Cracked.com article - has diet and gender swaying on it!

Hey gals, thought you might be interested in this article I was just reading on Cracked.com:

7 Life Altering Decisions Made For You (Before Your Birth) | Cracked.com

Mom's diet influencing gender is #3 on the list on page 2. I'm kinda freaked out about #5 myself, but it's not really a surprise either. :P

Keep in mind that Cracked.com is a humor/satirical website, but their articles are scientifically well researched and based on true studies. I love that gender swaying is getting into main****** media!

Hey Lace, this is great article. I like the tongue-in-cheek way it's written and at least I don't need to worry about liquorice making our next baby stupid as it's not recommended on the LE diet and I've got out of the habit of eating it! I do love Liquorice allsorts and liquorice & peppermint tea though. It seems like the GD way is becoming a bit more dominant in the media as opposed to the more IG traditional sways....:bigsmile:

It's kinda fascinating reading the comments too. Lot of doubters in the general public about this stuff, that's for sure!

Be warned though, Cracked.com is seriously addicting and a ridiculous time waster. I won't tell you how many hours I've wasted on there since I found it. :P

Wow, interesting article.
Does this mean I can diet and get some fish and chips ;)

Funny! I KNEW I had to be able to blame dad's smoking for something!

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Originally Posted by Ipadmad

Wow, interesting article.
Does this mean I can diet and get some fish and chips ;)

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just chips! :)

Cracked is SO addictive! totally. Thanks for posting!

I'm testing on Sunday, so I've promised myself a 'cheat' meal for the first time in 6 weeks in the evening, whatever the result (which I think will be negative, despite me willing for symptoms!).

I'm so having just one portion of fish and chips sunday evening. It'll keep me going for another 6 weeks!

Lol! Love this article. Cracked is a time hole that's for sure, but I do love it!

That's funny licorice was one of the only foods I craved in pregnancy. I didn't go overboard but I ate a bit. My boys are both very bright though (I know every parent says that). But my 4yo could tell you about hydrolyics in diggers before he was 3 and my 22month old knows all his colours and shapes and both have a very large vocabulary for their ages (they basically taught themselves these things we don't do those baby brain training things). Maybe they would be smarter if I hadn't eaten any?

That's really interesting. Number 2 could be the reason why there are more girls and less babies in general conceived during April.

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That's funny licorice was one of the only foods I craved in pregnancy. I didn't go overboard but I ate a bit. My boys are both very bright though (I know every parent says that). But my 4yo could tell you about hydrolyics in diggers before he was 3 and my 22month old knows all his colours and shapes and both have a very large vocabulary for their ages (they basically taught themselves these things we don't do those baby brain training things). Maybe they would be smarter if I hadn't eaten any?

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100 g of licorice EVERY DAY is a heck of a lot of licorice!!!! I seriously doubt you ate anywhere near that much.

No probably not, although on some days maybe. So these women in the study ate 100g everyday all pregnancy? Are they sure it wasn't all the sugar that effected the kids?

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No probably not, although on some days maybe. So these women in the study ate 100g everyday all pregnancy? Are they sure it wasn't all the sugar that effected the kids?

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I think it was prob. the licorice because licorice is pretty strong stuff (it's actually used as medication in some countries) and a LOT of people eat sugar during pg.

That was my understanding, that they ate that much licorice every day during their entire pg.