Tom Cruise's placenta plans
Tuesday, 18th April 2006, 13:05 LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Dad-to-be Tom Cruise has vowed to eat the placenta of his newborn baby and plans to dine on the umbilical cord too.
The actor's bizarre plans are sure to shock his legions of fans but the
Hollywood heavyweight insists he plans to cook the unusual meal after fiancée Katie Holmes gives birth.
The 43 year-old star told America's GQ magazine: "I'm going to eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm going to eat the cord and the placenta right there."
Cruise, a devoted Scientologist, made the decision after reading the afterbirth contains important nutrients and vitamins.
The 'Mission Impossible 3' star - who has been carrying out medical scans on the foetus with his own ultra-sound machine - has also told Holmes she must give birth in silence, in accordance with Scientology teachings, so the baby isn't traumatised during the birth.
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