Bad habits, even distant in time, such as smoking and unregulated nutrition, can be transmitted together with hereditary characteristics at the moment of conception. This is supported by an Australian research
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousIt was previously believed that at the time of the conception only the color of the eyes, hair and other physical and character traits of the parents were transmitted to the child. Today, modern genetics are increasingly convinced that too the previous period at conception and the more or less healthy habits of mum and dad are of fundamental importance for the health of the unborn child.
This is confirmed by new research from the University of Adelaide in Australia which, after analyzing numerous studies on the subject, claims that wrong parental habits even in the years preceding conception can be transmitted to children. These obviously include smoking, poor diet and alcohol abuse.
According to Australian scholars, coordinated by the researcher Sarah Robertson: "There is irrefutable evidence that spermatozoa and ova in addition to genes, transmit genetic memories of bad habits, such as drinking, smoking, eating badly or in an unregulated way, even if these date back to some time before".
Environmental factors and bad habits, therefore, would be able to influence the characteristics of a new living being, being inherited according to a process defined by science during these years of studies. epigenetics. As Robertson points out: "a child does not start from nothing: it already carries with it the legacy of the parents' lifestyle that can shape the development of the fetus and newborn baby".
The health of the new born, therefore, also depends on the choices we make (and have made) every day, thinking that they only concern ourselves. Responsibility for our health and our well-being, seen in this new perspective, takes on even greater importance!
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