HGTV star Christina Anstead ate her placenta after giving birth to son

Fox News ^ | September 15, 2019 | Jessica Napoli

[Clutch Martin]

Bison eat the placenta of their newborn calves because it stimulates the lactation process. I don’t know if that’s true of other animal species.

Human lactation process starts physiologically on its own.

[Bonemaker]

“...with her husband Ant...”

And she married an insect.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Almost like a scene from the old movie SAVAGE INNOCENTS (1960) with ‎Anthony Quinn. His wife is told by the old woman to lick the baby clean, then eat the afterbirth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Savage_Innocents

[Gay State Conservative]

As if we needed further confirmation of the breathtaking depravity of those in showbiz.

[Anti-Bubba182]

[DakotaGator]

That’s it. These are the end times ;-)

[HonkyTonkMan]

She looks and acts repulsive.

[nuconvert]

“consuming her placenta in pill form. “

Wouldn’t it have to be processed to be in a pill form?
Sounds like a scam to me. And one that might make you sick if everything involved in the processing isn’t squeaky clean & handled properly.

[mass55th]

Thanks. I’ve always liked Anthony Quinn, and Peter O’Toole. Wiki claims that after they dubbed O’Toole’s voice, he asked to have his name removed from the credits. No citation is provided for that claim though.

[Fhios]

It’s all interesting. However, I stopped watching my children being born after the first. That was enough for me.

[SamAdams76]

I came to this thread with high expectations.

The owls were not as they seemed.

[Tennessee Conservative]

LOL, I understand that. I was on the other end of it and still don’t watch childbirth.

[McGruff]

My wife and I have been watching their show Flip or Flop for years. Wait until I tell my life this little tidbit.

[762X51]

She probably eats her boogers too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Isn't that where Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis ("Mad Cow Disease") came from?

IIRC, it was due to an infection by a misfolded protein, known as a prion. It resulted from the practice (widespread at the time in the UK) of feeding meat-and-bone meal to young calves of dairy cows.

From there, the prions spread to humans, resulting in a kind of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. No cure, sometimes fatal. And it doesn't manifest until maybe 4-5 years after initial exposure.

Prions. From same-species flesh. Not part of a good, balanced diet.

[Made In The USA]

If I recall correctly, she destroyed her marriage and happy family life for her kids by having an affair. Hard for me to be happy for her.

[exDemMom]

There is a human variant of prion disease called kuru. It results from eating human flesh. The misfolded prion proteins are concentrated in nervous tissue, especially the brain and spinal cord.

[Maranatha7757]

She is a deep pit, and only the foolish go there. She is a walking warning label...and there are many like her.

[KarlInOhio]

The next cooking challenge on Master Chef???

After (due to unfortunate events) having to watch too many of those cooking competition shows, the first thing I thought of was Chopped.

On a previous "eeeeeeeeew!" thread about this topic, I found and posted this. It's still as good as ever.

[BenLurkin]

Her sister’s kids will have an Uncle Ant