want a boy? eat breakfast cereal! Honest!
A new study out of the University of Exeter suggests a strong link between high glucose levels in the early days of your pregnancy and preconception and having a boy.
“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 level of calorie intake was the main dietary factor that affected offspring sex, say the researchers, who report their research in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1. Overall, women in Matthews’s study who produced sons ate an average of 180 calories more per day than those who had daughters — “the equivalent of eating a banana”, she says.”
Higher glucose levels were found in mothers who gave birth to boys, but interestingly there was also a correlation between mothers who routinely ate breakfast cereal.
“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.”
So eat up! Or don’t. Personally when that time comes I am going to load up on Whole Food’s Fruit Loops!!
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I am a wife, maker, baker, housekeeper, laundry mistress and geek, but most of all a mom. I have too many interests to count or list, there are never enough hours in the day to learn and do all that I want. I love my life, daughter, and husband very much! It is my hope that through all these adventures that you will learn or find something new to make your life a little more rich too.
April 24, 2008 6:40am
I heard this the other day. I eat cereal religiously every morning for breakfast. Nothing else…usually the sugary type and I conceived a girl. I guess we’ll see if we get a girl or a boy next time!