Cruise 'will eat baby's placenta'

[mrmark]

Actor Tom Cruise has said he plans to eat the placenta of his new baby.

"I thought that would be good," he told GQ magazine. "Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there."

It is the latest in a series of unusual revelations by the 43-year-old about the child he is expecting with his fiancee, actress Katie Holmes.

The couple, who have been engaged since June 2005, plan to marry in late summer or early autumn, according to Cruise.

The Mission Impossible star has also claimed he knew Holmes, 27, was pregnant even before she told him.

Last week Cruise said on US television that Catholic-born Holmes has already joined him as a follower of the Church of Scientology.

'Silent birth'

In the GQ interview, Cruise defended the religion's doctrine that childbirth should be completed in silence.

"It's really about respecting the woman," he said. "It's not about her not screaming."

Cruise said earlier this month that their baby was due "any day now".

The baby will be the first for Holmes, while Cruise has two adopted children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.

Source: BBC Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 09:30

 

[GFR]

Post a link, I don't believe that.

 

[mrmark]

Post a link, I don't believe that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4918012.stm

 

[GFR]

Ok, he needs to be put to sleep

 

[BigDyl]

This is a True Story

 

[SuppAddict]

whats a placenta?

 

[GFR]

whats a placenta?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...placenta&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

 

[Vieope]

Ok that is fucked up

 

[MCx2]

Actually thats not a completely uncommon practice (eating placenta), but yes, Tom Cruise should be put to sleep.

 

[SuppAddict]

Actually thats not a completely uncommon practice (eating placenta), but yes, Tom Cruise should be put to sleep.

I never even heard of anyone doing that

that is just wrong and sick

i hope he chokes on it

 

[Vieope]

Actually thats not a completely uncommon practice (eating placenta)

Among satanists?

 

[nsimmons]

i didnt believe this either until i googled it...wtf is wrong with that guy. I used to like him, now i wont see mi3 out of spite.

 

[MCx2]

The Amazing Placenta
From Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE,
Your Guide to Pregnancy / Birth.

While we all marvel at the miracle of fetal development and the wonders of birth, we very often fail to look at the miraculous organ the placenta.
This organ grows from the time of conception to eventually take over the production of hormones needed to sustain the pregnancy at around 12 weeks gestation (from your last menstrual period). It supplies your growing baby with a means of obtaining nutrients for development as well as a method of waste disposal. This is the only disposable organ ever made.

Other cultures have come to see the placenta in a completely different light. There are even ceremonies and beliefs held about the placenta that are completely foreign to us.

For example, in some cultures it is commonplace to leave the baby attached to the placenta, rather than clamp the cord, until the cord dries up and falls off. This is called a Lotus birth and is not practiced often in the United States. The theories behind this are that it helps slow the new family down and offers them more seclusion in the first few days when a getting to know you period is in order.

One thing you see here is that there are many families who will hold ceremonies with the placenta after birth. Some families will take the placentas and bury them in the ground to celebrate the new life given to them. This dedication of the placenta back to the earth or in honor of the child is becoming more frequent. A year later a tree or flower is then planted in the same spot to allow the placenta to nourish its growth. The reason that you would wait this year is that a placenta is so nutrient rich that it would kill anything planted before that period.

What about placenta art? Yes, you can make art out of it. Generally mothers talk about placenta prints. After the birth you take a piece of paper and lay the placenta on it. If it is fresh you can let the blood and amniotic fluid leave the print or others choose to use paints to add color. Now what? Well, hang your framed art or store it for safekeeping.

Then comes the practice of placentophagia, eating the placenta, is also practiced in some parts of the world. There are even meal like recipes for cooking placentas, including placenta stew, placenta lasagna, power drinks with blended placenta and others. Though some mothers have been reported to eat placenta raw.

There are many reasons listed for eating the placenta, including it helping stem postpartum depression and it supposedly helps to contract the uterus after the birth. We know that many animals eat their own placenta, including as a means to hide the scent from predators.

In our modern world this may seem barbaric and some have even said that this could spread HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis. While this is very true if people other than the mother consume the placenta, normally it is only the mother partaking of the placenta.

In Chinese Medicine, the placenta is known as a great life force and is highly respected in terms of its medicinal value. However, in this field it is not cook, but rather usually dried. To dry a placenta you would simply dehydrate it in the oven, then using a mortar and pestle grind it up. From there you can mix it with food or ingest it within capsules. I have actually known one mother who did this drying technique. It is my only personal experience with placentophagia.

No matter what you choose to do with your placenta, remember to value the life it has helped you nuture and bring forth. It is, after all, the Tree of Life.

 

[Vieope]

Then comes the practice of placentophagia, eating the placenta, is also practiced in some parts of the world. There are even meal like recipes for cooking placentas, including placenta stew, placenta lasagna, power drinks with blended placenta and others. Though some mothers have been reported to eat placenta raw.

I think IM labs should work on a new product.

 

[clemson357]

that is fucking sick

 

[BigDyl]

I think IM labs should work on a new product.

Anabolic Placenta RX


Maximum Fetus

 

[GFR]

Anabolic Placenta RX


Maximum Fetus

 

[MCx2]

Anabolic Placenta RX


Maximum Fetus

In my short stay here that is without a doubt the best thing you've said..

 

[Little Wing]

it's pretty obvious he's joking and making light of the fact that he's kinda seen as a weirdo. i have seen on a documentary once tho a woman frying and preparing to eat the placenta. i think it's disgusting but it is common in other places in the world.

 

[Dale Mabry]

I eat Placenta on Tuesday nights, it tastes good with Bleu Cheese. The placenta of a mexican is the best, especially if you use the afterbirth as a dip, kinda like chips and salsa.

 

[Decker]

If cannibalism isn't against some law, it should be. Otherwise he's sound as a pound.

 

[Little Wing]

I eat Placenta on Tuesday nights, it tastes good with Bleu Cheese. The placenta of a mexican is the best, especially if you use the afterbirth as a dip, kinda like chips and salsa.

the placenta, aka afterbirth, is freaking huge. hopefully you aren't eating this by yourself.

 

[The Monkey Man]

He's trying to show that he has a sense of humor..

In other words he is acting... (Like a normal human)

Putting a face on his creepy religion, and obvious, own
deep psychological problems

 

[The Monkey Man]

the placenta, aka afterbirth, is freaking huge. hopefully you aren't eating this by yourself.

I'm so attracted to you right now -

 

[BigDyl]

And for desert might I recommend the Raspberry aux Placentart

 

[Dale Mabry]

I actually make sangria with the remaining fluid.

 

[nsimmons]

fry it up!

 

[BigDyl]

I actually make sangria with the remaining fluid.

It also makes a lovely hummus.

 

[Dale Mabry]

It also makes a lovely hummus.

That is a novel idea, I will try it tonight.

 

[The Monkey Man]

I use it as a salad dressing, because to me it has a vinegary taste -