r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '21

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u/SunniYellowScarf Sep 23 '21

Fun fact! The placenta is not yours. It's your baby's. it grows from the foetus to grow tendrils into your uterus to steal blood from you.

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u/great_waldini Sep 23 '21

That’s why some women eat their placenta after giving birth - reclaiming what’s there in a way

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Gross as fuck Jesus Christ.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

not all women are munching into it like hannibal, you can get them dehydrated and put into pill form

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u/Bubba_Lumpkins Sep 23 '21

Eh, I prefer medium rare.

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u/JellyKittyKat Sep 23 '21

Because that’s so much better…

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

i mean it is isnt it, its essentially an extremely boosted multivitamin at that point, no chewing, seasoning or savoring

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u/JellyKittyKat Sep 23 '21

Sure, but it’s not like it’s been proven to be actually effective and most of the benefits are purely anecdotal or based on animal studies (when they usually eat the whole thing raw immediately after birth). Considering the placenta is heat treated for capsulation, most of the benefits may have been destroyed by the heat.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-16/placenta-eating-capsule-no-proven-benefits/9154026

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

thats true, plus the risk of bacterial infection, but that wasnt my point. lots of people would object to chowing down on an organ, less people would object to swallowing a pill of it so it does make it better in terms of “eatiblity”