Eating the placenta does NOT prevent postpartum depression: Celebrity fad favoured by Coleen Rooney and the Kardashians does little to avoid the ‘baby blues’, study finds

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Eating the placenta does not prevent postpartum depression, new research reveals.

The celebrity fad favoured by sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian does not avoid the ‘baby blues’ in new mothers, despite boosting certain hormone levels, a US study found.

Mothers were recently advised by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) not to eat their placenta after a newborn developed life-threatening blood poisoning passed on from its mother when she took bacteria-contaminated pills.

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Supporters of the practice often claim the organ contains valuable vitamins and hormones that could prevent postpartum depression.

This comes after pregnant mother-of-three Coleen Rooney, 31, who is married to ex-England football captain Wayne Rooney, told her Twitter followers in October she plans to eat placenta pills after the birth of her new arrival. She has previously said they helped her regain her pre-baby body in past pregnancies.

Kim Kardashian, who is married to rapper Kayne West, is also a fan, and took placenta pills after the birth of her second child Saint.

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