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Lifetime Achievement Award: Cliodhna Griffin HBCE, CMT, APPAC

APPA is thrilled to present Cliodhna Griffin with the Lifetime Achievement Award, a well-deserved honor recognizing her extraordinary contributions to the placenta encapsulation field and her remarkable journey to success. Cliodhna’s story is a testament to her unyielding dedication, unwavering commitment, and profound passion for empowering families through childbirth and the postpartum experience. Originally hailing from a quaint village in

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December 17, 2023 No Comments

Despite Health Canada’s bold statement, APPA stands with current science

Health Canada recently made a statement against “placenta products.” We’d like to address any concerns that may be associated with thier statement. Safety First APPA has always been aware of the very serious safety concerns regarding some methods of placenta preparation. In many ways, we completely agree with the concerns. In fact, these concerns are the very reason APPA was

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December 1, 2018 No Comments

Jena University Reviews Placentophagy Literature

Jena University Reviews Placentophagy Literature By Christi Trimble, APPAC Placenta studies are finally starting to pop up thanks to the great work going on at The Placenta Lab of Jena University in Germany. While Dr. Sophia Johnson’s research began in 2015 her first study wasn’t published until this year. Now we have a new literature review from the team at

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October 31, 2018 No Comments

Not a Placebo

A Closer Look at Pilot Trials in Maternal Placenta Consumption Human placentophagy in the form of placenta encapsulation is a growing trend worldwide. Until now, the evidence for the practice among humans has been largely anecdotal and has not been well studied. Over the past few years, there has been an exciting increase in human placentophagy research. Researchers at the

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December 19, 2017 No Comments

APPA Placenta Training Celebrates 3rd Birthday!

I think we’ve lost our minds! We’re giving away our full placenta training course to one lucky winner.  Enter to win on our Facebook page Wait! That’s not all we have in store for you. During the month of July, we are giving away a free copy of Placenta: The Gift of Life  By Cornelia Enning to every single new student. AND!!!!

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July 2, 2017 No Comments

Group B Strep and Placenta Encapsulation Safety

Group B Strep and Placenta Encapsulation Safety The CDC released a case study on a newborn who had a recurrent GBS infection after the mother had her placenta encapsulated. It has left a lot of people asking… Can my placenta capsules make my baby sick? The short answer is: probably not. A well-trained placenta arts specialist will make sure that

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June 30, 2017 No Comments

Uncovering the Truth About Bacteria and Heavy Metals in the Placenta

Recent news stories, blog posts, and online articles have claimed that “science fails to see benefits of eating placenta.”¹ Many of these articles have been fueled by papers published by researchers at Northwestern University. Courtney Durfee of the Association for the Placenta Arts Preparation (APPA) gave a thoughtful review to the two papers, viewable here. Some of these articles include

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August 7, 2015 No Comments

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