Breast milk promotes well-behaved children

• April 28, 2024

Throughout the history of mankind, the breastmilk It is recognized for its properties and its benefits for infants. Until about 100 years ago, all children were breastfed but not always by their mothers. The role of the nurse was key in the upper classes of many civilizations. Although it is believed that this is why there was not such a close link between the mothers and the children , which is only generated when the mother is the one who breastfeeds the baby directly.

In addition to the above, a new benefit has been found breastmilk . It turns out that children who are breastfed for at least four months after birth they develop less problems of behavior that those who are fed artificial milk, according to a study carried out by various universities of UK , with more than 10 thousand mothers and children, which was published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Although the causes of these differences are not entirely clear, the authors indicate that it could be due to the components of the breastmilk , which contains high amounts of fatty acids essential polyunsaturates, growth factors and hormones that play an important role in the development of the brain and the Central Nervous System of the kids.

Another possible explanation that the researchers point out is that the act of breastfeeding creates a special relationship between the mother and her baby that can influence the later behavior of the child.

Previous studies had already associated the Breastfeeding with various benefits for children, such as a lower incidence of infections or a lower degree of obesity in later years.

To understand these benefits in a better way we leave you this video in which this investigation is explained in a better way.

Source. BBC World

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