WHAT IS PLACENTOPHAGY?

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THE PLACENTA IS A TEMPORARY ORGAN GROWN DURING PREGNANCY DESIGNED TO NOURISH THE FETUS, AS WELL AS BRING OXYGEN TO BABY AND REMOVE WASTE. THIS ESSENTIAL ORGAN IS ALSO KNOWN TO REGULATE HORMONE PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY AND SUSTAINING THE PREGNANCY. THE PLACENTA IS ATTACHED TO THE BABY VIA THE UMBILICAL CORD AND TO THE MOTHER THROUGH THE UTERINE WALL. WE KNOW THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW SPECIES, ALL MAMMALS, INCLUDING HERBIVORES, CONSUMER THEIR PLACENTA AFTER BIRTH. SOME SAY THE BEHAVIOR, KNOWN AS PLACENTOPHAGY SATISFIES A NUTRITIONAL NEED FOR THE MOTHER.

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HEALTH CARE ADVOCATES CLAIM THAT HORMONES AND NUTRIENTS, INCLUDING ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE, LACTOGEN, IRON, ENDORPHINS, AND OXYTOCIN ARE RETAINED THROUGH PREPARATION AND CONSUMPTION OF THE PLACENTA. REPORTED BENEFITS OF PLACENTOPHAGY INCLUDE PREVENTION OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, PAIN REDUCTION, AND INCREASED MILK PRODUCTION AND ENERGY. OTHER BENEFITS PROPOSED ARE THE REDUCTION OF POSTPARTUM BLEEDING, MORE RAPID UTERINE RECOVERY, ENHANCED MATERNAL BONDING, AND BOOSTING OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

 

DEHYDRATED AND ENCAPSULATED PLACENTA PILLS ARE ENCOURAGED FOR FUTURE CONSUMPTION FOR TREATING INSOMNIA AND OTHER SLEEP DISORDERS, INFLAMMATION AND SCARS, SIGNS OF AGING IN THE SKIN AND HAIR, AND HORMONE REGULATION RELATED TO DIFFICULTIES DURING MENSTRUATION AND MENOPAUSE.

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Traditional placentophagy services include:

• (7) Raw Placenta Cubes for Smoothies or Soups

• (100) Encapsulated Placenta Pills

• Placenta Art Print

• Placenta Tincture

• Placenta Healing Salve