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It is usually said that a pregnant woman eats for two.
New research shows that’s more true than you think.
The flavors can make your baby smile or frown.
Researchers studied how a baby’s stomach judges different tastes, depending on what the mother puts in it. The study would be the first of its kind, the Guardian wrote.
Previous researchers only looked at what happens after birth, when it comes to an infant’s food preferences. But in fact, seeing a fetus’s facial expressions when it hits a bitter or non-bitter taste is something entirely new, says Nadia Resland, one of the researchers behind the study, Newspaper.
She and her research colleagues examined 4D ultrasound images of 100 women, 32 weeks pregnant and 36 weeks pregnant.
The women were divided into three groups prior to the ultrasound examinations. The first group was given a capsule containing 400 milligrams of turnip powder, the second group was given a capsule with the same amount of carrot powder, and the third group was just a control group. An hour before the examination, they were not allowed to drink or eat anything else.
The researchers could see a distinct difference in the embryos’ reactions. The fetuses of the mothers who had swallowed the carrot capsule seemed to smile, while the fetuses of those who had eaten the turnip capsule looked angry.
This is what the fetus feels
It is believed that the fetus’s flavors are inhaled and swallowed by the amniotic fluid that surrounds it in the stomach, and that what the mother eats can affect the baby’s food preferences once it is born.
The research group is currently following the same children to see how they react to different tastes outside the stomach.
We hope to see fewer negative reactions in those who were exposed to cabbage before birth, Baeza Auston, another researcher behind the study, tells The Guardian.
Nadia Reissland believes that the study published in psychological sciences, It can contribute to being able to talk to pregnant women about what they should eat.
From what we know from previous research, babies are less fussy if the mother eats a varied diet of vegetables and fruits during pregnancy.
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