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Celebrity mothers risk illness by eating their afterbirth

Celebrity mothers risk illness by eating their afterbirth

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‘Cannibal celebrity’ mothers in Hollywood are risking dangerous diseases by eating their afterbirths.

October 12, 2024, published at 9:00 a.m. ET

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While celebrity moms swear it helps prevent terrible postpartum depression and speed recovery after giving birth, the medical community has issued its diagnosis: It’s not necessarily a good idea — and can even be dangerous!

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Cannibal celebrity mothers risk fatal diseases
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Hollywood actresses, including Alicia Silverstone, had their placentas dried and ground up to be swallowed as capsules.

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Cannibal celebrity mothers risk fatal diseases
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Hilary Duff was among the celebrity mothers who ate their placenta grilled.

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Teigen dropped her placenta after giving birth to son Miles 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 plagued 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 birth helps prevent terrible postpartum depression and speed up postnatal recovery, doctors say it can be dangerous.

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The beauty laughed as she was told swallowing the placenta was “not a normal thing” and snapped: “I’m in LA. That’s completely normal. “We’re grilling here!”

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A Tinseltown nanny told it 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 ate her placenta.

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“The most common method of placenta preparation is to dehydrate the placenta.

“Mothers have also been known to eat it raw or cooked.

“Some mums decided to follow Hilary Duff’s lead and make a ‘delicious’ smoothie with it. Hilary did this with her last two children.”

“But these methods may not destroy all infectious bacteria and can make the mother and the possibly breastfeeding baby sick.”

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Accordingly Dr. Alyssa Larish from the Mayo Clinic: “Some people believe that eating the placenta can prevent postpartum depression; relief from bleeding after childbirth; promote a healthy hormonal balance in the body; improve mood and milk production. 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. In fact, eating placenta can be harmful.”

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns mothers to be careful when consuming placenta.

The CDC highlights an Oregon mother who unknowingly gave her newborn a Group B Strep infection after ingesting contaminated placenta capsules while breastfeeding.

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A study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology insists that any benefit would be a psychological placebo effect, not a medical effect.

“We have found no scientific evidence of clinical benefit of placentophagy in humans, and after encapsulation of the placenta, placental nutrients and hormones are not retained in sufficient quantities to potentially provide benefit to the mother after birth,” it says of the study.

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