{"id":338973,"date":"2015-09-24T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T03:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/consuming-cold-food-drinks-cause-headaches-338973.html"},"modified":"2015-09-24T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T03:50:11","slug":"consuming-cold-food-drinks-cause-headaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/healthy-eating-hk\/consuming-cold-food-drinks-cause-headaches-338973.html","title":{"rendered":"Why does consuming cold food and drinks cause headaches?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sf2.viepratique.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/08\/GettyImages-186861294-592x410.jpg\" alt=\"cold\" \/><\/p> <p class=\"p2\">Have a\u00a0drink directly out of the fridge too soon\u00a0or a cube of ice and it feels like\u00a0our brains will explode. If <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/anti-stress-8-cles-pour-relacher-la-pression-41720.html\">migraines<\/a>\u00a0caused by\u00a0ice cream are\u00a0extremely unpleasant, most of us don't mind because the pain only\u00a0lasts\u00a0a few seconds and is absolutely not dangerous. Which is a relief, because there's no way to avoid it\u00a0- except perhaps to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/buvez-vous-trop-dalcool-faites-le-test-102993.html\">cut down on the\u00a0drinks<\/a> and cold food too.<\/p> <h2 class=\"p2\"> <span>THE BRAIN IS PROTECTED FROM THE COLD<\/span> <\/h2> <p class=\"p2\">A team of US researchers has shown that a sudden drop in the temperature detected by receptors in the mouth causes a rush of (hot) blood in the anterior cerebral artery. This process is used by the brain as an essential defense system to maintain a constant temperature and continue to function properly. But this mechanism causes a parallel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/natural-healing\/heal-hypertension-naturally-64246.html\">increase in blood pressure<\/a> in the skull. This is the cause of the pain. To prevent the compression from becoming dangerous, the artery (re)expands almost immediately to remove excess blood to the rest of the body\u00a0and preserve the brain.<\/p> <p class=\"p2\"><em>Maureen Diament and Nur Syazana H.<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to explain the famous brain freeze? Is it dangerous?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":127392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"US researchers have discovered the science behind the brain freeze we get when drinking cold drinks. 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