Breast or breast milk proved to be very beneficial for babies. But in fact for the mother, breastfeeding is also useful lho! For example to nourish the heart.
The study was conducted by researchers from the Universita Pittsburgh, United States. Quoted detikhot from Fox News, Wednesday (29/4/2009), as many as 140 thousand mothers who breastfeed their babies become its object.
In the study proved that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular or heart disease after menopause.
Dr. Eleanor Bimla Schwarz of the University of Pittsburgh said that the benefits of breastfeeding on cardiovascular risk is dependent 'dose' of breastfeeding. The longer the duration of breastfeeding, the better the benefits
Women with a history of nursing alive more than 12 months, tend to be more rarely affected by high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease compared with mothers who never breast-feeding.
Schwarz speculated that breastfeeding reduces body fat. Hence, the risk of cardiovascular heart disease or even smaller.
Breastfeeding Healthy for Heart
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