Paul Saladino· MD
I've had midwives and doulas tell me that when they see the placenta, which is attached to the umbilical cord of vegans, they look a lot like a smoker's placenta.
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I've had midwives and doulas tell me that when they see the placenta, which is attached to the umbilical cord of vegans, they look a lot like a smoker's placenta.
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And I've heard this from multiple midwives that some vegetarian women, their placentas look like the placentas of smokers.