Breastfeeding is not only beneficial for infant health, but also mothers. In addition to lowering the risk of breast cancer, breastfeeding is also a precaution against type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Alison Stuebe, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, said the change in metabolism nursing mothers to help stabilize blood sugar levels and increase the body's sensitivity to the hormone insulin.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was conducted involving two phases with 157 thousand nurses. They were asked to fill out health questionnaires periodically for at least 12 years. During the study, 6277 participants developed type 2 diabetes.
The study's first phase began in 1976. A total of 6.3 percent of participants who breastfed less than a year or not at all have diabetes. Meanwhile, participants who breastfed for more than a year, only 5.5 percent had diabetes.
The second study began in 1989. The result, women who breastfeed at least one year, about 15 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never breastfed. For each additional year of breastfeeding, there is an additional 15 percent reduction in risk.
Stuebe said, feeding continuously for at least one year will be better than breastfeeding for less than one year. Lowering blood sugar levels are also easier in lactating women than women not breastfeeding.
Those who breastfeed tend to have healthier lifestyles than those who do not breastfeed. Therefore, lactating women are generally selective in choosing healthy foods and nutritious. This kind of lifestyle would obviously encourage the body's metabolism to reduce the risk of diabetes.
Dr. Ruth Lawrence of the University of Rochester in New York added, based on previous studies, breastfeeding also plays down the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis. He hoped that the benefits of breastfeeding that will encourage young mothers to breastfeed exclusively to her baby.
Dr. Alison Stuebe, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, said the change in metabolism nursing mothers to help stabilize blood sugar levels and increase the body's sensitivity to the hormone insulin.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was conducted involving two phases with 157 thousand nurses. They were asked to fill out health questionnaires periodically for at least 12 years. During the study, 6277 participants developed type 2 diabetes.
The study's first phase began in 1976. A total of 6.3 percent of participants who breastfed less than a year or not at all have diabetes. Meanwhile, participants who breastfed for more than a year, only 5.5 percent had diabetes.
The second study began in 1989. The result, women who breastfeed at least one year, about 15 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never breastfed. For each additional year of breastfeeding, there is an additional 15 percent reduction in risk.
Stuebe said, feeding continuously for at least one year will be better than breastfeeding for less than one year. Lowering blood sugar levels are also easier in lactating women than women not breastfeeding.
Those who breastfeed tend to have healthier lifestyles than those who do not breastfeed. Therefore, lactating women are generally selective in choosing healthy foods and nutritious. This kind of lifestyle would obviously encourage the body's metabolism to reduce the risk of diabetes.
Dr. Ruth Lawrence of the University of Rochester in New York added, based on previous studies, breastfeeding also plays down the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis. He hoped that the benefits of breastfeeding that will encourage young mothers to breastfeed exclusively to her baby.
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