Breastfeeding makes kids more likely to eat veggies

Trying to get children to eat vegetables can be quite the battle. But according to a new study ,
there could be a possible way to make your offspring like their greens -breastfeed them.
Researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia have
concluded that breastfeeding babies exposes them to the flavour of vegetables through the
milk.

When a child starts eating solid foods, the flavours of many vegetables seem strong to them.
But if they've been breastfed, this can be less of a shock to the tastebuds. “Every baby's
sensory experience is unique, but the flavour of their first food, beginning in utero, is
dependent on what mum is eating,“ said Julie Mennella, lead study author and a
biopsychologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Cen ter in Philadelphia.

“The way I see it is: Mot her's milk is the ultimate in precision medicine,“ she ad ded. When
a pregnant wo man eats vegetables, they get the flavour of her amniotic fluid and
then her breast milk.

This helps the baby get used to the taste.
Timing plays a role too the babies whose mothers started drinking juice at the earliest stage
ate more of the carrot-flavoured cereal and faster too. It all comes down to learning through
repea ted exposure.

Source: The Times of India