Breast Feeding Benefits the Health of Women

In today's, April 22, 2009, New York Times Health Section, an article is posted on a recent study descibing the benefits of women breast-feeding. According to the study, women who breast feed are at lower risks for high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, a lower risk for women in the leading health concerns amongst South Asians.

"The benefits increase with duration of past breast-feeding, the study found. Women who had breast-fed for more than a year in their entire lifetimes were almost 10 percent less likely than those who had never breast-fed to have had a heart attack or a stroke in their postmenopausal years. They were also less likely to have diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol."

For more information on breast feeding and the benefits on infants, please refer to: http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/895_brstfeed.html

To read the entire NYT article, please visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/health/research/22breast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss