Food and Sex Are Basically the Same Can your mouth handle a foot-long is a highly suggestive question, and even though you know we’re talking about a particular sandwich from a famous sandwich shop, you can’t help but have dirty thoughts, right? Things are no different if we talk about the warm, moist, and sweet insides of an apple pie or if we mention how you have a nice, plump McMuffin. Even if you were holding an honest-to-God McMuffin in your hand, you’d still think we were making an innuendo, wouldn’t you? That’s because food (especially fast food) and sex have always been connected. Both can be decadent, naughty, forbidden, and inherently sexy. If you get horny simply by thinking about warm caramel dripping down your partner’s fingers, don’t worry — you’re not alone. Do you know that famous movie line, “Sex is like pizza — when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good?” We’re sure you’ve heard it before. It’s actually partially true because our brains react similarly to food and sex (whether they are good or not-so-good). However, does your brain think food and sex are the same? Is that why a piece of meat from Burger King looks,…