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Pagophagia (from Greek: pagos, frost/ice, + phagÅ, to eat [1]) is the compulsive consumption of ice or iced drinks. [2] It is a form of the disorder known as pica, which in Latin refers to a magpie that eats everything indiscriminately. [3]
The most common reason for an ice craving is having a dry mouth."Chewing ice can often help moisten a dry mouth," says Kelsey Costa, MS, RDN, a registered dietitian and consultant for the National ...
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The craving for eating ice can be a sign of a specific type of anemia caused by iron deficiency, although Boutwell says it’s not clear why this happens. “There seems to be a dopamine release ...
To the brothers' dismay, they're scheduled to go to the hospital for a tonsillectomy. Fearing the worst, they decide to give away their most prized possessions to the rest of the gang before realizing it's a very routine surgery. Their fears are further lifted when their parents tell them they'll be getting ice cream once the surgery's over.
Chris Denorfia of the Chicago Cubs is hit with a double Gatorade shower. The Gatorade shower, also known as the Gatorade dunk or the Gatorade bath, is a sports tradition that involves players surreptitiously dumping a cooler full of liquid (most commonly Gatorade mixed with ice) over the head of their coach (or occasionally a high-profile assistant coach, star player, or team owner in ...
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A cold-stimulus headache, colloquially known as an ice-cream headache or brain freeze, is a form of brief pain or headache commonly associated with consumption (particularly quick consumption) of cold beverages or foods such as ice cream, popsicles, and snow cones.