Placentofagia, ¿una opción mas?

Velo Higueras, Maria; Campos López, M. Remedios; Ramos Garcia, Inmaculada

Abstract

Placentophagy is common practice in most mammals. Ancestral human being could have practiced it in the past, but they could stop doing it in some time in our evolutive history. In last few years, placentophagy is a trend, standing up for its potential benefits. This review aim is to clarify the current evidence state about human placentophagy. Evidence review was conducted in Spanish Cochrane Library, PubMed, Cuiden and SCielo databases. Placenta is responsible for hormonal production and fetal nourishment during pregnancy, so it's plenty of these substances. Its intake could have nutritional, hormonal, homeostatic and psicoemocional benefits: nutrient replacement, prevention of anemia and coagulation diseases, lower postpartum bleeding, better physical recovery, analgesia, lower postpartum depression and breastfeeding improving. Placentophagy behavior could have benefits and risks that must be widely researched. It is a new field for multidisciplinary study.

Citation

VELO HIGUERAS, M., CAMPOS LÓPEZ, M.R. and RAMOS GARCÍA, I. 2013. Placentofagia, ¿una opción mas? Presented at the 2nd Congress of ANAMA (Asociación de Matronas de la Región de Murcia), co-located with 12th congress of FAME (Federación de Asociaciones de Matronas de España) 2013, 17-19 October 2013, Pamplona, Spain. Hosted on Blogger [online]. Available from: http://matronataurt.blogspot.com/2013/10/placentofagia-una-opcion-mas.html

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 2nd Congress of ANAMA (Asociación de Matronas de la Región de Murcia), co-located with 12th congress of FAME (Federación de Asociaciones de Matronas de España) 2013
• Conference Location: Pamplona, Spain
• Start Date: Oct 17, 2013
• End Date: Oct 19, 2013
• Deposit Date: Nov 22, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2023
• Keywords: Human placenta; Plasentophagy; Childbirth; Animals
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/977944
• Publisher URL: http://matronataurt.blogspot.com/2013/10/placentofagia-una-opcion-mas.html
• Additional Information: Presentation text shared in blog http://matronataurt.blogspot.com/2013/10/placentofagia-una-opcion-mas.html