Breastfeeding is beneficial not only for the newborn. If the mother breast-feeds the baby, thereby, it defends itself against the development of type 2 diabetes. This conclusion was American scientists. They found out that breast-feeding reduces the risk of developing diabetes in the mother. Scientists have confirmed the hypothesis of the collected data about the health of American women of all ages.
The study involved more than two thousand residents of the United States. Their ages ranged from 40 to 78 years. 1828 participant observation had children. Of these, more than half breastfeed at least a month. As shown by observations, diabetes Type 2 diabetes developed in 27 percent of women, not practicing breast-feeding. Their risk of developing the disease was twice higher than the same indicators have not given birth or women participating in the study, which breastfeed.
As the authors of the study, the ratio of the risk of Type 2 diabetes It has not changed since the member having been taken into account additional risk factors. Among them - alcohol and tobacco, and the presence of relatives with diabetes of the second type.
The study is published in the "American Journal of Medicine."
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