  urlLink The Globe and Mail : "This latest research also complements other studies that have shown how a woman's diet is transmitted to the amniotic fluid during pregnancy and influences the flavour of breast milk.
It may also explain cultural preference for certain flavours -- such as garlic or curry -- in humans. Other animals, including young rabbits and sheep, will forage for food with the flavour they recognize from mother's milk. In humans, research has shown babies will accept carrot-flavoured food more readily if their mother has consumed carrots while breast-feeding, Dr. Mennella explained.
'In childhood, you're probably determining what each person's comfort food is,' she said. 'It's a very important time in which we are establishing food habits. ' However, scientists have also found certain receptors that make people blind to bitter tastes, suggesting a role that genetics plays in flavour preference. As scientists try to figure out whether picky eaters are born or raised, or some combination of the two, they hope to find ways to prompt children to eat more fruits and vegetables. " 
