Got milk?

Love this! Women, whose milk lacks oxytocin because of toxemia or a stressful birth, can easily and safely replenish their oxytocin reserves with the rich deposits found in the placenta.

“Progesterone, estrogen, and placental lactogen, as well as prolactin, cortisol, and insulin, appear to act in concert to stimulate the growth and development of the milk-secreting apparatus.”[1] Not only does the placenta contain orally-active prolactin, but consuming placental prolactin also boosts the production of prolactin from the pituitary and ovarian secretion sites.[2]

[1] Cunningham F, Leveno KJ, Bloom SL, Hauth JC, Rouse DJ, Spong CY. eds. Williams Obstetrics, 23e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010.

[2] Blank Ms, Friesen Hg. “Effects of Placentophagy On Serum Prolactin and Progesterone Concentrations In Rats After Parturition Or Superovulation.” Journal of Reproductive Fertility 60(2), 1980, pp273-8.