For most people, the idea of eating bloody human flesh will be repulsive and unthinkable, but the young father told how he ate his wife's placenta. Nick Baines, a food and travel writer, says he decided to do it out of curiosity. He just wanted to know what it tasted like.
“When I put a bright, almost glowing red piece of placenta on a cutting board, I realized that it attracted me more than many offal that I had to deal with. The meat was juicy, like good beef. It was tender, like fried brisket, and no different from Texas barbecue,”he said in his article for The Guardian.
Actress Jennifer Aniston decided to eat the placenta to improve skin condition. The placenta is rumored to be eaten by American actress and model January Jones and Hugh Hefner's girlfriend Holly Madison.
Baines says he wanted to try the placenta from the moment he and his wife first discussed the issue of having a baby. According to him, he is a very curious meat eater and did not want to pass up this rare opportunity. However, the man admits that the idea became much less attractive after he received a fresh placenta from a midwife. In the end, instead of taking the entire placenta, he left the hospital with only a few lumps. The next day, he chopped them up and mashed them.
“The banana flavor has been replaced by a metallic, bloody aftertaste. The scent was the same as the scent in the maternity ward,”says Baines.
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise ate the placenta of his newborn daughter Suri. Eyewitnesses recall that the happy father bit the umbilical cord with his own teeth and, mumbling with his bloody mouth, declared: "This will bring her happiness!" Warned in advance of eccentricities, the medical staff tried to react to the extravagant dad calmly. The same one continued: - Do not try to throw away the placenta - I will eat it later, at lunch.
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However, according to the man, he actually enjoyed eating the placenta, which he added to the tacos along with garlic and paprika.
Despite the stories of women who say they experienced intense emotions after eating their placenta, Nick found that his mood didn't change at all.
Placentophagy, or eating the placenta, has become more and more popular in recent years. Some mothers eat their placenta in the hope that it will benefit their health as well as protect against postpartum depression and increase milk supply.
For those who are too squeamish, there is another option. They can pay to have their placenta turned into small pills that can be taken for several years after the baby is born.
They can pay to have their placenta turned into small pills that can be taken for several years after the baby is born.