Pluscenta Journal

The moms eating placenta gummies and smoothies: ‘Celebrities made this mainstream’

Placenta encapsulation has become a mini-industry in the US, amid questions over its safety and benefits. By Alaina Demopoulos Callie Landis makes a living dehydrating placentas for new moms to eat....


Uncovering the Truth About Bacteria and Heavy Metals in the Placenta

Recent news stories, blog posts, and online articles have claimed that “science fails to see benefits of eating placenta.”¹ Many of these articles have been fueled by papers published by...


Cord Blood Banking, Placenta Banking, and Placenta Encapsulation: Study Your Options

Cord blood banking, placenta banking, and placenta encapsulation are emerging practices that pregnant women should consider due to their potential benefits.


Study: Maternal Placenta Consumption Causes No Harm to Newborns

The largest study of its kind found mothers who consumed their placenta passed on no harm to their newborn babies when compared to infants of mothers who did not consume...


Cord Blood Banking and Placenta Encapsulation

Placenta encapsulation has become more mainstream over the last few years. New moms can do multiple things with their placenta, including storing the placenta tissue or placenta encapsulation.


Scientists generate early stem cells that form human placenta

Such cells aid efforts to understand miscarriage, preterm birth, other pregnancy complications by Julia Evangelou Strait•June 9, 2020 Despite researchers’ efforts to understand pregnancy — both healthy and high-risk — the...