Anderson Cooper asks audience member about Placenta Encapsulation

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WOULD YOU EAT YOUR PLACENTA?

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:09PM

On today’s show, Anderson finds out that the headline he read New York magazine is true; new moms are eating their placenta.Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains to Anderson it’s called placentophagia, and there are theoretical effects that say eating one’s placenta is a good source of different nutrients and may help with postpartum depression.

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Doula Annie shares an article on Placenta Encapsulation

The Benefits of Eating Placenta by Jereka Hunt

Placenta consumption, known as placentophagy, is a not a popular practice in Western society but has been a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. It has been used to alleviate anxiety and fatigue, replace lost iron and nutrients in postpartum women and even as treatment for sexual dysfunction among men. Though it is treated as human biological waste in American society, it is revered, valued and respected in many cultures around the world. Elaborate burial ceremonies for the placenta are practiced by the Navajo of the American Southwest as well as the Maoris of New Zealand. In select Siberian cultures, if a child becomes sick, the placenta burial site is treated, altered or even switched in hopes of curing the child.

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