7 Amazing Superpowers of Babies You Probably Didn’t Know About

Super Taste Power

Babies have three times the taste buds as those of adult humans. They are susceptible to the slightest change in taste even before they are born. A baby ingests up to 15 ounces of amniotic fluid by late pregnancy, the taste of which depends on what the mother eats. Even the taste of breastmilk changes with the kind of diet a mother has. For a nursing baby, the taste is usually sweet. An infant’s exposure to early food and taste develops their future food palata. Babies are hardwired to avoid vegetables as they are young and tend towards sweet things for fulfilling their glucose needs for growth. As a human being grows, the reduction in the number of taste bud cells makes bitter food like brussels and beer more bearable.

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