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Smoking during pregnancy - can I still Encapsulate?

13/8/2015

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This has been asked on a few occasions, and the short answer is YES.  The placenta contains levels of heavy metals that some would suggest unsafe to consume your placenta.  However, of the 3 main heavy metals being mercury, cadmium and lead, none of these pose an increased risk when ingesting the placenta post birth.  There is not a notable amount of mercury to even mention.  Cadmium is present, and is around 2 to 3 times higher in smokers placentas, however the European Food Safety Authority suggest a maximum daily intake of around 24 ug of Cadmium, and an average smokers placenta would contain 6 ug, so even if you consumed the entire placenta in one sitting, it would be considerably lower than the daily recommendation. Lastly lead. The average placenta contains around 5 ng/g of lead.  Compare this to the maximum levels of lead allowed in the production of Candy in the USA - cannot exceed 100 ng/g it looks like the placenta is a better option that eating a jelly snake!!!
\Have a read of this article to give you the full run down.

http://www.placentaassociation.com/#!Uncovering-the-Truth-About-Bacteria-and-Heavy-Metals-in-the-Placenta/cq9b/558865c00cf27a6b7458e941


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Rachel
20/6/2018 06:33:34 pm

Can you chat to me about this some more? I smoke 3 cigs a day - used to be 30! Can I still have my placenta encapsulated

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Nicky
11/1/2019 02:19:20 pm

Just wondering if you got your placenta encapsulated? I am also a smoker and trying to find an answer to this! I spoke to a doula who obviously didn’t recommend it, so I’m curious to see if you did it and how it went?

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Carl H link
31/5/2022 01:32:36 am

Thaank you for being you

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