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Bananas, Breakfast, and Baby Boys
What food an expectant mother eats–and when she eats it–may play a role in what gender her kids are, a new report claims.
Having a hearty appetite, eating potassium-rich foods including bananas, and not skipping breakfast all seemed to raise the odds of having a boy.
The British research is billed as the first in humans to show a link between a woman’s diet and whether she has a boy or girl.
It is not proof, but it fits with evidence from test tube fertilization that male embryos thrive best with longer exposure to nutrient-rich lab cultures, said Dr. Tarun Jain. He is a fertility specialist at University of Illinois at Chicago who wasn’t involved in the study.
It just might be that it takes more nutrients to build boys than girls, he said.
More here. Potassium and breakfast, eh? In related news, China’s boy-loving government ordered all pregnant women to eat at least a dozen bananas for breakfast every morning.
Also, if you want a boy, you might want to stay away from too too much radiation.
