Scientists who monitored the faces of the fetuses with ultrasound were able to identify the psychological state of the fetuses while they were in the womb eating for the first time and found that the fetus smiles when it tastes carrots and frowns when turnip is food, according to experiments by 100 pregnant women, each of whom ingested a capsule containing 400 milligrams of carrot or cabbage powder.
Scientists said this in a study, the results of which were published in the journal “Psychological Science”, published monthly by the American Association for Psychological Science, and Al-Arabiya.net reviewed a summary in the British newspaper “The Times” today, Thursday, who tested the taste after mixing it with the smell, because the food components ingested by the mother pass into the bloodstream, and from there through the placenta to the amniotic or “amniotic” fluid that protects the fetus inside of the “amniotic sac” in the womb of the pregnant woman, from which the unborn babies taste molecules of flavor when they inhale and swallow the liquid.
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According to the results, those who tasted the pleasant taste of carrots consistently showed more responses to a “laughing face”, unlike those who tasted bitter cabbage, where each of them appeared with a frown, so the study he stated that the instinctive hatred of bitter taste “is logical from an evolutionary point of view, and this helped our ancestors avoid toxins” because most of them have a repulsive taste and smell.
“eating disorder”
However, the researchers at the same time believe that “food preferences are also shaped by the diet of our mothers before we were born,” said Dr Beyza Ustun, a researcher in psychology at the University of Durham in England, and leader of the scientific team prepared for the study, adding that mothers may be able to prevent an “eating disorder” later by eating well during pregnancy.
Another professor, Nadja Reissland, head of the Fetal and Newborn Research Laboratory at the same university, has previously studied 4D scans to show the effects of smoking during pregnancy and the different smells of the foods their mothers eat, “according to the his expression.
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With carrots the fetus rejoices, with upset cabbage
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In addition, Professor Jacqueline Blissett, a professor at Aston University in Birmingham, said: “We know from previous research that the nutrition the fetus receives in the womb is important in determining later health, but this (study) is the first evidence. direct that the fetus responds to the flavors present.This indicates that pregnancy can be an excellent time to eat things that are difficult for babies to eat, the most important of which are raw vegetables.
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