You can eat it raw, cooked, roasted, dehydrated, encapsulated or in smoothies and tinctures.
Or if you鈥檙e inspired by the infamous cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter from the movie s, you might want to try it with 鈥渇ava beans and a nice Chianti.鈥�
But in the case of the reality TV personality has decided to consume her baby鈥檚 placenta dehydrated and made into capsules.
"I'm gonna eat it in pills," Khloe eloquently told the world during a recent episode of , a TV series that follows the lives of the Kardashian-Jenner family, including her famous sisters Kim, Kourtney, Kylie and Kendall.
Khloe, 33, who is pregnant with her first child, plans to follow in the footsteps of sisters Kim and Kourtney who have both been vocal in the past about eating their babies鈥� placenta after giving birth. In 2015, Kim wrote on her website that she鈥檇 read positive testimonials from other women who said eating their placenta helped with milk production and eased symptoms of post partum depression.
According to Wikipedia, the placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, thermo-regulation, waste elimination and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply to help fight against internal infection and to produce hormones which support pregnancy. The placenta provides oxygen and nutrients to growing fetuses and removes waste products from the fetus's blood.
After giving birth to son Saint West, Kim wrote about the process, saying, 鈥淚 had great results and felt so energised and didn鈥檛 have any signs of depression鈥� Every time I take a pill, I feel a surge of energy and feel really healthy and good.鈥�
In 麻豆传媒映画there are several home-grown businesses dedicated to dehydrating placenta and putting it into capsules, including eatyourplacenta.ca, vancouverplacenta.com and urbandoula.com. The costs run between about $200 to $300 dollars depending on the service. Placenta can also be made into tinctures and ointments. And yes, you can become a certified placenta encapsulation specialist.
But not everyone is sold on the health benefits of eating placenta. According to a of human placentophagy in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, there is increasing interest in placentophagy among postpartum women, especially in the United States. The review says while animals have been known to eat their placenta, there is no scientific evidence of any clinical benefit of placentophagy among humans and no placental nutrients and hormones are retained in sufficient amounts after placenta encapsulation to be potentially helpful to the mother postpartum.
In fact, the review says the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a warning due to a case in which a newborn infant developed recurrent neonatal group B Streptococcus sepsis after the mother ingested contaminated placenta capsules containing Streptococcus agalactiae. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that the intake of placenta capsules should be avoided owing to inadequate eradication of infectious pathogens during the encapsulation process.
The Courier received the following statement from B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre on its policy regarding the consumption of placenta.
"As a women鈥檚 centred hospital, B.C. Women鈥檚 Hospital and Health Centre provides the best evidenced-based advice to woman and their families in all aspects of their pregnancy journey. If a woman wishes to take home the placenta following birth, our care providers support that by acknowledging that it belongs to them and provides information about handling bodily tissue/fluids, as well as provide information regarding the safe disposal, and, discuss increased risks if placenta goes to pathology (i.e. chemical contamination, non-sterile procedures, etc.). The hospital does not recommend consumption. 听Not all women who take their placenta home do so to consume it; 听some women host a ceremonial burial."
Please let me know if there鈥檚 additional information we can provide.Khloe is expecting her child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson, a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Khloe will be the third member of the Kardashian-Jenner family to welcome a new child in recent months. Kim and her husband Kanye West recently welcomed a third child, daughter Chicago, via surrogate in January, while youngest sister Kylie Jenner gave birth to her first child, daughter Stormi, earlier this month.
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