recruiting sensory panelists to sniff* amniotic fluid {withdrawn during amniocentesis} and breast milk from women who had and those who hadn't swallowed a garlic oil capsule. Panelists agreed: the garlic-eaters' samples smelled like garlic. {The babies didn't appear to mind. On the contrary, the Monell team wrote, "Infants . . . sucked more when the milk smelled like garlic."}
Mary Roach's book, "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal," delves into the fascinating world of human consumption and digestion. One intriguing study highlighted in the book involved recruiting sensory panelists to analyze the smell of amniotic fluid taken during amniocentesis and breast milk from women who had ingested garlic oil capsules. The findings were significant; panelists unanimously noted that the milk from garlic-eating mothers had a detectable garlic odor.
Interestingly, the...
