http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/dangers-lurking-behind-diet-and-baby-gender-study/ Health News for Thinking Women & Parents Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/dangers-lurking-behind-diet-and-baby-gender-study/#comment-2332 Loree Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:39:34 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=183#comment-2332 Infanticide or abandonment happens quite frequently in the United States, though I assume you're correct to think it's not usually a means of gender selection in North America. Later term abortions could also be a way to select gender, though also extreme and probably very uncommon. As for your prompt, I think modifying your diet for gender selection purposes isn't particularly "dangerous" though women should eat well prior to and during their pregnancies. Would I do it? Probably not. I enjoy breakfast too much! ;) Infanticide or abandonment happens quite frequently in the United States, though I assume you’re correct to think it’s not usually a means of gender selection in North America. Later term abortions could also be a way to select gender, though also extreme and probably very uncommon. As for your prompt, I think modifying your diet for gender selection purposes isn’t particularly “dangerous” though women should eat well prior to and during their pregnancies. Would I do it? Probably not. I enjoy breakfast too much!

]]> http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/dangers-lurking-behind-diet-and-baby-gender-study/#comment-2330 Kristie Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:06:06 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=183#comment-2330 Well, technically, my question was geared towards my readers, who are predominantly from the US, Canada and the UK, in that order. I'm not aware of infanticide as a means of gender selection running rampant in any of those countries. Well, technically, my question was geared towards my readers, who are predominantly from the US, Canada and the UK, in that order. I’m not aware of infanticide as a means of gender selection running rampant in any of those countries.

]]> http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/dangers-lurking-behind-diet-and-baby-gender-study/#comment-2327 Loree Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:16:42 +0000 http://www.kristiemcnealy.com/?p=183#comment-2327 Well, modifying your diet for gender selection purposes is certainly better than the current method of gender selection: infanticide. The prompt asks whether you would skip breakfast to increase your odds of having a girl, but, as female infanticide in countries like China and India indicate, it's more likely women will binge on breakfast to keep from having girls. Well, modifying your diet for gender selection purposes is certainly better than the current method of gender selection: infanticide. The prompt asks whether you would skip breakfast to increase your odds of having a girl, but, as female infanticide in countries like China and India indicate, it’s more likely women will binge on breakfast to keep from having girls.

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