What causes brain freeze, this miserable spoiler of frozen desserts? The answer is simple: survival instinct. When humans eat something very cold, blood vessels in the roof of the mouth (also known as ...

EXCLUSIVE: A young father-of-two who has been told he has just months to live has bravely spoken about the symptoms he ...

Capsaicin triggers nerve receptors in your mouth which send signals to the brain that it interprets as pain. Wow ... aka brain freeze. Eventually your body stabilizes back to 98.6 degrees.