Research Shows Breastfeeding Makes Successful Babies

Breastfeeding is a way to provide the optimum nutrition of the baby, but research shows that not only in health, but a breastfed baby tends to be more successful. Check out the article we found at Natural News.

Researchers in Brazil began following 6,000 breastfed babies in 1982. The babies were from various socioeconomic backgrounds, so wealth was not a factor affecting the study’s results. Thirty years later, researchers discovered a connection between intelligence and the duration that the babies were breastfed. For example, babies who nursed for a year scored four points higher on IQ tests than babies who nursed for a month, according to the research presented in The Guardian.

Of the 6,000 babies, who are now adults, 3,500 agreed to participate in the study. Along with higher intelligence levels, researchers found a link between breastfeeding and education. Those who nursed, and nursed for longer duration, typically received a higher level of education. The intelligence and education levels led to those people getting better-paying jobs. Those who nursed for a year earned approximately 100 dollars more a month than those who nursed for a month.

Arguments against whether it was the breastfeeding, the bond between mother and baby or the mother’s ability to educate and nurture her child exist. Many people feel that mothers who choose to breastfeed have more time to spend with their baby and can enhance the child’s intelligence through the early teaching of skills.

While this argument is valid, the World Health Organization points out that breast milk contains specific cognition-improving nutrients. Breast milk has long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Two of these have a direct effect on brain function, growth and size: docosahexaenoic acid, DHA; and arachidonic acid, AA. Breastfed babies have an increase in brain volume and white matter which shows that breast milk directly alters the brain structure, affecting cognition.

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