Moms, Genes and Coffee Beans Posted by sherman8r
Thu, 04/28/2011 - 12:21
With Mother’s Day approaching on Sunday, we might pause to consider how our mothers affected us in terms of our important interests in life. There’s no question that for most of us, our moms, or other mother figures such as stepmoms and adoptive moms, affected us in many ways.
There is a recent
study that seemed to say to the researchers that that our parents passed down genes in our DNA which would determine how much we would enjoy coffee. There were some shortcomings to that study, and the ever elusive nature verses nurture issue arises from the focus of the study. Do our parents, and in the case of mothers especially, determine how much we will drink coffee? Do they influence us through their example, their words, or their genes?
This writer did a little original research in the form of an informal survey to find out if there is a strong indication that mothers influence our coffee drinking. The sample was small – about forty subjects, through an email survey. The clearest conclusion from the responses was an overwhelming preference for caffeine by both the respondents and both sets of parents. Very few from either generation preferred decaf. As to whether coffee consumption was self-defined as a little or a lot, there was an insignificant preponderance of replies pointing to Dad as the main influence. Again, this study was informal but the difference in this question was not significant.
It appears that mothers may be about as likely as dads to influence our coffee habits, and in some cases, there has been no influence at all. ............(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.roaste.com/CoffeeBlogs/sherman8r/Moms-Genes-and-Coffee-Beans
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