Placenta Consumption Benefits

“Kim Kardashian declares she definitely  wants to eat her placenta”  source: daily mail reporter. How strange those that sound? It is strange but it is gradually becoming a trend with women who just delivered their babies all around the world. If you are reading this post the question is can you eat placenta?

Origin of placentophagia

Placentophagia is the art of eating placenta. Consumption of placenta is usually associated with nutritional belief, medicine and traditional belief. Culture that find eating of some or all part of the placenta are the Chinese, Hungarian, Italian, Vietnamese, Brazilian among others. Other cultures like some part of Africa and other culture around the world discard the placenta; some perform burial rites on it, while some bury it.

Mammals eat their placenta

 Humans are the only mammals that find eating placenta disgusting. Most mammals eat their placenta after giving birth to their young ones. Goats, Cows, Sheep, Cat etc.  Mum used to have goats back then and I have seen them eat it, they consume it in its raw form. Animals do this for a good reason and no one is talking about it.

Benefit of placenta

There are a lot of reasons why placenta is eaten and is encourage by ancient and modern cultures. Here are some reasons;

Medicinal purpose:

·     It boost milk production,

·     It cures infertility.

·       It is used as placenta encapsulation which helps in cure depression.

·      Balancing the hormones.

·     Reduces post natal bleeding.

·     Increase energy level.

Nutritional Purpose:

 Placenta is rich in vitamin B6, rich in protein and iron.
 

There is no doubt that placenta is highly medicinal and nutritional, disgusting or not people still eats it and more people will be convinced to try it. Would you encourage your sister, wife, friends and love one to eat placenta?

Source: bellybelly.com, christianitytoday.com,Wikipedia.