Breastfeeding helps prevent diabetes

Lactating women are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who do not breastfeed or breastfeed for a short time.

Breastfeeding is very healthy for babies

Many studies have confirmed that breastfeeding has an effect on the mother's metabolism. This suggests that Dr. Alison M. Stuebe, Harvard University, learns about the relationship between diabetes and breastfeeding. " Metabolism, breastfeeding and reproductive activities are all intimately related ," Stuebe said.

Stuebe and his colleagues found that within the first 15 years after the last childbirth, breastfeeding each year corresponds to a 15% reduction in the risk of diabetes in the mother. This result has not changed even when taking into account factors such as diet, exercise, smoking and taking multivitamins. After 15 years, breastfeeding is not a significant benefit, but "it seems that the first 15 years are enough to provide long-term prevention ," the group concluded. This is the result of data analysis from two groups of women who have given birth: the first group consists of about 83,000 people and the second group nearly 73,000 people and younger.

" In some ways, the pregnancy process is a pre-diabetes state, since the body must then become insulin resistant to ensure that the fetus receives enough sugar. yet another anti-diabetic state , 'Stuebe explained. That said, breastfeeding helps the body return to normal after pregnancy. If not breastfeeding for a long time, the risk of diabetes is still there and will increase.

My Linh ( according to Reuters )