January 3, 2013

Unconditional benefits breast-feeding   the health of the newborn baby is known to all. A recent study by researchers at the University of North Carolina in the United States and suggest the indisputable positive influence extended breast-feeding on the body of a young mother. They proved that women who breastfeed for the first six months of his life, have lower rates blood pressure . According to the results of this study, those mothers who from the first days of life the baby is fed his artificial mixtures or those who are breastfeeding less than three months, about 25% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure.

Detailed studies covered 56,000 American women who have at least one child. Regular observations, which lasted for fourteen years, testified that continued breastfeeding a baby for at least six months reduces the risk of hypertensive disease mother. At the same time, US scientists say that about 12% of cases hypertension   Women have given birth have a direct link with the too short period of breastfeeding. Although the researchers did not manage to provide direct evidence linking breastfeeding and healthy blood pressure, but they are clearly convinced that long lactation   useful and infants and mothers.

Doctors believe that the practice of breast-feeding for six months, can become an effective method of disease prevention hypertension among women of childbearing age. Incidentally, the WHO recommendations also refers to babies fed only breast milk for the first six months of their lives. Then you need to gradually introduce the first products as foods.

Recall a few months ago, German scientists published a study on the benefits of breast-feeding, showing that people who have received a child full breastfeeding in adulthood are less susceptible to attacks depression . The scientists noted that in this case, the duration of breastfeeding did not have a deciding factor. Researchers believe that the likely role played by the very fact of feeding, and, therefore, a close relationship with the baby's mother. In addition, it protects against stress hormone Oxytocin Who is responsible for communicating the baby and his mother. It is also possible that the positive effect by the composition of breast milk, which gives the opportunity to fully develop the child's body and allows you to prevent mental disorders.