Breastfeeding to contribute to increase the intelligence of children

Brazilian study published Wednesday journal "The Lancet Global Health" showed that breastfeeding for a long time that will contribute to increasing levels of intelligence in children and prolonging the academic achievement of their inquiry and higher financial income in adulthood

WHO encourages breastfeeding as "one of the most effective means" to ensure that children's health and survival

Also recommends breastfeeding until the age of 6 months, but they acknowledge that less than 40% of children in the world are benefiting from this topic now

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Pelotas Brazilian data on 3,500 people born in 1982 and received breastfeeding from birth and for varying periods of time

The researchers noted that breast-feeding was beneficial to all members of this sample Thirty years after the birth, compared with people who did not benefit from breastfeeding and the result was better whenever the duration of breastfeeding longer

According to researchers, people who received breast-fed for a year to have the intelligence of a higher rate of four points compared with those who did not exceed the period of lactation have one month, and that their academic period was longer (about a year) while the incomes higher than one-third of the average the average salary

Benign effects of breast milk

In reaching this conclusion, the researchers noted that they took into account the standards will influence the result, such as the level of living parents enact the mother when the baby is born and the possibility of maternal smoking during pregnancy

Lisa Bernardo Horta supervisor of the study pointed out that "the potential mechanism that allows the interpretation of the good effects of breast milk on intelligence is the presence of amino acids long-chain saturated play a key role in brain development"

Also pointed out that this Brazilian study in contrast to other studies, women nursing dealt from all social circles and not from affluent class mainly, makes it easier to extract the effects of lactation

In a study published in 2014 in the journal "Brosidings Of The Royal Suiaata", British researchers showed that feeding from 3 to 12 months have a positive impact on the protection of cardiovascular diseases