Your Diet In Early Pregnancy Could Influence Health, Sex Of Child

A recent study examined the effect that certain diets had on pregnant mice and saw that the sex of the offspring could be influenced through the diet of the pregnant mice.

This study is likely to explain to us, how diet of the mother around the time of conception can and does affect human babies.

It was found that eating breakfast and a high fat diet was more likely to result in the conception of a baby boy.

The aim of the study was to find out how the mother’s diet impacted the activity of genes in the cells of the placenta which is the source of the baby’s nutrition when in the womb.

The study also looked at how the diet could affect the future health of offspring. The study found that there was a tendency for more of the offspring to be female when the mother mice were fed low fat and high carbohydrate food.

Findings of this study do not necessarily carry over into the way things work for humans, but this could go a long way in determining how early environment shapes the future of a fetus.

Source: NHS News

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