51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Study Finds No Iron Benefit from Eating Placenta Campus News | November 3, 2016 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Study Finds No Iron Benefit from Eating Placenta First clinical study of its kind finds no benefit for women who eat their placenta as a source of needed iron after giving birth.