That's the reason why elders at your family and the government health officials will keep on publicizing the benefits of mother's milk through "amplifiers" and posters. Giving due credit to the antibodies, the infection fighting ingredient of breast milk, the supporters of breastfeeding go on to promote the bonding capability of this lifesaver for the child and his mother.
In a new research, the study authors have claimed that a baby, fed wholly on breast milk for six months, can experience a lower risk of suffering from asthma related symptoms in their early childhood. The findings by researchers at the at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam in the Netherlands go on to enforce the idea that babies in industrialized nations should be solely breastfed during the first six months after birth.
This research is actually an element of the Generation R study, which has intended to study several multi-ethnic children in the urban society before birth till the early years of childhood so as to track environmental and genetic grounds of growth and health related abnormalities.
Previous studies have linked breastfeeding to the lower risk of breastfeeding, but this one has tried to establish a link between the duration of breastfeeding and the said risk. The study was conducted on 5368 children and questionnaires were used to gather data on the duration of breastfeeding and the introduction of other solids and liquids within the first six months.
The next set of questionnaires was filled up at a later time when the children attained 1, 2, 3 and 4 years of age. With this medium, the researchers came to know about the asthma symptoms like dry cough, consistent phlegm, wheezing and shortness of breath in the children's first four years.
The results showed that children who were never breastfed at all, had an increased risk of asthmatic symptoms compared to those who were breastfed for the first six months. The introduction of solid foods and or other milk was found to be associated with higher risk of asthmatic symptoms during the preschool years.
