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New moms know that breastfeeding can be good for babies, providing them with much-needed nutrition as well as a shot of antibodies and other cells that help build immune systems. Now, evidence suggests that the practice may keep the mothers themselves healthier too.
Researchers led by Dr. Eleanor Bimla Schwarz at University of Pittsburgh found that women who breastfeed are half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as women who do not.
One More Way to Avoid Diabetes: Breastfeed - TIME
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Breast feeding is also a really good way to lose the 'baby weight', to bond with the child and boost the child's immune system.
I'm old enough to remember the introduction of things like Enfamil and Similac. The companies advertised that breast feeding was 'old fashioned.' There is no telling how much damage to the health of both children and mothers those products have caused. My wife breast fed and I encouraged her to do so. She lost the weight pretty quickly and our son grew like a weed and has always been very healthy.
Don't even get me started on the environmental damage from Pampers.
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