2018 - The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies
**NEW IN 2016** 2- Part Study Finds Minerals, Elements & Hormones in Encapsulated Placentas
Preliminary data that was released by Dr. Sophia Johnson from Jena University in Germany found that in properly prepared placenta capsules, there were no unsafe organisms found
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Preliminary data that was released by Dr. Sophia Johnson from Jena University in Germany found that in properly prepared placenta capsules, there were no unsafe organisms found
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Postpartum Depression -
- Maternal Iron Deficiency Anemia Affects Postpartum Emotions and Cognition - John L. Beard, et. al.; J. Nutr. 135: 267–272, 2005.ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine whether iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in mothers alters their maternal cognitive and behavioral performance, the mother-infant interaction, and the infant’s development. This article focuses on the relation between IDA and cognition as well as behavioral affect in the young mothers. This prospective, randomized, controlled, intervention trial was conducted in South Africa among 3 groups of mothers: nonanemic controls and anemic mothers receiving either placebo (10 g folate and 25 mg vitamin C) or daily iron (125 mg FeS04, 10 g folate, 25 mg vitamin C). Mothers of full-term normal birth weight babies were followed from 10 wk to 9 mo postpartum (n 81). Maternal hematologic and iron status, socioeconomic, cognitive, and emotional status, motherinfant interaction, and the development of the infants were assessed at 10 wk and 9 mo postpartum. Behavioral and cognitive variables at baseline did not differ between iron-deficient anemic mothers and nonanemic mothers. However, iron treatment resulted in a 25% improvement (P 0.05) in previously iron-deficient mothers’ depression and stress scales as well as in the Raven’s Progressive Matrices test. Anemic mothers administered placebo did not improve in behavioral measures. Multivariate analysis showed a strong association between iron status variables (hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, and transferrin saturation) and cognitive variables (Digit Symbol) as well as behavioral variables (anxiety, stress, depression). This study demonstrates that there is a strong relation between iron status and depression, stress, and cognitive functioning in poor African mothers during the postpartum period. There are likely ramifications of this poorer "functioning" on mother-child interactions and infant development, but the constraints around this relation will have to be defined in larger studies.
- Placentophagy Protocol in Management of Postpartum Care
- According to a study performed by the National Institutes of Health
- American Journal of Nutrition – Iron Content of Placentas and Cords
Pain Relief-
- Placenta ingestion by rats enhances y- and n-opioid antinociception, but suppresses A-opioid antinociception - Jean M. DiPirro*, Mark B. Kristal
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- “Enhancement of Opioid-Mediated Analgesia : A Solution to the Enigma of Placentophagia” – As it Relates to Pain Relief
- Breastmilk Production-
- Harvard – The Effects of Ingestion of Dried Placenta on Milk Production
- American Journal of Obstetrics – Effects of Ingestion of Dried Placenta on Breast Milk Content
- “Placenta as a Lactagogon”
- Consuming Placenta Shows Increase in Milk Production
- Placentophagy Protocol in Management of Postpartum Care
Overall Benefits-
- UNLV Study – Reported Benefits of Placentophagy
- Neuroscientist at University of Buffalo Suggests Ingestion of Placenta Offers Benefits
- Nutrients and Hormones in Heat-dried Human Placenta
- "The most general benefit of placentophagy, according to resent research, is that placenta and amniotic fluid contain a molecule (POEF, Placental Opioid-Enhancing Factor) that modifies the activity of endogenous opioids in such a way that produces and enhancement of the natural reduction in pain that occurs shortly after and during delivery."
Mark B. Kristal, "Enhancments of Opioid_Medicated Analgesia: A solution to the Enigma of Placentophagia", Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 15: 425-435