Placenta: A ‘superfood’ or a dietary fad?
Eating placenta, or placentophagy, is becoming increasingly popular among new moms. But does consuming this temporary organ really offer health benefits?
October 19, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: does-consuming, nutritional counseling, offer-health, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, pregnancy / obstetrics, temporary
How A High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Increases The Risk Of Stillbirth
Eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy increases the chance of stillbirth, according to new research at Oregon Health & Science University. The new data show eating a typical American diet, which is high in fat, decreases blood flow from the mother to the placenta, the temporary organ that nourishes the unborn fetus…
June 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chance, decreases-blood, high-fat-diet, new-research, oncalldiets, oregon, oregon-health, placenta, science, temporary, the-placenta, the-temporary, unborn
