This article is reproduced from: Guangming.com
In the hot summer, many people like to drink cold drinks and eat ice cream in addition to living in air-conditioned rooms. But everyone should pay attention that although cold drinks can relieve the heat, they should not be gluttonous, otherwise it may cause “brain freezing”.
In the sweaty summer, once people stay outdoors for a long time, they will want to cool down by eating food such as ice water or ice cream. However, if you eat too much at once, you will have a headache. Not long ago, the reporter saw Ms. Yang who was inquiring about this in a community hospital.
Ms. Yang said she took a bottle of ice water. After drinking it, I immediately felt that my thirst was not quenched, and then I ate another ice cream. After eating, the back of my head hurt so much.
The doctor told Ms. Yang that this phenomenon is called “brain freezing” by the Western medical community, which means that a lot of A condition of nerve pain in the head after eating ice cream.
The doctor introduced that the climate is relatively hot, and the blood vessels in our brain are relatively dilated. If we eat a lot of cold and stimulating food, it will cause the blood vessels to constrict, which will cause pain in the brain.
The doctor pointed out that there are generally two reasons for the so-called ice cream headache: First, the patient himself has a history of migraine, which is triggered by sudden cold and stimulation. Nerve spasm; second, the cold drink stimulates the muscles and nerves of the lower palate and transmits it to the central nervous system of the brain, causing symptoms such as headache and dizziness.
The weather is hot in summer, especially after outdoor sports, drinking cold drinks to cool down seems to be an inevitable choice for personnel. However, recently, a 19-year-old Fujian boy drank a bottle of ice water in one breath after playing basketball. As a result, acute myocardial infarction was caused, and the final rescue was invalid, which aroused strong social concern. So in the hot summer, how to drink water scientifically after exercise?
Li Xiaojun, a professor at Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that in addition to drinking water, eating in a hurry after strenuous exercise will also increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, cause dysfunction, and even cause a variety of diseases. Therefore, it is best to Eat after 30 minutes of exercising.
Eating less is to relieve the heat.
If you eat too much, you will suffer.
So be temperate and keep your mouth under control!