Celebrity mothers risk diseases by eating their afterbirths
Mothers of ‘Cannibal celebs’ in Hollywood risk dangerous diseases by eating their afterbirth.
October 12, 2024, published at 9:00 AM ET
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While celebrity moms swear it helps prevent horrific postpartum depression and speeds postpartum recovery, the medical community has made its diagnosis: It’s not necessarily a good idea — and can even be dangerous!
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Hollywood actresses, including Alicia Silverstone, had their placentas dried and ground up to swallow as capsules.
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Hilary Duff was one of the famous mothers who ate their placenta grilled.
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Teigen emptied her placenta after son Miles was born in 2018.
The 38-year-old model-entrepreneur and mother of four with husband John Legend said she did it to combat the depression that overtook her after the birth of her first child. Lunatwo years earlier.
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While celebrity moms, including Mandy Moore, swear that eating their baby’s placenta after giving birth helps prevent horrific postpartum depression and speeds up postnatal recovery, doctors say it can be dangerous.
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The beauty laughed when it was suggested that placental engulfment ‘isn’t normal’ and snapped: ‘I’m in LA. It’s very normal. They grill it here!”
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A babysitter from Tinseltown told me RadarOnline.com: “These Hollywood moms swear that digesting your placenta soon after birth helps keep postpartum depression at bay and they say it helps them get healthier faster.”
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In 2015, Kim Kardashian revealed that she was eating her placenta.
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“The most common method of placenta preparation is to dehydrate the placenta.
“Mothers are known to eat it raw or cooked as well.
“Some mothers chose to do as Hilary Duff did and have them make a ‘delicious’ smoothie. Hilary did this with her last two children.
“But these methods may not destroy all infectious bacteria and can make the mother and the baby who may be breastfeeding sick.”
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According to Dr. Alyssa Larish from the Mayo Clinic: “Some people believe that eating the placenta can prevent postpartum depression; relieve postpartum bleeding; promote healthy hormone balance in the body; improves mood and milk supply. But it can also provide important nutrients, such as iron.”
The top doctor added: “But there is no evidence that eating the placenta has any health benefits. Eating placenta can even be harmful.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns mothers to be careful when consuming placentas.
The CDC points to an Oregon mother who unknowingly gave her newborn a group B streptococcal infection while breastfeeding after ingesting contaminated placenta capsules.
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A study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology emphasizes that any benefit would be a psychological placebo effect and not a medical effect.
“We found no scientific evidence of any clinical benefit of placentaphagy in humans, and nutrients and hormones from the placenta are not retained in sufficient quantities after placental encapsulation to potentially benefit the mother after delivery,” the statement said. study.
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