Comments on: The Joy of Placenta – bon appétit!

By: big family

big family — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:58:56 +0000

eeeeeeeik!!!!!

it’s “believed” to mitigate hormone fluct???.
“Believed” is not equal to – “Proven” scientifically, my dear. Has it been proven & tested? Many things are believed to be good – like Bird’s nest(Bird’s saliva) – when tested by the western lab – it only contain some protein, nothing else – they can’t believe why the Asian pays gold for it.

Even if there is some good stuff in it, do you think aft the hot steam/cooking/dried under sun/pounding – it wl still be there?. Albeit all the other mammal doesn’t cook it.

By: Disturbed!

Disturbed! — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:11:31 +0000

EuWWWW! i cant eat something that has been expelled from my body. What were you thinking ladies?? It is as good as eating your own feaces!!

By: juliana

juliana — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:28:44 +0000

hi,
i encapsulated my placenta & consumed it as well. not much yuckiness cos its in capsules. pure placenta cos mine was done by the nice ladies @ cozy mummy haven.
did feel better towards the later half of consuming the capsules. but maybe bcos i started the consumption late, abt 1/3 into my confinement.
heard dat we hv to finish all the placenta within the confinement mth

By: reg

reg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:19:43 +0000

thank god i found your posting. i am doing research and def plans to bring home my placenta for consumption too now i know how it can be done!

By: Logically Intelligent

Logically Intelligent — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:52:49 +0000

Thou it seems unplatable, I support eating OWN placenta cos its scientifically and biologically logical. Plus so many stong refferals. Moreover international cosemetic brands use this as a standard ingredient for their products. Suitable for vegetarians too? No killing involve anyway.

By: knark

knark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:14:52 +0000

It is strongly believed that the organ created by the woman’s body to pass nutrients between mother and fetus and is expelled after birth is rich in chemicals that can help mitigate fluctuations in hormones believed to cause postpartum depression.

Every single mammal ingests its placenta. We are the only mammal on Earth that went away from this practice.

By: knark

knark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:13:17 +0000

Every single mammal ingests its placenta. We are the only mammal on Earth that went away from this practice.

By: stopit

stopit — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:07:11 +0000

DISGUSSTING. what is wrong with you. the placenta is not for eating. I think its very disturbing – eating a part of your own body? You can afford a nanny so you can afford to eat real food – i.e. not something that was intended to nourish your baby pre-birth. FOR GODSAKE!

By: Amulet

Amulet — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:12:45 +0000

cool! i was actually intending to do this and tried reading up be4 birth.. who knows i ended up c-sec last min, i didnt even get to see my placenta at all..

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:45:49 +0000

People need to understand that a placenta is not very much a body part although it is, to me its a part of the birthing process, it has to come out after all. And if it can be used to make cosmetics, I am sure it can be used as tonic.

It’ll be funny if some of you went up to your mothers or girlfriends and say, “Uncivilized, why do you use placenta base cosmetics on yourself! You’re an animal!”

You cannot compare it to fingers, breasts, penis or feet and so on. So please, no one will cut off their penis, fingers and so on to make tonic. Cause I am sure it doesn’t have any medical use to cut off those parts, not saying I know the placenta has any medical use or benefit but it seems it does.

And being civilized doesn’t mean you cant do this. It is true that most animals eat their own placenta, why? I believe it’s to the benefit of the mother considering she lost so much blood during the birthing process. And since when we’re not animals? Just because we’re civilized and educated means we’re above “animal”? Because there are still some civilized and educated people who behave like animals who are at the bottom of the list.

It’s also not fair to say that Asians have weird eating habits. People in the European countries also have weird eating habits. Some eat insects, armadillos and some even eat inedible stuff like glass, nails and so on?!

It’s the culture we’re all brought up to believe and live in. If it is not to your liking, don’t read too much into it or for that matter follow. Infact, i think the hospital should pay us a little for the placentas we leave behind, considering they sell them to cosmetic companies.

It’s not about the content, it’s always about the intent. At least no one was hurt or nothing against the law was done in this process of making placenta pills (like giving birth to a baby and selling it to a foetus soup shop?). So don’t be all squirmish and rude when people have their own views on what beneficial food is. And I think the “penis and vagina discharge smoothies” is really dumb and shows how much matter you have up there in that head of yours.