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No, you shouldn't eat your placenta, here's why

  • Written by Bryony McNeill, Lecturer in Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Deakin University
imageHumans and underwater animals are the only mammals that don't eat their placentas.from www.shutterstock.com

In almost all mammals, the placenta - the organ that develops in pregnancy to provide oxygen and nutrients to the baby and remove waste products - is eaten by the mother immediately after giving birth. Humans and aquatic mammals are the only...

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