Ep 121: Placenta Consumption with Maria Pokluda of BEST Placenta

In today’s episode we’re talking with Maria Pokluda about placenta encapsulation. Maria is a doula, childbirth educator, and placenta encapsulator who teaches encapsulation workshops through her training organization, BEST Placenta. In this episode we discuss:

The history of placenta consumption A book about the topic – Placenta: The Forgotten Chakra The existing data on placenta consumption The benefits, risks, and contraindications of consuming your placenta What’s contained in the placenta and the benefits of those active ingredients The difference between placenta pills and tincture and how a tincture can be used long term The different methods of preparing a placenta for encapsulation Storage recommendations for placenta pills and tinctures The average number of pills people get Maria’s recommended dosing schedule A discussion about the CDC’s warning against placenta consumption Questions to ask your placenta encapsulators Click here to get more info about Maria’s placenta trainings

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