencing an acute headache, most likely because of

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Are you using non-stick cookware?

Beware because there is a well-documented medical effect caused by the fumes released when various non-stick components are heated starting at about 300 °F (149 °C) and beyond.

Polymer fume fever

You should always have something in a non-stick pan when it is over a flame.

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Well I am not 100% sure when the headache starts. Like most headache's its difficult to trace the cause. To avoid the headache you need to know where it is coming from. It happens either while your cooking or after you eaten?

If its while your cooking, it could be:
1. Heat from standing at the stove. So if you get headaches generally from heat this is probably the cause.
2. Gas leak or the smell of gas if your kitchen does not have proper ventilation. See link on this. en.hesperian.org/hhg/A_Community_Guide_to_Environmental_Health:Indoor_Air_Pollution
If its after you eaten:
1. It may very well be your eating habits. From only eating once a day or it could even be certain food that could trigger the headache. Also see link www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=56182