Do mussels feel pain?

I totally get it, it makes you feel really uneasy thinking about whether living creatures suffer when cooked. Since they don't have a central brain, scientists say they don't experience pain like we do. Still, it is completely normal to feel sensitive about what we consume.

I actually had this exact same doubt when I started eating seafood more regularly. They lack a central nervous system, so it is mostly just basic survival reflexes rather than actual emotional pain. It helped ease my mind a lot when I read up on it.

I was just reading some marine biology articles on this last night! Apparently, they have ganglia but no brain, meaning they can't feel pain in a psychological way. It is fascinating how different their biology is from ours.

In our traditional way of thinking, every living being has some form of life energy, though simple shelled creatures are different from animals. If you eat seafood and feel heavy or have digestion issues, drinking ginger water or fennel tea afterwards is very helpful.

Actually yaar, they don't even have a brain to process pain. It is just some basic nerves reacting to heat or touch. So don't overthink it, eat your seafood peacefully if you like it!