AdvertisementOpinionOpinion: Placenta-Eating Went Mainstream When Many Doctors Stopped ListeningDecember 27, 2019Daniela BleifacebookEmailPlacenta purveyors often dehydrate and grind a new mother's placenta to a powder, then add it to a pill capsule. Generally, the goal is to increase her milk production, energy and mood, but scientists dispute such benefits. (AFP via Getty Images)