Eating a spoonful of sugar helps halt hiccups because its graininess slightly irritates the esophagus, causing the phrenic nerves to ‘reset’ themselves and forget all about the hiccups.
Eating a spoonful of sugar helps halt hiccups because its graininess slightly irritates the esophagus, causing the phrenic nerves to ‘reset’ themselves and forget all about the hiccups.