#316: When do babies start learning about taste? And how can I help my baby learn to like a wide variety of foods? In this episode I interview Alison Ventura, PhD a researcher who worked at the Monnell Center and studied how taste preferences develop in infancy. We cover some of the research that studies fetal learning when babies react to their pregnant mom’s diet as well as the transfer of flavor compounds through breastmilk. Dr. Ventura’s lab website with their research summaries is located here: https://healthykids.calpoly.edu/  Dr. Ventura’s personal website with more of her publications is here: https://www.alisonkventura.com/ Not sure how to safely offer your baby bitter vegetables or leafy greens? Check out these 2 other episodes I did for you: Episode 155 - Bitter Vegetables: How to Safely Offer Bitter Vegetables for Baby-Led Weaning at https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/155 Episode 61 - Leafy Greens: 5 Easy Ways For Your Baby Can Safely Eat Greens https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/61  💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Get your copy of the 100 FIRST FOODS list on Katie’s free BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS workshop: https://babyledweaning.co/workshop Follow @babyledweanteam on IG: https://www.instagram.com/babyledweanteam/ Shownotes with all the links mentioned in this episode are here: https://blwpodcast.com/316 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive BLW community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices