USA Today: Kristal discusses women who ingest placenta after giving birth

Mark Kristal, professor of psychology, is quoted in USA Today in an article on women ingesting their own placentas after giving birth. "People can believe what they want, but there's no research to substantiate claims of human benefit," he said. "The cooking process will destroy all the protein and the hormones....Drying it out or freezing it would destroy other things." Go to article.