Forskningsartikler
(2018) Placenta - Worth Trying? Human Maternal Placentophagia: Possible Benefit and Potential Risks
(2018) Maternal Placenta Consumption causes no harm to newborns
(2017) Placentophagy's effects on mood, bonding, and fatigue: A pilot trial, part 2
(2017) Effects of placentophagy on maternal salivary hormones: A pilot trial, part 1
(2016) Research shows how placenta umpires fight for nutrients between pregnant mother and foetus
(2015) Afterbirth: Eat it, Burn it, Bury it under a Tree, Chapter 16 of Adventures in Human Being
(2012) Does eating placenta offer postpartum benefits?
(2012) Placentophagies in Humans and nonhuman mammals
(2012) PLACENTAL ENCAPSULATION AND POSTPARTUM HEALTH
(2010) Placental Tissue and Cord Blood Stem Cells, Chapter 10 of Vascular Biology of the Placenta
(2009) Human aqueous extract as a wound healer
(2009) Stem Cells from Human Placenta can cure Diseases – Video from Oakland Hospital, USA
(2005) Have we forgotten the significance of postpartum iron deficiency?
(2004) The Impact of Fatigue on the Development of Postpartum Depression
(2001) Wound Healing Activity of Human Placental Extract in Rats
Pathology of the Human Placenta Skrevet af Kurt Benirschke, Peter Kaufmann. BOG
(1996) Hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone suppression during the postpartum period: implications for the increase in psychiatric manifestations at this time Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 81, 1912-1917, Copyright © 1996 by Endocrine Society. Study showing low CRH Hormone levels post-birth – CRH (stress reducer hormone – found in high levels in the placenta).
(1988) Selenium, cadmium, lead, and mercury concentrations in human breast milk, in placenta, maternal blood, and the blood of the newborn
(1980) Placentophagia: A Biobehavioral Enigma
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Artikler fra Journaler, Hjemmesider eller Blogge
Placenta in Chinese Herbal Medicine
The Bridge of Life: Options for Placentas Skrevet af britisk jordemoder Kelly Graff; Published by Midwifery Today 2008.
Placentophagy: Midwives Chronicle 1984 af Mary Field RGN SCM
Placenta Recipes – Mums 35 Plus
Medicinal Uses of the Placenta Hjemmesiden gentlebirth.org præsenteres af Ronnie Falcao, LM MS, a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
Placenta: The Gift of Life BOG
The Amazing Placenta
By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com Guide
I’m Going to Eat My Placenta slået op af Kiri Westby 28. juni 2010 17:08.
Placenta Humanum (Welsh) skrevet af Kathy Biggs BA(HONS),LWSH,RGN. Linda Gwillim MCH.RSHom, 2000
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SEX, TIME AND POWER – HOW WOMEN’S SEXUALITY SHAPED HUMAN EVOLUTION - Forfatter: Leonard Shlain
” The fifth major cause of iron depletion in Gyna sapiens is not so obvious as the previous four but nontheless significantly increases her risk of developing an iron-deficiency anemia. The transfer and loss of iron associated with gestation and brith exist to a lesser degree in other mammalian mothers but still pose a problem. To counter it, Mother Nature equipped females of the other mammalian species with a vital instinct-an urgent hunger driving them to consume their offspring’s placenta. A plump souffle of meaty iron, amino acids and essential fats, the placenta is the consummate first meal a mother should partake of immediately after the ordeal of delivery. It is the perfect replacement for the very nutrients she lost just minutes earlier, because a freshly expelled placenta contains the iron equivalent of one to two blood transfusions. Gyna sapiens have lost her craving for this delicacy. Our closest relatives, chimpanzees, dine with gusto on their afterbirth immediately after delivering their infants.” pg. 28-29.
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BIRTH – THE SUPRISING HISTORY OF HOW WE ARE BORN- Forfatter: Tina Cassidy
“In the 1970’s, placentophagy became part of radical home birth customs, particularly in the San Francisco area. One 1980 estimate in Scientific Digest said 5 percent of such West Coast deliveries involved consuming the afterbirth; the East Coast rate among home-birthers was about 1 or 2 percent. It is unclear how many of the placentophagists were vegetarians, but probably many were. They considered the placenta to be sacred, and, of course, because the organ gave life and nothing was killed to put it on the table, it was considered an honor to consume it.” pg. 218
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PLACENTA: THE GIFT OF LIFE - Forfatter: Cornelia Enning
“Throughout the world generations have passed down knowledge of how ingesting placenta helps a mother’s postpartum recovery. Women using placenta remedies after birth feel stronger, are happier and can breastfeed more easily….Many conditions during birth, the postpartum period and nursing would not arise if we returned to the old custom of applying placenta remedies.”
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PLACENTA THE FORGOTTEN CHAKRA - Forfatter: Robin Lim
“Journey through the traditions, myths, facts and rituals concerning Placenta... the forgotten chakra. This book blends respect for culture and respect for nature, while standing firmly on scientific research that confirms what midwives have long known: the most gentle, time honored, least invasive birth protocols are best. For Birth Keepers and for expectant families, who, for each baby, have a once in a lifetime opportunity to go slowly and prevent trauma, it is a must read. Because peace begins with each child, it makes perfect sense to practice birth without violence.”
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