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THIS is effing hilarious!
"Eating the placenta became trendy in the 1970s."
In the seventies? Aw, c'mon, Stephanie ... you're gonna have to name names on dat one!
"There's no proof placentophagy has ever been a common practice for people — ancient or modern — although many cultures do have beliefs and rituals involving the placenta, such as burying it and planting a tree on top of it."
Burying it and planting a tree on top of it ... heh heh heh heh heh ... yeah, that I could see.
"One of the ways to eat the placenta is by having it dried, powdered, and sealed into capsules. Swallowing a pill with the dried placenta might be easier if you're squeamish about seeing, touching, or tasting the tissue itself."
"Might be easier"???!!!
ROTFLMAO!
"While there doesn't seem to be any proof that eating your placenta can help you, it's possible that it can hurt. Your placenta can be contaminated with viruses or bacteria. It can also contain toxins such as heavy metals that it filters out of your blood."
"Several famous mothers have posted on social media about consuming their placentas, most often in capsule form. They include Mandy Moore, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen, and Katherine Heigl."
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
What Is Placenta? Your placenta is the lifeline between you and your baby while it's growing inside you. Once it's served that purpose, it's usually discarded. But you can choose to do any number of things with it — you can even eat it.
The act of eating the placenta after you give birth is called placentophagy. It is done by many animals and also some humans. You can cook it, eat it raw, or have it dried and made into pills.
Eating the placenta became trendy in the 1970s. In the social media age, you can find posts from celebrities and other influencers who say they got health benefits from doing it. There's no proof placentophagy has ever been a common practice for people — ancient or modern — although many cultures do have beliefs and rituals involving the placenta, such as burying it and planting a tree on top of it.
From a medical standpoint, tissue from the placenta can help wounds heal. It's sometimes used as a bandage for burns, hard-to-heal wounds, and eye injuries. As far as other uses, you won't find much scientific evidence.
What Does the Placenta Do? The placenta, or afterbirth, is the first organ that forms — even before any of your baby's organs — after you conceive. It plays an important role in your pregnancy: It connects you and your baby in the uterus and delivers oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to them. It also takes away the waste your baby makes.
The placenta grows throughout your pregnancy. It's also the only organ your body makes and then gets rid of. After you give birth, you don't need it anymore. If you have a vaginal delivery, you'll push it out vaginally. If you have a C-section, the doctor will remove the placenta from your uterus. At delivery time, it weighs about a pound. It looks round and flat.
People who support eating the placenta say that it helps you recover more quickly from childbirth. They say it can raise your energy and breastmilk quantity, reduce pain, and also level off your hormones, lowering your chances of postpartum depression and insomnia.
Those claims have not been fully tested. So, there's no proof that eating your placenta does these things. The scientific studies that have been done didn't find a benefit.
In animals other than humans, eating the afterbirth has some perks. For example, it might reduce labor pains in a female dog as their remaining puppies are born, and it can encourage the mother to bond with their newborns. Remember, though, that's for a dog, not for a woman.
Even the nutrients you might get from eating the placenta can also be provided by a healthy diet.
How to Eat Placenta One of the ways to eat the placenta is by having it dried, powdered, and sealed into capsules. Swallowing a pill with the dried placenta might be easier if you're squeamish about seeing, touching, or tasting the tissue itself. There are companies that can prepare the pills for you.
You might see social media posts about blending the placenta into a smoothie. You can also chop it up and cook it like any other protein and put it in anything from tacos to lasagna to soup.
One of the things we don't know is to what extent processing or cooking the placenta destroys any potential benefits. It's also unclear how much of the hormones and other nutrients it contains actually make it into your system after you eat and digest it.
Since there's little research on eating the placenta, it's hard to know how you will feel. If you look online or talk to women who have tried it, you can get varied opinions. But those are based on personal experience, not scientific evidence.
Keep in mind that the hospital where you deliver may not allow you to take your placenta home or eat it. So if you're considering it, ask ahead of time about the policy.
You'll need to be careful about how you handle it. In the delivery room, it should go into a cooler as soon as possible, and anyone who touches it should have gloves on. Keep it refrigerated and separate from other food.
Risks of Eating Placenta While there doesn't seem to be any proof that eating your placenta can help you, it's possible that it can hurt. Your placenta can be contaminated with viruses or bacteria. It can also contain toxins such as heavy metals that it filters out of your blood.
Even processing your placenta by putting it in capsules might spoil it with bacteria or viruses. The industry has its own safety standards, but it isn't regulated by the FDA, so there's no guarantee a particular product has been handled or prepared correctly. The CDC has warned against taking placenta capsules.
Takeaways Some people claim that eating your placenta offers health benefits when you're recovering from childbirth, including better milk production and less risk of postpartum depression. That hasn't been confirmed by scientific studies though, and there is a risk of infection. If you want to try it, whether cooked or processed into capsules, make sure the placenta is handled safely.
Most of the time, your placenta is disposed of as medical waste. But some people choose other uses, such as burying it in a special place or eating it. Some placentas are donated and used in wound care.
Is it safe to take placenta tablets?
The FDA doesn't regulate the placenta encapsulation process, so there's no guarantee of safe handling or preparation. The industry does have its own safety standards.
Which celebrities have tried placentophagy?
Several famous mothers have posted on social media about consuming their placentas, most often in capsule form. They include Mandy Moore, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Chrissy Teigen, and Katherine Heigl.
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