Dr. Gunter: So, I’m an OB/GYN and also author and host of the upcoming show on CBC gem the digital platform Jensplaining. And so I practice primarily just Gynaecology now. I’m a specialist actually in vulvar and vaginal health conditions. And and so I don’t do really any obstetrics anymore. But I did OB for a long time and I live and practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jay: What is it exactly about placentophagy that has so many people intrigued? It really boils down to three main reasons. First of all, it’s an all natural product. Literally…it really doesn’t get any more natural than this. Second, other mammals do it. And third, some people claim placentas to be a “superfood” that provides a variety of health benefits, which we’ll be discussing in detail throughout the episode.
Dr. Gunter: Yeah, so all those reasons are not valid. Those are that’s misinformation and disinformation that they’ve read online. So I think that’s a really important thing to be really honest about. Saying that the placenta is a superfood would be like saying vaccines cause autism, you know, that’s something that we know is objectively not true.
Dr. Gunter: So I would say that you know there… You know, first of all, it’s not an ancient tradition at all. It’s not in mentioned in any anthropology literature. And I’ve had a pretty extensive review of it and the first recorded mention of it appears to be in a Rolling Stone magazine in the late 1970s for from a woman in a sort of a hippie commune in San Francisco who thought it would be a cool thing to try.
Dr. Gunter: So passing it off as an ancient is certainly not accurate this idea that because other mammals either placenta that we should do. I would say what would you think if your gastroenterologist told you to eat grass for an upset stomach because that’s what cats do. You know, we practice medicine and so that’s obviously a ludicrous concept.
Dr. Gunter: So never mind the idea that just because an animal does it we should do it, you know, we have different reproductive physiology from from almost every other mammal. There is only - I think - 2 or 3 other mammals that actually have menstrual cycles versus an estrus cycle. So, you can’t compare us on any level with the majority of mammals. We’re different; so, we don’t take our cues from veterinary medicine in the office with humans. And this idea that the placenta is a superfood is based on nothing, I mean, you know… at all.
Jay: Despite al
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hello, redditers! My name is Vinícius Fontana, I am a Brazilian journalist and I'm writing a story about placentophagy as a health treatment as well as a way to enhance the connection between the family and the newborn child. Anyone here already tried to do it? If someone wants to make a brief interview (via email, Skype) about it please send me an email (vhfontana89@gmail.com). Thank you very much for your attention! Best regards.
In this 2010 article anthropologists reported that a cross-cultural study of 179 societies revealed the vast majority do not practice postpartum human placentophagy at all. There are some instances of its use for medicine or ritual but rarely is it the mother consuming it right after giving birth like other mammals including non-human primates. Since its absence is so ubiquitous in human societies this has lead to theories about why this is so.
In a 2012 article published by some of the same scholars, they postulated that fire might be the reason. Smoke and other toxins from the fire would have been filtered by the placenta so it didn't reach the fetus. But this might have made postpartum placenta consumption dangerous, and since the practice hurt the fitness of mother and child it was eliminated from our species' behavior.
Do you think this is a sound argument? Can you come up with any better ones? And why do you think there has been a sudden interest in the West with placentophagy even though it is almost unheard of in human history?
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
Buenosdillas
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
