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The placenta is cut, dried and ground before it's put into pills and ready to be eaten.

Unusual birth trends: Eating placenta

Sammy minsk April 17, 2018

Cultural traditions of childbirth vary worldwide, from shaving heads to painting the mother's body. But one, to many, may be particularly gruesome: eating the placenta, called placentology. Formed...

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