Breastfeeding & Cholesterol in Adolescence
Breastfeeding & Cholesterol in Adolescence
New scientific studies suggest that breastfeeding in infancy is associated with low cholesterol levels in adolescence.
In recent years, gynecologists, pediatricians and all official bodies have recommended maternal breastfeeding, highlighting the benefits to both the infant and the mother itself. Breast milk contains everything your baby needs in the first months of his life, shields his body with antibodies and helps develop a proper relationship between the baby and the mother.
Hundreds of studies confirm the necessity of breastfeeding for the proper development of the child, to the point where they do not raise... objection!
A new scientific research has come to confirm the necessity of breastfeeding for one more reason for maintaining health many years after our birth. Babies fed exclusively with breast milk during the first three months of their life tend to have healthier levels of cholesterol in adolescence than those who drink standardized packaged milk.
This was confirmed by the results of a study published in the Pediatrics journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, which shows that breast-fed babies had lower total and LDL cholesterol levels in teenage life.
The findings of this research are not unrelated to many scientific studies that find a connection between the issue of childhood obesity and breastfeeding. Infants fed standardized milk are heavier than breastfeeding. This is because breast milk is the best recommendation for foreign milk, and it is enough for milk to feed a baby.
For example, milk-containing proteins are more easily absorbed by the digestive system without the kidneys and liver being tired. Thus breastfed babies absorb the milk proteins to the maximum. Also, fats containing human milk are more digestible than cow's milk and are therefore more easily absorbed by the body.
But carbohydrates, which are sources of energy, are found to be more in breast milk. It is characteristic that lactating milk contains more than 40% lactose, when the cow's milk is about 30%. The lactose helps in the absorption of calcium and magnesium while protecting the infant from intestinal infections.
Of course, we must recognize that powdered milk contains a fair amount of vitamin D, which is not contained in breast milk. For this reason, many pediatricians have been advising to give vitamin D supplements to breast-fed babies.
Aggeliki Koskeridou
Holistic Doctor – Counseling Psychotherapist
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
MSc c. Health Psychology
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