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Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

modeling auditions — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:23:20 -0000

The findings showed no evidence of a link between a mother smoking and drinking caffeine prior to pregnancy and the gender of her baby.

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

Cheap_Leaflet_Printing — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:22:59 -0000

There is also evidence that skipping breakfast is now common in the developed world: in the USA, the proportion of adults eating breakfast fell from 86% to 75% between 1965 and 1991.

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addresslabel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:13:52 -0000

This is really very interesting, thanks for posting it, keep posts like this coming!

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wholesaler — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:07:07 -0000

Finally, they followed mothers within and across years to determine the long-term effects of the original manipulation on future reproductive success and maternal survival.

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

wholesaler — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:53:17 -0000

they followed mothers within and across years to determine the long-term effects of the original manipulation on future reproductive success and maternal survival.

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

Gifts_for_him — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:56:44 -0000

The group of women taking part in the study was representative of the UK average in terms of the weight, health and lifestyle. The findings showed no evidence of a link between a mother smoking and drinking caffeine prior to pregnancy and the gender of her baby.

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

etudehouse — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:21:35 -0000

That's pretty interesting. I wonder if there is any anecdotal evidence to support this as well.

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HCG weight loss Seattle — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:08:03 -0000

God protect us men, because we are going to disappear soon:)) Just joking a little bit, but there is some truth in this research and the fact that women are more stronger than men when it comes to fighting disease and that is why boys' numbers have started to decrease: it's called natural selection.

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Managed_Hosting — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:17:55 -0000

They were then split into three groups according to the number of calories consumed per day around the time they conceived.

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

etude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:45:30 -0000

This is really very interesting, thanks for posting it, keep posts like this coming!

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

hkfashion — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:26:07 -0000

Finally, they followed mothers within and across years to determine the long-term effects of the original manipulation on future reproductive success and maternal survival.

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AventIsis2 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:44:09 -0000

This is really very interesting, thanks for posting it, keep posts like this coming!

Amber

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songboom — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:31:59 -0000

That's pretty interesting. I wonder if there is any anecdotal evidence to support this as well.

Re: You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother’s diet influences infant sex

matt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:42:46 -0000

Kevin,

They did not report a correlation between eating breakfast cereal and producing sons. A "strong correlation" means something very specific - a *correlation* of .5 or greater. They reported a chi-square, which is very different.