Breastfeeding and Cardiovascular Health

Researchers found that babies who were breastfed for at least three months had lower levels of a protein linked to heart disease as adults. This means that breastfeeding can continue to benefit women’s health into old age and may reduce the risk of a heart attack. It is known that breastfeeding lowers the risk of allergies, ear infections and admission to hospital in babies and it has been linked to better health overall into adulthood, with lower rates of obesity in people who were breastfed as babies.