LONDON, England (CNN) -- Women can influence the gender of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about pregnancy.

The discovery shows higher calorie intake prior to conception can significantly increase the chances of having a son while women on restricted diets are more likely to produce daughters.

Scientists at Britain's Oxford and Exeter Universities, who studied eating habits of 740 women during their first-time pregnancies, say that their findings seem to back certain traditional links between diet and gender while disproving others.

"We were able to confirm the old wives' tale that eating bananas and so having a high potassium intake was associated with having a boy, as was a high sodium intake," research leader Fiona Mathews, a specialist in mammalian biology at Exeter University, told the Guardian newspaper.

"But the old take about drinking a lot of milk to have a girl doesn't seem to hold up. In fact, more calcium meant they were again more likely to have a boy."

Mathews said the study pointed to a simple technique to influencing the chances of a male birth: Eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

"If you want a boy, eat a healthy diet with a high calorie intake, including breakfast," she told New Scientist magazine.

"Of women eating cereals daily, 59 percent had boys, compared with only 43 percent who bore boys in the group eating less than a bowlful per week."

The researchers said that a higher calorie intake prior to conception can increase the chances of having a son from ten to 11 boys in every 20 births, according to the study published in the Proceeding of the Royal Society B.

They said it could explain why male births in richer countries are experiencing a slight reduction.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/23/gender.diet/
http://-omoooduarere..com/

Is that so?

Salute to my mum, mother of many sons.

This a message to all the ladies....and to my future wife

Itulah: This a message to all the ladies....and to my future wife

This post does not apply to me but I must say that If everyone reasons like you and that wish is granted - births of sons and more sons - then let us also hope the males will marry each other in the near future since no one wants the girl child but everyone wants a wife.

The Irony of life!

Thank God, God does not reason like silly humans do.

dasparrow:

This post does not apply to me but I must say that If everyone reasons like you and that wish is granted - births of sons and more sons - then let us also hope the males will marry each other in the near future since no one wants the girl child but everyone wants a wife.

The Irony of life!

Thank God, God does not reason like silly humans do.

No be quarrel na

I dont know what to say.....

[quote
author=Itulah]LONDON, England (CNN) -- Women can influence the gender
of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new
research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about
pregnancy.

The discovery shows higher calorie intake prior to conception can
significantly increase the chances of having a son while women on
restricted diets are more likely to produce daughters.

Scientists at Britain's Oxford and Exeter Universities, who studied
eating habits of 740 women during their first-time pregnancies, say that
their findings seem to back certain traditional links between diet and
gender while disproving others.

"We were able to confirm the old wives' tale that eating bananas and so
having a high potassium intake was associated with having a boy, as was a
high sodium intake," research leader Fiona Mathews, a specialist in
mammalian biology at Exeter University, told the Guardian newspaper.

"But the old take about drinking a lot of milk to have a girl doesn't
seem to hold up. In fact, more calcium meant they were again more likely
to have a boy."

Mathews said the study pointed to a simple technique to influencing the
chances of a male birth: Eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

"If you want a boy, eat a healthy diet with a high calorie intake,
including breakfast," she told New Scientist magazine.

"Of women eating cereals daily, 59 percent had boys, compared with only
43 percent who bore boys in the group eating less than a bowlful per
week."

The researchers said that a higher calorie intake prior to conception
can increase the chances of having a son from ten to 11 boys in every 20
births, according to the study published in the Proceeding of the Royal
Society B.

They said it could explain why male births in richer countries are
experiencing a slight reduction.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/23/gender.diet/
http://-omoooduarere..com/[/quote]

what if i dont want a boy ? what do i have to eat to get a girl ?

or monkey . . . like obasanjo's mum ate back then . . .

#puffin ma blunt#

Hmmmn!

So women now offer the Y chromosome?

get me some bananas abeg oo

Chop banana till you go yo.....................

crap

Off to d store to get bannanas. Need plenty boys

....What Kind of Banana?

My Banana dey for the Goody bag o...

I believe it was already concluded that if you want to have a son, eat more of an alkaline diet, and have sex on day of ovulation, since boy sperm swim faster and can reach the egg quicker. Unlike the girl sperm that swims slower but can survive longer while waiting for the egg to show up.

There's lots of info on this online: PH balance, how to have boys, etc.

candygosh: Off to d store to get bannanas. Need plenty boys

Bananas are so sweet.!

Sweetheart, get me more bananas when you go out plssssssssssssss...

Na wash abeg

jonzing nairalanders,

they actually meant 'bananas!' not green bananas.

in simple English, it's more vucks, more sons.

Well thank God I live on Banana Island. 7 strong sons are my portion.

Nwanne eh time to go into banana business o

No matter what, women go still de top fr population.

Na wash. Hw come iya bose way dey sell banana 4 my area neva born boy afta five daughters.

really? i will start eating banas now. SOLEDAD,b ready to gv it to me more.

Should the Bananas be taken Literally or Metaphorically cuz banana mean so many tins for Naija o

SlyIg: Sweetheart, get me more bananas when you go out plssssssssssssss...

ok dear, u will av both types in abundance

Since when did gender determination depend on women. It depends wholly on men due to the fact that only men can produce Y chromosome which gives rise to a male.
The research is nothing but fake by bunch of morons.

pat077: Na wash. Hw come iya bose way dey sell banana 4 my area neva born boy afta five daughters.

Na my Sister be iya Bose.She specializes on Plantain not bananas

Texas.Cowgirl:
So women now offer the Y chromosome?

exactly wat i was wondering...4 me its nt possible

Are the scientists getting dumb these days or what?
Have they forgotten elementary genetics?
Females = XX Chromosomes
Males = XY chromosomes. It takes the man's Y chromosome hitting the beam before the X to produce a male child.
Truth is that no woman plays any role in determining the sex of the baby.
These scientists didn't pass Integrated science class. Wallahi!