re: Lady makes her placenta into a smoothie - feeds it to her family (w pics)

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Somewhere, there's an updated SNL skit to this. Remember Bass-o-matic '76? LINK

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Honestly have you guys never heard of this? I'm sure a lot of your wives have done it in pill form.

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Yep I've eaten some weird animal parts, livers/hearts/feet/etc. I always said if they grew human meat in a petri dish in a lab, I'd give it a shot

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At least that was the case for one Oregon mother. In September of 2016, the healthy woman, who gave birth to a healthy baby after an uncomplicated pregnancy, watched (likely in horror) as her newborn’s health quickly deteriorated.

Shortly after birth, the baby showed signs of respiratory distress, was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and was found to have a life-threatening blood infection—diagnosed as late-onset group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) bacteremia.

After an 11-day course of antibiotics in the hospital, the baby improved and went home. A dangerous dose But not five days later, the baby arrived in another hospital, again with a GBS infection.

Puzzled as to why the infection recurred, the doctors there started asking questions and found that the mother was taking placenta pills. She had hired a company—which the researchers only identify as “Company A”—to make pills for her.

The company notes on its website that it cleans, slices, and dehydrates placentas at 115°F–160°F (46°C–71°C), then grinds and places them into about 115–200 gelatin capsules, stored at room temperature.

The researchers note that this process may not heat the organ to a high enough temperature or for long enough to reduce pathogens. For instance, when cooking meat at just 130°F, it takes around two hours to kill off Salmonella. When the researchers examined the pills, they found that they were packed with not just placenta powder but GBS as well.

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Lady makes her placenta into a smoothie - feeds it to her family

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