Very few people understand my fascination with wanting to eat someone’s placenta. It should be noted that back when I was birthing babies, I could barely look at my own placenta and if you one day told me that I would be begging random women to let me eat their placenta I would have said “You...
I’m a sucker when it comes to a bargain. Seriously. I’m the person that always falls for the two-for-one deals. I almost never need two of whatever it is I am buying, but I still bite. I’m thinking this is why I have just recently begun contemplating eating my placenta after the birth of my next...
The entire animal kingdom does it, but most humans become squeamish and pull their faces at the very notion. But now, scientists are suggesting that mothers—and perhaps even fathers—would benefit from eating parts of the placenta following child birth. Yum. More »
Betty Draper doesn't set the healthiest example with her chain smoking, but in real life, January Jones*maintained her energy while filming Mad Men by taking placenta pills, and says other new moms should consider doing the same. The process that's been publicized several times in the past, but...
A new preview of next week's Bizarre Foods episode shows Andrew Zimmern chowing on fresh cow placenta and colostrum–the milk a cow gives just after giving birth–taking the whole afterbirth-as-superfood trend to a level I've never seem before.*At least once a year, a "trend" piece is written...
A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain preeclampsia, an often deadly disease of pregnancy. The fetus must be big enough to thrive, yet small...
It's supposed to be really good for you, should it be cooked? I love sushi... should I go raw? If not, then what's a good marinade? I'm thinking teriyaki or buffalo hot wing because those are both awesome sauces. YUM!!!! I'm so excited
It’s packed with nutrients, it tastes like iron, and its organ-y texture is not for the faint of heart. Liver? Nope. Afterbirth.Remember when Tom Cruise got slammed for telling GQ that he planned to gobble Katie Holmes’ placenta? He’s not the only one, according to Ari LeVaux’s recent article on...