I've heard of this before and also that the placenta when its not disposed of is used for medicinal purposes. With stem cells though I imagine it might make sense to save the placenta in case your kid needs to get some of the stem cells out of it in the future.
Yeah. I feel the same. I've eaten a lot of weird things. I'm not opposed to others doing this, but the idea of it for myself makes me queasy.
I remember watching a woman have a party where she served placenta pate to knowing guests. I remember seeing my first one in person about 4 months ago and it is not something that I would put in my culinary thoughts.
There are now services where you freeze down stems from the placenta. Arguably could come in handy if the kid eventually faces some major health issues, but the freeze/thaw effects could be pretty significant (biologists tell me.)
hilarious.. and i don't know why. would be gross for me to consider doing myself. But hey, whatever you wanna do...shoot, it was her's. But if you consider it equivalent to chomping on your finger if it was accidentally chopped off or something...that's pretty gross. Not sure why this isn't considered some weird form of (legal) cannibalism. Shouldn't you dislike the taste of human?
Technically it is not a human body part and is not part of the baby or the mother. But I'll pass. I've heard of it being dried and made into tea and I've heard of it being used in beauty products. But since the primary purpose is to support the life of the baby it seems to me that after that this is the sort of recycling I wouldn't be up for.
I was hoping to get your take on this Mrs. JV I had no heard of other instances of making use of the placenta, nor had I heard that it was customary in some cultures to consume it. I showed it to finalsbound earlier and she said it made her sick to her stomach.
Whoa. It's not a human body part, as in... it didn't come from a human body? Was it bought, processed, or sold?
It is made inside the human body but so is sweat, urine and fecis and (on the positive side) breast milk. None of those are human body parts but are considered byproducts. Maybe you could consider breast milk a product rather than a byproduct. The placenta is only made to support a pregnancy so I would call that a byproduct. I can't argue with the health benefits, high in protein and many other nutrients. But most people in this country would turn down liver and onions so I don't imagine you could find a good, English language, cookbook that would cover this.
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that"
