BREESTFEEDING IS THE MAIN BASIS OF BABY'S HEALTH: FACTS AND INVESTIGATIONS

Breast milk is a product that nature has created over millions of years of evolution and that is perfect for the baby. Scientists around the world are fighting the secret of this magical drink, and the results of the research, at times, are staggering and startling.

It turns out that mother's milk, obtained in infancy, will protect human health for many, many years! Researchers studied the factors associated with various diseases, and it was generally agreed that children and adults who were breastfed were less likely to have a number of chronic diseases.

Sometimes, even the shortest breastfeeding can provide protection against the disease in a later period of life, but usually the longer the baby is breast-fed, the stronger the immunity.

+ Maternal milk lays the basis of immunity

The American Academy of Sciences released data recently received by Canadian scientists who studied the effects of breastfeeding on infant health. In breast milk, they found a soluble protein (protein) sCD14, stimulating the formation of B lymphocytes, representing the first line of protection against the invasion of foreign bodies, viruses and microbes and constituting the basis of our immunity. Judging by the results of the tests, this protein is present in the mother's milk for four hundred days after delivery.

+ Maternal milk is AGAINST vaccination

Mothers, who feed babies with their own milk can be absolutely calm about their health because a beby will receive all antibodies to all deseases a mother ever faced, and it's a great basis for future baby's health. 

Many moms are afraid a child to be sick and they choose vaccination as a way to prevent it, but it's wrong! Vaccination will kill baby's immunity very fast and he will be sick oftener from year to year, but mother's milk will really build strong protection from all viruses and deseases. 

+ Breastfeeding improves the condition of future newborn teeth

This was reported by pediatricians from the University of Milan. As shown by their studies, breastfeeding is a kind of training of the muscles of the face, which is incomprehensible yet, subsequently reduces the likelihood of developing defects in the teeth. Thus, children receiving breast milk, have the disposition of teeth less often , and pathological interdental spaces appear less frequently than those who are fed artificial substitutes.

+ Breastfeeding reduces the chances of obesity development 

The Bavarian doctor Rüdiger von Kreis stated that an average of 2.8% of babies breastfed with mother's milk suffer from obesity, already 4.5% of them are "artificial".The longer the breastfeeding, the less the risk of the disease. So, obesity developed only in 0.8% of children who received breast milk for at least a year. The German pediatrician is sure that the reason should be looked for in the uniqueness of the composition of breast milk.

American researchers from the medical center at the Children's Hospital in Cincinnati found in breast milk the presence of a large amount of protein, which affects the process of processing fats in the body. Researchers believe that a protein called adiponectin can affect a person's predisposition to fullness.

This is the first step in understanding the relationship between breast milk and metabolic processes. The work of the researchers was presented at the annual meeting of the Academic Societies for Pediatrics in San Francisco.

+ Breastfeeding has a significant effect on the formation of the child's brain

Norwegian and Danish scientists have established that children who were fed with human milk lagged behind their peers in mental development. The authors of the study explain this by the effect on the brain of the child of the biologically active substances of the mother's milk and close contact with the mother during the feeding. 

345 children were examined. 17% of them were breastfed for less than three months. The coefficient of intelligence (IQ) of these children was thirteen months and five years lower than that of children who had been breastmilked for more than six months. These differences persisted even when taking into account factors such as mother's smoking, her age, intellect and education. On physical development, in particular, on the coordination of movements, the duration of breastfeeding was not affected. The results of the study were published in a recent issue of the journal Archives of Disease in Children.

+ Sugars of breast milk fight resistant and dangerous bacteria

The close-up image on the left illustrates how streptococci usually coalesce together to form a protective biofilm. The photo in the right part shows how the biofilm breaks down when the streptococcal culture touches the carbohydrates of breast milk and thus destroys their resistance to the effects of antibacterial agents.

This photo is part of a study by Stephen Townsend and his colleagues that led scientists to conclude that mother's milk, which consists of a complex and ever-changing mixture of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, helps protect children from bacterial infections.

This list can be endless, the advantages of breast milk is obvious to all wise parents. Nature has created everything for our perfect health, we must just use it!

Unfortunately in Russia it's not very popular, and moms think it's ok to choose artificial feeding for a baby even when there are no sufficient reasons for it. They just take care of themselvs and want to have more free time. It's a great pity they have chosen egoism but not a healthy and happy baby...

Is breastfeeding popular in your country? How long do moms feed babies with their milk?