Do you eat a lot of calories? Well then, scientists in Britain say that means you're more likely to have one of these...
The sex of new babies is influenced by the mother's diet before she
conceives, a new study suggests. According to a survey of 740 British
mums to be, a high-calorie diet is more likely to lead to a baby boy in
nine months' time.
The researchers are unsure of why this happens, although they suggest
that it could be to do with levels of glucose in the blood. Male
test-tube embryos generally require a more glucose-rich growth medium
to survive in the lab — Mathews suspects that a similar process may
operate in the uterus, so women with higher sugar levels are more
likely to nurture a male embryo as it is implanted in the womb lining. [Nature News]
This article is way too intelligent for us to make snarky comments about... although that doesn't necessarily mean this study won't be debunked in six months or anything...
Via Nature News.
