Fighting Brain Freeze - one ice cream cone at a time

Being a lover of ice cream, this bit of info on HealthBolt is invaluable. I've copied below, but check out their website for more fun health-related facts... and eat more ice-cream!!!

Press your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, covering as much as you can. “Since the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is freezing, too,” says Ben Abo, an emergency medical-services specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. “In compensating, it overheats, causing an ice-cream headache.” The more pressure you apply to the roof of your mouth, the faster your headache will subside.