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A study recently conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, shows how the consumption of placenta in the form of capsules, has a reductive effect or null on maternal bond, on the postpartum mood, and it could be potentially harmful.
The fashion of eating the placenta after the birth is, chopped, dehydrated and reduced in capsules, has no clear benefits for new mothers.
Consuming placenta has little benefit for new mothers, according to a study.
The trend for consuming the placenta in capsule form is becoming increasingly popular in the UK – as well as in France, Germany and the US – and has been hailed by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy.
Eating the placenta after birth offers no benefit to new mothers, a new study suggests.
Consumption of placenta, known as placentophagy, in the form of capsules has been found to have no effect on postpartum mood, maternal bonding and fatigue, while compared to placebo, claimed a research by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ).
As birth trends go, eating your placenta is up there as one of the most divisive (along with vaginal-seeding, of course).
A groundbreaking study by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers shows that taking placenta capsules has little to no effect on postpartum mood, maternal bonding, or fatigue, when compared to a placebo.
A study has recently suggested that new mothers consuming placenta pills, following childbirth, will experience little to no effect on their post-partum mood, maternal bonding or fatigue.
Eating the placenta does not prevent postpartum depression, new research reveals.
Many animals eat their placenta after birth. Zoologists know this is to ward off predators, but when the "natural" birth movement took off in the 1960s, believers stated that if animals do it, it must be for a health reason and humans should also.
Ingesting the placenta has become a popular practice among moms, with celebrities like TV personality Kim Kardashian West and actress January Jones claiming that it helps boost energy and deal with postpartum depression.