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Pretty hot placenta. Animals do it, why not humans?
Evolution for one. Also, I think the hospital can properly dispose of the placenta, so you don't need to worry about attracting predators.
the point of eating the placenta is to replace nutrients for the mother. I don't think this is worth making a big fuss over. It's just another thing that the Hollywood crowd does to be special, I doubt it will catch on in a big way.
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“There is certainly a potential medicinal use,” ABC News quoted Dr. David Katz, founder of the Yale Prevention Center, as saying. “This is a time-honoured cultural practice of eating the placenta. It is nutrient-rich and a source of hormones.”