Dec 16, 2015 08:01 PM
Is placentophagy a hyponym of autocannibalism, pedophagism, or just plain anthropophagism? - Things the Internet Suggests You Do With Your Placenta
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/things-...r-placenta
EXCERPT: [...] However, there is no strong clinical evidence to support that eating your placenta makes much of a difference to your health, according to a 2015 review of the research by Northwestern University. Little research has been conducted, and the supposed positive effects are based mainly on personal testimonials. This 2011 feature from New York Magazine cites one study conducted in the 1950s that concluded placentophagy improved lactation—but notes that the study was later discredited. But placenta-eaters stand to risk infection and illness, especially if they eat the stuff raw—which some have.
Brace yourselves, because it gets weirder. Here’s a quick roundup of things actual people have done with their placenta after giving birth....
How to Make Breakfast With Your Vagina or "If the medical career doesn't work out, there's always a job as creative adviser for ___"
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/h...our-vagina
EXCERPT: [....] So, as the disapproving ghost of Julia Child looked on, she grabbed a spoon, a pan, and a candy thermometer, and set out to create yogurt from her vagina—the ultimate in locally-sourced cuisine. Cecilia Westbrook is a friend of mine, and an MD/PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. We had joked before about making yogurt from vaginal secretions—predictable jokes about the dietary benefit of eating pussy, about naming the product ‘Queeffer’—but then a Google search was performed and: nothing. Not even in medical literature. Curiosity piqued, Westbrook began to research in earnest. What choice did she have but to try it herself....
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/things-...r-placenta
EXCERPT: [...] However, there is no strong clinical evidence to support that eating your placenta makes much of a difference to your health, according to a 2015 review of the research by Northwestern University. Little research has been conducted, and the supposed positive effects are based mainly on personal testimonials. This 2011 feature from New York Magazine cites one study conducted in the 1950s that concluded placentophagy improved lactation—but notes that the study was later discredited. But placenta-eaters stand to risk infection and illness, especially if they eat the stuff raw—which some have.
Brace yourselves, because it gets weirder. Here’s a quick roundup of things actual people have done with their placenta after giving birth....
How to Make Breakfast With Your Vagina or "If the medical career doesn't work out, there's always a job as creative adviser for ___"
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/h...our-vagina
EXCERPT: [....] So, as the disapproving ghost of Julia Child looked on, she grabbed a spoon, a pan, and a candy thermometer, and set out to create yogurt from her vagina—the ultimate in locally-sourced cuisine. Cecilia Westbrook is a friend of mine, and an MD/PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. We had joked before about making yogurt from vaginal secretions—predictable jokes about the dietary benefit of eating pussy, about naming the product ‘Queeffer’—but then a Google search was performed and: nothing. Not even in medical literature. Curiosity piqued, Westbrook began to research in earnest. What choice did she have but to try it herself....