I'm not going to lie, I used to think women who ate their own placenta were straight up crazy. Why would someone even consider doing this? Just the thought of feasting on fresh placenta like a raw piece of steak made my stomach turn. But I'm finally starting to understand all the hype behind this new phenomenon. Alicia Langlandsactually runs a placenta encapsulation service in Sydney called The Nurtured Bebe. She swears this is one of the best things any woman could consume postpartum. Hm, she could be right…
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So when Alicia's clients give birth, she's right there to collect their placenta. She then cooks it up and turns it into capsules. She's also not the first one to rave about the health benefits of eating your own placenta. Women have been raving about this stuff for years. It's just that now is when it's getting especially popular in the states.
"Placenta is absolutely loaded with awesome nutrients and hormones," she told SBS.com. "The main one is iron which is going to increase the mother's wellbeing and energy postpartum." She also claims that because placenta is loaded with hormone oxytocin, it can help prevent women from suffering from post-partum depression. And supposedly also helps them form a stronger bond with their baby. Makes sense, no?
"A lot of women will just slice it up and eat it raw, often freezing it in cubes," Alicia said. "Some women will cook it up in lasagna, spaghetti … some women also have smoothies as well and they'll have it whizzed up with some berries and other awesome smoothie ingredients." But not everyone has the stomach for that which is why a lot of women are choosing to have their placenta encapsulated instead. That's where Alicia comes in.
She encapulates her client's placentas using a very long process. She starts off by steam cooking it, then adds a little bit of ginger and jalapeno to give it some flavor and then she chops it all up into small pieces. The slices are dehydrated for 12 hours before being ground up and placed in capsules. Wow. That definitely sounds like a lot of work!
While I can't imagine ever find myself sitting at the dinner table with a fork, knife and raw piece of placenta on my plate, I can't say I won't ever consider the capsules. If it's really that good for me, why not?
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