# Why do sweet foods make my scalp tingle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sweet-foods-make-my-scalp-tingle/636908>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 6, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sweet-foods-make-my-scalp-tingle/636908 "2012-10-06T15:38:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 19

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sweet-foods-make-my-scalp-tingle/636908/19 "2014-04-05T03:29:26Z")

</div>

[I started a thread for something very similar, in August of 2012.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=663667) Here’s my OP:

> [@Ever bite into something so good it gives you tingles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/1):
>
> **Ever bite into something so good it gives you tingles?**  
> Like this nectarine I just bit into. I did not expect it to be so sweet, juicy, and man is this good. Things like this give me a tingle that goes from the top of my head and down my spine. Just the first bite, usually, and once in a while the second.
> 
> Anyone else get the tingles from exceptionally good food? Anything in particular?

I think your forehead tingle is pretty much the same thing. And yes, it’s pleasant.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sweet-foods-make-my-scalp-tingle/636908)._