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I would say it's probably stretching it a bit to say we take on the consciousness of a specific animal after ingesting it...even if what is commonly consumed was from just one animal (often it is from lots of one type of animal as one might find in a common fast food burger or mince meat). That being said, among it's many other ill effects on human physiology, raising Cortisol is one of them. Whether that is from the stress of the animal just before/during it's death, or some other reason, I don't know, but eating animal flesh has been demonstrated to increase it:


   https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effect-of-animal-protein-on-stress-hormones-testosterone-and-pregnancy/