cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7156263
With all the hormones and whatnot inside. Dopamine, adrenaline, melatonin, whatever. Also, there’s this Hunter S. Thompson bit on the… pineal gland?
If it had an effect on you, wouldn’t it be a really messed up high, all over the place? With uppers, downers etc mixed? (Not including the emotional implications of eating raw human brains.)
i like your thinking and the answer is probably not.
it’s a fatty organ so if you eat a lot of it brains then you’d probably gain weight and elevate your risk for heart disease. some folks also get gas from a high fat diet :)