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New placenta advice a recipe for health?
Lynnea Shrief and her son Roman, now two.
A MUM-OF-TWO says that ingesting your own placenta after giving birth will do you the world of good.
Lynnea Shrief, of Ridgeway, Berkhamsted, says they are full of vitamins that help boost breast milk supply, reduce post-natal bleeding and ward off the baby blues.
She said: “It never made sense to me why people throw their placentas away.
“Animals eat them straight away after birth. Why don’t we?”
Read more in this week’s Berkhamsted & Tring Gazette, out now.
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marc
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:07 AMas soon as I saw this story on hemeltoday last night I wondered ifhowwhy this was news, but I also knew it's the type of story that'd be sent up on thisishemel. org - and sure enough there it was this morning, taking the pee again.
hemel lifer
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:02 AMPlag bol anyone?
closed account
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 07:02 PMFrom Wikipedia; Obstetrician and spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Maggie Blott disputes the post-natal depression theory, stating there is no medical reason to eat the placenta; "Animals eat their placenta to get nutrition - but when people are already well-nourished, there is no benefit, there is no reason to do it." Nuff said !!!
Whatsername
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 04:26 PMAnimals also lick themselves to clean themselves.. Should we start doing that too?
Chig
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 04:15 PMI wish I hadn't read this after eating my Sunday dinner. How gross.
hempstead
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 03:41 PMAbsolutely disgusting, another cranky idea some idiot has dreamed up, it is a waste product, you should never eat or drink any waste product your body has ejected. Animals lick their new born to clean them.
Mrs burgerking
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 02:46 PMMade me cringe just reading this article let alone eating the placenta....I think we should leave this to the animals. I could just see the hospital midwives saying to you , would you like a doggy bag for your placenta , after giving birth ....lovely NOT !!!!
Scrumptious
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 01:39 PMI chew my fingernails, does that count?
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