Topic: Human placentophagy

UNLV Study Finds No Iron Benefit from Eating Placenta
Daniel Benyshek and Sharon Young
Campus News | November 3, 2016
First clinical study of its kind finds no benefit for women who eat their placenta as a source of needed iron after giving birth.
Steamed, Dehydrated or Raw: Placentas May Help Moms’ Post-Partum Health
UNLV medical anthropologist Daniel Benyshek and doctoral student Sharon Young
Research | February 27, 2013
UNLV anthropology survey examines why women consume their placentas after childbirth.