I just read in WIKIPEDIA that endorpins were discovered first in a pig.i was wondering what happens if you eat those ? Will they have a endorphin function of your body?
2007-10-12 21:30:08 · 3 answers · asked by Narrator 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
If you had bothered reading all of it you would have known that only endorphins in CSF affect brain receptors-those in the bloodstream cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. That's why endorphins were first identified in pig brains.
You can eat all the pork brains you want and it won't get you high-a lot of people like them though.
2007-10-12 21:42:27 · answer #1 · answered by barbara 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever proteins you eat (and hormones such as endorphines are proteins) will be digested in small bits, and then eventually into aminoacids through the digestive system, they wouldn't have much effect systematically. However, as endorphins are quite well conserved among organisms, if injected into the blood stream, they are likely to act like human morphine....
2007-10-12 22:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus is my Savior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wikipedia.org
2007-10-12 21:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋