Breastfeeding may protect against some allergies
Jan 8th, 2008 by Lilian
I picked up this news from the internet and feel it will be a good motivating factor for more women to consider breastfeeding. In fact, all smart women ought to know by now that there is absolutely no reason why they would give breastfeeding a pass. There are so many health benefits towards their babies and also to themselves.
Of course, breastfeeding does not come easy for some new moms so get yourself armed with all the knowledge and find peers to provide you support. Unfortunately, I have closed my parenting and breastfeeding forum from taking in new members because I cannot handle sieving through genuine members and spams. The spams I receive are at least 50 per day which comes in email forms.
Anyway…read this
Breast-Feeding Seems to Protect Against Some Allergies
It helps high-risk infants prone to eczema, asthma and food allergies, report suggests
By Amanda Gardner
Posted 1/7/08MONDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) — Atopic disease — which includes eczema, asthma and food allergies — may be delayed or even prevented in high-risk infants if they are exclusively breast-fed for at least four months