London, Sept. 5: Want a girl child? Then you need to stop eating bananas, reduce your salt intake and go to bed together often, says a new study.

Scientists at the Maastricht University in Holland have found that a combination of the right food and the timing of sex are the key to a prospective mother’s having a girl or a boy child, the Daily Mail reported.

All longing for a girl child have to refrain from eating sodium and potassium-rich foods, such as olives, bacon, smoked salmon, prawns, savoury rice, potatoes, bread and pastries.

However, father’s diet has no effect on what sex the baby will be.