CHICAGO (AP) Snips and snails and puppydog tails ... and cereal and
bananas? That could be what little boys are made of, according to
surprising new research suggesting that what a woman eats before
pregnancy influences the gender of her baby.
Having a hearty appetite, eating potassium-rich foods including
bananas, and not skipping breakfast all seemed to raise the odds of
having a boy.
A question for these researchers -- since diet varies
dramatically across cultures, while the gender balance among
newborn babies is quite constant save where girls are aborted,
isn't it utterly implausible that diet significantly influences
gender?
Later in the article there's this:
Women who ate at least one bowl of breakfast cereal
daily were 87 percent more likely to have boys than those who ate
no more than one bowlful per week.
87 percent?! Were this true breakfast cereal would seem to pose
the most significant threat to mainatining the gender balance in
the history of humanity.