‘It was yum’: Woman eats her own placenta after mixing it into smoothie, Internet calls it ‘cannibalism’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Desiree Van Nice, a 24-year-old mom, claimed that she ate her own placenta after blending it into a smoothie. Desiree has claimed that it helped improve her skin, hair, and nails. In a Tiktok video, she then went on to say consumed her placenta in 2020 after the birth of her only daughter, Stella.
The placenta develops in the uterus during pregnancy and provides oxygen and nutrients to a growing baby. Desiree stated that she ate her placenta because one of her family members had previously done the same.
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The video which garnered almost 111,000 views was captioned, ''It was yum." It shows he husband Matthew Del Valle preparing the placenta and chopping them into small pieces. Later she mixed it with a blender along with mango, blueberries, peaches, pineapple, and coconut milk. According to DailyMail, she said that its 'slimy' and 'lumpy' texture made it hard the drink to get down. Desiree explained, "It tasted like a smoothie [with] a slight iron taste."
Further, she added, "But it wouldn't fully blend, and [was] chunky and [didn't] fit through the straw,' she added. '[It was] slimy and lumpy. But I think it's important for women to look into different things when it comes to pregnancy instead of following what everyone else is doing. " She also claimed, "There [are] natural benefits everywhere and we might as well take advantage."
Is it safe to eat the placenta?
According to WebMD, It is stated, "the act of eating the placenta after you give birth, called placentophagy." The outlet also added," there doesn't seem to be any proof that eating your placenta can help you, there is some proof that it can hurt. If you eat it "fresh" or raw, it might spread infection. Even processing your placenta by putting it in capsules might spoil it with bacteria or viruses."
Mayo Clinic also suggested, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning against taking placenta capsules due to a case in which a newborn developed group B streptococcus (group B strep) after the mother took placenta pills containing group B strep and breastfed her newborn." It also added, "The mother's breast milk was thought to be infected from group B strep bacteria that she acquired after eating her infected placenta. Group B strep can cause serious illness in newborns."
'I thought this was a joke'
TikTok users were quick to react to this video, a user stated, 'Say it with me... "CANNIBALISM," Another user added, "When I don't eat it for a day I can feel a huge different in my mood and the way I feel." However, a comment read, "Some things are OK to post, this is not."
A different user said, "I thought this was a joke."Whereas another added, "Oh no you didn't sis." A user also claimed, "There is no nutritional value to this, you are just eating it to eat it." "if you actually think you're benefitting from this it's just the placebo effect, " claimed another user.
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