New York : US researchers have found no evidence to support the popular claims that eating the placenta after childbirth may protect new mothers against depression or boost their energy, says IANS.
They have warned that eating the placenta – either raw, cooked or encapsulated – may be an unknown risk for the women who eat it and for their infants, if they are breastfeeding.
In recent times, celebrities such as Kourtney Kardashian blogged and raved about the benefits of their personal placenta “vitamins and spiked women’s interest in the practice of consuming their placentas after childbirth.
For the study, the researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US reviewed 10 published research studies on placentophagy.
“There are a lot of subjective reports from women who perceived benefits, but there has not been any systematic research investigating the benefits or the risk of placenta ingestion,” said corresponding study author Crystal Clark, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences.
