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Consumption of Maternal Placenta in Humans and Nonhuman Mammals: Beneficial and Adverse Effects.
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- "We follow what our elders taught us": an ethnographic study of kinship, rituals, and reproductive transitions among women in the GaRBH cohort, Rajasthan, India.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Perinatal physiology and welfare in water buffalo: calving, mother-calf bonding, lactation, and postpartum disorders.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Blood in Capsules: Multi-Technique Forensic Investigation of Suspicious Food Supplement.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Placentophagia in Tribal and Modern Societies: Navigating the Thin Line Between Risk and Benefit.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2025Review
- Acellular porcine placental membranes as a novel biomaterial for tissue repair applications.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Mother-Offspring Bonding after Calving in Water Buffalo and Other Ruminants: Sensory Pathways and Neuroendocrine Aspects.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Non-human primate birth and human birth.Primates; journal of primatology · 2023Article
- A report of stillbirth and subsequent maternal cannibalism observed in a free-ranging group of Japanese macaques at Awajishima, Japan.Primates; journal of primatology · 2023Article
- The Disposal of Placenta among Indigenous Groups Globally: An Integrative Literature Review.International journal of reproductive medicine · 2023Review
- The placenta as a target of opioid drugs†.Biology of reproduction · 2022Review
- Handling and Physiological Aspects of the Dual-Purpose Water Buffalo Production System in the Mexican Humid Tropics.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Blood Biomarker Profile Alterations in Newborn Canines: Effect of the Mother's Weight.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Vicissitudes in the Placental Cotyledon Number in a Singleton Pregnancy with Gestational Diabetes.International journal of applied & basic medical researchArticle
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Abstract
Placentophagia is a common mammalian behavior, and the first scientific study of the potential effects of human maternal placentophagia on lactation was in 1917. More recently, in the 1970s, human placentophagia was reported in North America with a trend toward increased consumption. There are different hypotheses about the women and nonhuman mammals' motivation towards placentophagia, but few have been subject to hypotheses testing. In women, the controversy continues; on the one hand, researchers attribute benefits like increased breast milk, weight gain in newborns, decreased postpartum depression and fatigue, and improved mothers' mood. In contrast, bacterial or viral infections, hormonal, or trace elements that could become toxic for both the mother and baby are reported as possible health risks. Other reports argue a lack of scientific rigor to support the self-reported benefits of placentophagia. Also, the way the placenta is prepared (raw, cooked, dehydrated, processed, or encapsulated) alters its components, and thus the desired effects. This review provides relevant information and the different hypotheses and points of view around placentophagia. However, there are still questions to be resolved, and more studies are needed to confirm or reject the data generated so far about placentophagia in humans and nonhuman mammals.
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