Eating your own placenta is marketed to come with benefits such as increased milk production. However, there is no scientific evidence that supports these claims. I chose not to encapsulate my ...

Placenta encapsulation is a two-day process that converts afterbirth into pills. For a growing number of women in Las Vegas and across the country, consuming the placenta after childbirth has been ...

Eating one's placenta, or placentophagy, isn’t necessarily a new trend, but it’s one that’s gained more notoriety in recent ...

UNLV professor Daniel Benyshek and doctoral student Sharon Young are pioneering research into maternal human placentophagy, the practice of mothers consuming their placenta. The ingestion of placenta ...

PHOENIX - First time mom, Jennifer Weitman, adores her baby boy, Drew. When she found out she was expecting, she did everything she could to ensure she would give him the best care possible, and that ...

In the past, consuming your placenta after having your baby may have seemed like a practice exclusively for the patchouli-wearing, water-birth-favoring set, but thanks to big health benefits and ...