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If I have, say, a Trebor Extra Strong Mint and then have a cold drink, my throat really hurts and I get a bit of an "ice cream headache."
Does this happen to anybody else?
Because you are a wuss.
Me too btw.
Yeahp, you've got catAIDS real bad, it's been nice knowing you. 😥
The reason is that the same nerve fibres that signal hot and cold are also sensitive to menthol, an ingredient in mints. Normally when the temperature changes it causes pores on the surface of the nerve cell to open and close, changing the electrical activity of the cell, which the brain interprets as a change in temperature. But menthol can also affect the function of the pores in the same way and triggers the nerve cell into thinking that the temperature is lower than it is. A cold drink therefore increases the intensity of the temperature the brain perceives.
Or what they said ^