Fri 5 stars Feb 2010 06:30 ET First published on Friday, 5 stars Feb 2010 06:30 ET
Some of the most trying of 'helpful' advice shared during pregnancy comes in the form of an old wives tale. Supposedly well-intentioned people, usually the mother-in-law or other elders (even midwives), will be keen to impart their pearls throughout. Right from the conception, in fact, we were told that diet can influence the sex of the child - if you're a carnivore with a penchant for salty foods and refined carbohydrates, boy is on the cards. Conversely, if you prefer dairy products, eat in limited amounts of meat and potatoes, and avoid a variety of things including salt, wine and beer, tea, coffee, chocolate, fresh fruit, spinach, tomatoes and mushrooms, you are less likely to conceive a girl.
If this is true it would be a miracle if anyone ever gave birth to a daughter, but the emotive as importantly there will be some people who will seize on the advice, as indicated by the women in the last documentary night, which desperately trying to influence the sex of their future child's natural way of conception come .After the theoretical predictions, and there has been further retreat into fantasy. For example, you should not bearing a boy if you. Another, perhaps, is that the tendency for sweet things during pregnancy make you more likely to be having a girl, while boys will make you crave savory, salty foods, meat and cheese in particular. There was an attempt to lend a theory such as trust, linking testosterone to the protein. Is it right? At that stage? If I need a personal evidence to debunk this nonsense, I got it - I was craving savory and sweet, and know a lot of vegetarian girls who succumb to a desire to produce red meat during pregnancy.
We also reveal a superstitious tendency when considering the impact of pregnancy on the diet habits of children eat. I know women who believe that one faddy, unadventurous diet of their children is the result of giving into cravings for carbohydrate / junk during pregnancy, while others balanced because pregnancy is characterized by a healthy, varied diet. others insist on their own do not like coming out of their mother's pregnancy diet - one friend in particular he considered a return oddity in Jamaica when he could not stomach mango, whose mother fed during pregnancy. I must admit to having occasional misgiving about it - it would be good to hear the opinions of others
Theories abound about how to use diet somehow alter or enhance the appearance of your baby .. In a culture where a premium is placed on the skin fair use is prohibited dark colored foods (coffee, chocolate, date) and the food is also accused of causing the dark spots of pigmentation. According to (pdf) and a lot is still a widely held belief in India that drinking saffron infused milk will ensure fair complexioned child, though.
I guess I can understand why people once believed that the stain port wine could be the result of a sandwich craving peanut butter or beet or strawberries, although as absurd as the belief that the stain can be caused by spilled wine or milk stomach. The theory Icelandic cleft lip occurs when mothers drink from a cup cracked. Why? I should not be surprised by the number of anthropomorphising - no, eating a snake will produce children who can not walk or talk (Guyana), and some in China believe that eating crab will produce a brat.
I do not want to scoff at traditional beliefs, and may have a point some. For example, papaya especially feared throughout the tropics to the alleged nature of his cause miscarriage, and apparently raw or semi-cooked. Knowing what to believe is not easy, especially because given that in terms of diet, modern medicine is not perfect.
Some of the statements the mother of the ancient wisdom of harmless fun but when they concern keeping well during pregnancy or related to health, diet characteristics of your baby and the future, it is difficult to navigate. Many women, especially when lives near dispenser strong-minded suggestions may struggle to ignore commands and warnings (believe me, I know!) - it is very difficult to refuse food or drink that has been specially prepared for you without giving offense. Very rarely, however, the myth has a veneer of plausible or appear to be based on reason, particularly if considered when you are not at your best rational. So should we think of them, or should we ignore everything other than a proven medical fact (as it was) out of the hands of
Is there a theory -? Either above, or that I miss - you 'd give you confidence?
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