Sunday, December 6, 2009

Breastfeeding Health Benefits for Mom

It is widely known that breastfeeding offers many health benefits for your baby. It helps boost the immune system, lowers the risk for obesity later in life and protects the baby from numerous other issues. Now, it is being proven that breastfeeding is very beneficial to the mother's health as well.

Studies have shown that it can help the mother lose the pregnancy weight, reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes, help to lower the chances for breast and ovarian cancer, help reduce postpartum depression and now, a study has shown that breastfeeding "can significantly lower a woman's risk of metabolic syndrome -- a dangerous cluster of heart disease risk factors -- years later, reports a new study appearing online Dec. 3 in the journal Diabetes." (www.msn.com)

The study also noted that the longer a woman breastfed, the lower her risk for metabolic syndrome, up to 86% in the case of nursing for at least 9 months.

This is such exciting news! Most Mom's I know really learn to enjoy breastfeeding, and now there is just one more reason to stick with it. I am sure many other insightful discoveries about the benefits of breastfeeding are just around the corner- I will keep researching and if you find any information- let us know!

To read more about the topic, click here to view the story on msn.com


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