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Taste of sukuma wiki disgusts unborn babies, research finds

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Unborn babies make faces when exposed to different flavours in their mothers' diets. Those exposed to kale grimace. [Fidelis Kabunyi, Standard]

If the taste of sukuma wiki makes you scowl, you're not alone. Observational studies have found that foetuses grimace with a crying face when exposed to the bitterness of the leafy green vegetable.

The new study, which aimed at showing evidence of foetal reaction to different foods consumed by their mothers, also showed the foetuses seemingly smiling when their mothers ate carrots.

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