Eating More Can Produce Boys
From the Chinese Gender Chart to fetal heart rate, parents have been trying to predict the gender of their unborn babies for generations. Now there’s new research that show how parents can actually influence the eventual gender of their child.
According to a study done at the University of Exeter and Oxford, women who ate a high-calorie diet around the time of conception were more likely to produce sons. The researchers studied 740 women and grouped them according to their calorie consumption. In the group eating the least, 45% had sons, versus higher-calorie consumers who had sons 56% of the time. Those who ate more breakfast cereals also had a higher incidence of producing sons.
This study may aid in the noticeable decline in the number of baby boys born in recent years. Recent studies have cited that boys worldwide now number 1 per 1000 births.
A Note to all moms who wish to have boys: It is always recommended to eat a healthy, balanced diet, and not just to increase the calorie intake with empty calories like those found in junk foods. Discuss your diet with your doctor for guidance. Also note that a high-calorie diet is still no guaranteed predictor of your baby’s gender.
The study appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
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