Pregnant? Steer clear of unfounded advice

Expectant women have been told what to avoid for centuries. Now epigenetics is on their case, too, says Kat Arney
“It is certainly as true as the gospel that when a man sleeps with his wife or his mistress with dirty and smelly feet, if he fathers a boy, the child will have smelly and unpleasant breath. If he fathers a girl, she will have a stinky rear end.” The source of this dubious wisdom is the Distaff Gospels – a cornucopia of medieval old wives’ tales. Expectant mum