When reality TV ‘star’ Josie Cunningham  said she was going to sell the placenta from her then unborn child there was a public and media outcry. But she wasn’t doing anything  that hasn’t been done before. Why would anyone want a fresh placenta? To eat it of course!

Brooklyn Placenta Services is run by a lady called Jennifer Mayer who has made a business out of turning placenta into easily consumed health supplements. The logic is easy to follow – animals eat their placenta, so there must be a reason. Perhaps it’s health. The placenta feeds the baby until birth, filtering toxins while letting in vitamins, minerals, and oxygen from the mother’s bloodstream.

Surely it’s too good to throw away. So why nor sell it instead? Heck, why not start a new business with your own placenta, or other peoples?

I can think of several reasons, but it seems like there’s a market.