According to a new study mothers who do not breastfeed have doubled their risk of developing Type 2 debates in their later life. Researchers explained that breastfeeding budges fat lingering around the abdomen after pregnancy, which is the significant factor that causes the condition. Declining the rate of breastfeeding among mothers, causes rise in cases of type 2 diabetes among middle aged women.
Diet and exercise are known extensively to brunt the risk of diabetes. But a small number of people comprehend that breastfeeding also decreases mother’s risk of developing the condition in later life by reducing maternal belly fat, explained lead researcher Dr Eleanor Schwarz, from the University of Pittsburgh.
The outcome of study that involved more than two thousand women aged forty to seventy eight showed that a quarter of mothers who did not breastfeed developed diabetes and were more than double prone to get it in comparison to women who had breastfed or never given birth.
Earlier study had also found that breastfeeding could protect mothers from heart attack and stroke in their later life. The latest study claims that just one month of breastfeeding escorts to ten percent lower rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and high level of cholesterol as compared to women who had never breastfed.
Their study gives an additional good cause to encourage women to breastfeed their babies at least for baby’s first month of life. Health experts require considering women’s pregnancy and lactation history when advising women about their risk for developing Type 2 diabetes’ added Dr Schwarz. Breastfeeding provides infants all nutrients they require for first six months of life, said NHS experts.