Whether you like chilli spice or a mild spice, all this could be passed down to what your mother ate while she was breastfeeding you.
A group of researchers from the University of Munich recently conducted research after which they found out that when mothers ate a curry dish containing pepper – it soon became present in their breast milk.
The study that involved 18 breastfeeding women, revealed that after an hour of eating curry, the pepper was detected in the breast milk for several hours.
The levels were much lower but could be detected through taste.
“In peppers, these could activate a pungent receptor in baby’s bodies and help them tolerate spicy food as they grow up,” said author Dr Roman Lang of the University of Munich.