Interesting article:
"Prenatal and Postnatal Flavor Learning by Human Infants" by Mennella, Jagnow, and Beauchamp in
Pediatrics 2001;107(6)
URL: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/107/6/e88
Infants recieve flavors from mom's food in utero & in breastmilk and it sets their tastes for culturally-based diets.
(My comment: Unfortunately, many infants currently are exposed to a primarily junk-food type diet this way.)
Linda Shaw MD FAAP
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