Flavour programming during breast-feeding.
Flavour programming during breast-feeding.
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母乳喂养期间的风味编程。
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_9
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发表时间:
2009
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通讯作者:
Mennella,JA
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作者:
Mennella,JA
As omnivores, humans exploit a wide range of potential plant and animal foods. Thus, developmental processes must act to ensure that an individual is not restricted to a narrow range of foodstuffs by virtue of few preferences and strong aversions for novel foods. 1 Nevertheless, a cursory view of cultural differences in cuisine serves to show that not all of the potential foods available to individuals within a culture are actually consumed. Individual experiences, which can be conceived as the mechanism by which one absorbs culture, must serve to specify acceptable and preferred foods. 2 After defining the concept of flavour, this essay summarises the insights gleaned from scientific research on the sensory capabilities of the human infant and describes one of the first ways that mothers pass on to daughters and sons their gastronomic culture. This body of research reveals that, like other mammals, the foods eaten by women during pregnancy and lactation flavour amniotic fluid and mothers’ milk, respectively. Such experiences bias acceptance of particular flavours and may ‘program’later food preferences.