This is how to stop brain freeze

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: this is how to stop a brain freeze.

Oh hello nice weather, time for lots of visits to the local ice cream shop for a scoop or two of your favorite ice cream. The only downside when you greedily take a bite? Exactly: brain freeze.

A sudden pain that shoots through your forehead, it usually lasts only a few seconds but can also last a few minutes. Ouch! Your brain doesn't actually freeze. When your tongue touches something very cold like an ice cream or slush puppy for example, a signal is sent to your brain that causes your veins and blood vessels to react. The result is a throbbing head.

Preventing
Do you want to prevent this? Then try to eat slowly, so the cold isn't too sudden and too intense. With something very delicious, that can be difficult, we understand. The brain freeze signals are sent from the back of your tongue. So if you mainly eat with the front, you have the least chance of a headache.

Curing
Were you too greedy? Then drink warm (but not hot) water slowly or press your tongue against your palate. This also warms up your tongue a bit and hopefully reduces your brain freeze, so you can quickly get back to your next bite of ice cream. For example, at one of these 7 special ice cream parlors in the Netherlands.