What is the physiological reason we get brain freeze when we eat cold stuff too fast? what gets frozen?

Answer 1

• Simply put, Brainfreeze occurs when the Slurpee (or anything cold) touches the roof of your mouth, the collection of nerves in the roof of your mouth (called the spheno-palantine ganglion) go into a spasm (a spasm is like a cramp). These nerves tell the brain blood vessels to get bigger or "dilate". When our brain's blood vessels get big, we get headaches.
• So, the best way to avoid getting brainfreeze is to keep the Slurpee from the roof of your mouth.
• The pain of brainfreeze begins a few seconds after the rapid ingestion of cold foods or beverages (such as ice cream or slurpees or yellow snow)and peaks in 30-60 seconds, and can last up to 5 minutes.
• The Phenemenon is further explained in an article by Joseph Hulihan :

Answer 2

It is a defense system started by the nervous system. In order to protect you from dangerous substances, the body has set up various ways to keep people safe.

When you drink something that is cold too fast, the temperature inside your mouth changes, the roof of your mouth, connecting to the nervous system, takes in these signals and transfers them as impulses to the brain.

The brain then sends a mild, 'shock' which is what we call the freeze, in order to prevent any viruses or bacteria that can get sent because the temperature has dropped.

Answer 3

The cold stuff that we eat freezes our nerves (it passes our nerves). So axually it is not a BRAIN freeze it is just the cold stuff hitting your neveres

Answer 4

i don't comprehend I definitely have in no way have been given it, yet i like to gulp down Slurpee's and every physique says those provide you concepts freeze too, according to probability I in basic terms have not got any concepts left. One too many glasses of positive wine??

Answer 5

Cold contracts your capillaries, so you get muscle spasms. The large muscles compensate better because they have bigger blood supplies.