Here is an article in the New York Times (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/boy-or-girl-the-answer-may-depend-on-moms-eating-habits/?scp=1&sq=nutrition%20gender%20baby&st=cse) where WAM (Western Allopathic Medicine) shows some preliminary evidence that the mother’s diet affects the gender of upcoming children.
the consistency of the trend offers an explanation for the small but consistent decline in the proportion of boys born in industrialized countries over the last 40 years, where even though women in general appear to be consuming more, eating habits have changed
I am touched by the reader’s comments that basically say “No WAY is that possible.”
Yet, we were taught just such knowledge in detail in yesterday’s Ayurvedic class (http://www.rmiya.org/)taught by Dr. Sarita Srestha (http://www.saritashrestha.org/). It is ancient knowledge by the village practitioners with aeons of combined experience.
Here’s another case of Ayurveda ahead of the WAM curve. Cool.