I was eating dinner at this guy's house and then he asked me:"if I would eat a baby's placenta?
I nearly threw up, and stopped eating my meal. I said "no. you are sick." It's not something to talk about at dinner time." He mentioned a few more times and wouldn't stop, and haggled me about it.
Is he mentally ill, sick, or in a cult?
He says they are good because they can prolong your life.
URGGGGGH. This makes me ill..
2006-10-15 16:47:04 · 12 answers · asked by DREENA 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Is this Part of a Religion Or Cult?
2006-10-15 16:57:02 · update #1
Gross. Only an animal would eat that. Something about it having vitamins. Tell the guy to eat liver and onions instead. Ugh. That is disgusting. I hope I don't eat dinner with that guy.
2006-10-15 16:51:57 · answer #1 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi - I remember in the 60s people ate placentas after the birth of their child - it had to do with hormones and such. As to eating them now - well, it is one of the only free sources of meat without killing - so some people like that - but it is an organ and does all kinds of nasty filtering stuff that I personally wouldn't want to put into my body. Sounds like he was trying to yank your chain. Next time tell him you prefer to stick to three day old road kill and see if that shuts him up!
2006-10-15 16:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by JannahLee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some cultures do this. Even in America you can have the placenta freeze dried and they make it into a powder you can take in pill form to supposedly speed up your recovery after having a baby.
2006-10-15 16:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people do this, they save it and cook it. Almost all animals do it. It won't prolong your life any more than any other protein. Unless maybe you ate it raw and ingested the stem cells, but that's sick!!!
LOL
Here are some links to placenta cooking:
http://www.babycenter.com/general/1333089.html
http://www.gentlebirth.org/Midwife/eatplcnt.html
2006-10-15 16:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I had my daughter I got to see the placenta. It IS NOT a pretty sight. Definitely wouldn't be eating that thing!!!
2006-10-15 21:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by Not_a_toothless_pirate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is truly disgusting, isn't it?! I was watching Shock Video on HBO and some woman and her family cooked up her placenta and ate it. I forget the "reason" why, but I was appalled. The whole act of it is ridiculous!!!
2006-10-15 16:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by jolo4ever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never eat dinner at his house again.
2006-10-15 23:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by purrfectsandcastle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that this is part of some religion's belief system but I can't think of which one off the bat.
2006-10-15 16:49:19 · answer #8 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yucko I think this is gross. some time ago a shampoo company got caught putting them in their shampoo to make hair more glossy and they got in big trouble too
2006-10-15 16:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by cricketwinner@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesnt anyone realize that tom cruise did this??
Its just part of a certain type of religious practice. Its totaly nasty, but i get why they do it.
2006-10-15 17:05:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋