Can "eat placenta" definitely make up for it?
The truth is...
"Doctor, let's take the placenta home. The old man said it is edible and nutritious." I believe obstetricians often encounter this question from pregnant women at work.
Speaking of "eating the placenta", I must be familiar with everyone.
In traditional concepts in many areas of China, stew, porridge, frying, or meatballs are often used. Many novice mothers have eaten the "placenta" mandatory by their mother-in-law or mother during confinement. meal".
So what is the placenta?
Can "eat placenta" really make up for it?
Next, the obstetrician will tell you the truth.
The placenta is an organ attached to the wall of the uterus during pregnancy and is connected to the baby through the umbilical cord.
It delivers oxygen and nutrients from the mother's blood supply to the baby.
The waste produced by the baby, such as carbon dioxide, will return to the placenta along the umbilical cord.
After the baby is born, the mother’s contractions push out the placenta, which will be taken out by the doctor during a cesarean section.
Is "placental supplement" a rumor or true?
Those who insist on eating the placenta can find some reasons that the placenta contains a variety of natural hormones and active ingredients, which can promote lactation, prevent postpartum depression, and improve the skin condition of menopausal women; in addition, there are many trace elements in the placenta, such as Iron, magnesium, zinc, etc., can replenish blood and enhance the body's resistance.
Are all the benefits of eating placenta real?
In fact, everyone who has studied biology knows that most hormones are protein, and many hormones in the placenta are basically broken down after being cooked at high temperature and digested and metabolized during eating, not to mention the biological activity.
In addition, the so-called nutrients in the placenta, such as iron, which has the effect of nourishing blood, are also found in pork, beef and mutton, or even richer. Why choose the placenta instead of eating sanitary food?
Not only that, but science has proven that eating placenta not only can't exert those health effects, on the contrary, there are potential risks when eating it blindly.
Special reminder that the placenta contains viruses, which can carry various harmful microorganisms, including Listeria, hepatitis virus, Treponema pallidum, HIV, herpes virus, and Lyme disease pathogens.
These viruses are not extinct in boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius, and when they are made into pills, they are more likely to leave a "live mouth" for pathogenic bacteria.
Therefore, the placenta is just a piece of meat dropped from the human body. Don't expect it to have any magical nourishing effects. You should still face it objectively and scientifically.
By Xie Ying (Beijing Children's Hospital Shunyi Women's and Children's Center)