okay i take a parenting class and i was wondering if anyone ever heard of people eating the placenta after the child is born
like why ?
i heard that it is in scientologist they do this
like i would never like ewwww gross
our teacher said it is like nutrient and stuff but sstilll ewwwwww
can anyone inform more about it and if you heard of any one heard of anything else weirdl ike this let me know
please inform me of how they eat it when and so on please thank you
thank you
2006-11-05 00:49:19 · 15 answers · asked by filicia b 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
yes i just read that tom cruise did it gross
like groos thank you anyone else have answers
2006-11-05 00:55:42 · update #1
I find it revolting as well, but some cultures actually do save and eat the placenta. It is nutritiously rich, and you can see why historically people did consume it. Usually they cook it up and don't eat it raw.
It is definitely not a practice that the majority of Americans and/or Europeans take part in, but many other sects do. To each their own.
2006-11-05 00:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jujube 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
i did not know Scientology's did this. of course I've heard of it and of course its normal. we as humans are the only mammal that doesn't regularly eat the placenta. the placenta is an iron rick and vitamin rich and protein rich food source for women after pregnancy. it is full of all the things her body can use to help heal, and feed her baby. its really a great thing...i know i would eat my placenta if i had the chance...to many hospitals wastefully throw away the bet food you can get. there are different ways to eat it. some people eat it raw like cut up little chunks fresh(which can help to slow down bleeding after delivery if that's a problem, because it also has hormones in it). some people roast it and eat it that way, some cook it like a pot roast, others make a sauce like spaghetti sauce and eat it with it, other dry it out grind it up and put it in capsules so they don't have to chew it. there is no wrong way to eat it...fresh is best....other people some times freeze them till they know what to do with it. some people plant them in the back yard with a tree or something too (best to bury it and plant a tree a year latter as its so nutritious it can shock a new tree to plant it directly with a fresh placenta.
2006-11-05 03:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see why you might suppose it is gross. Some of it besides. But whilst you move via it your self. It is so lovely and exclusive. I adored pregnancy and I had a exclusive exertions and supply. Yeah, there may be a few gross stuff worried, however later, none of so one can ever subject and you can regularly not ever even suppose approximately it. I did not, till you requested this query. And you should not suppose of it as parasitic. When you are pregnant, you increase any such powerful bond with the little one. All I would suppose of used to be that this little one used to be mine. No one elses. God selected me to like this little one and to have this little one love me again. Nothing is extra targeted than that.
2016-09-01 07:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i saw it on the discovery channel, they fried it and ate it at like i 4got what its called but kinda like a baby shower and the family ate it. I know 4 a fact why animals do it and maybe people did it. Animals do it to ward off predators so they wont know there is a newborn baby around the area. Sone humans just do it as a celebration of new life
2006-11-05 00:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by I know these things 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
arrgg,I saw a show a while back on British TV where a guy made pate from this ladies placenta and when they had their baby's naming ceremony all the guests were given a bit!Think I would have passed on that little appetizer!
2006-11-05 02:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by fairyb04 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yuckkkk
but i do know some chinese natives who eat it, even they eat dead fetus as aphrodisiac.
U can find dried placenta in a chinese herbal med shop.
I even had a chinese nurse friend who eat freah placenta, boil with their wine for asthma. She said the placenta is tasteless, so thats why they boil it with wine and herbs.
2006-11-05 00:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yep, it looks like he said he'd do it. Whether or not he really DID is unclear.
Crazy Scientologist, he is.
2006-11-07 07:25:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ton Cruise didn't do that. That is just a malicious rumor. Scientology believe in silent child birth but that's all.
2006-11-05 08:19:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There's a video on www.ebaumsworld.com where they eat this girl's placentae...after the baby has grown up...it's really gross.
2006-11-05 01:01:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep. This is true!.....Yuk. It was really getting going in the 1990's....people would say all the nutrients are good for you. There are recipes etc. where you can fry it up blah blah blah!! Animals do it but......No Way!!!!!
2006-11-05 00:52:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋