2023-04-18 21:30
Old wives tale about bananas and pregnant women could hold truth according to science
Photo / Getty People say some crazy things to pregnant women ... For example, carrying the baby lower in the abdomen isn't a sign that it's a boy, or a girl, or anything other than an indication your abdominal muscles have loosened up a bit. One old wives tale that's been circulating for years is that eating bananas before conception will increase your chances of having a boy. But surprisingly science has proven that this wacky gender prediction has some truth behind it. A dietary study of 740 women showed that mothers who ate more potassium, a key nutrient found in bananas, before they got pregnant, were more likely to have a boy.

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