PLACENTA tablets - a key opportunity for compounders. 28-year old Anjelique Jones from Hamilton in New Zealand has attracted media attention after having her afterbirth encapsulated into pills...that look more like rabbit pellets.
Although she's a vegetarian, Jones believes eating the placenta is fine because it is a by-product of her own body, unlike exploiting animals for food.
Placenta encapsulators firstly pierce the placentas' veins in order to squeeze out the blood.
It's then steamed with ginger and myrrh to mask its aftertaste and odour before dehydration, grinding and pressing into up to 300 capsules (pictured).
The practice has been fuelled by celebrities in the last year.
WE OFTEN think people who talk to themselves may be mentally unwell but a study has turned this stereotype on its head.
Bangor University in North Wales recently conducted an experiment giving 28 participants a set of written instructions and told to read silently or aloud.
Talking aloud proved more effective as it helped to organise thoughts, consolidate memory and modulate emotions.
It's when mind wandering gets out of control that people can display incoherent talk and there may be underlying problems, the researchers concluded.
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