The benefits of breastfeeding

At first glance it may seem as if breastfeeding is cumbersome and complicated and is associated with an infinite number of prohibitions: While breast-feeding should continue to pay attention to the young mother's diet may drink little or no alcohol and not eating as sharp as possible. But these limitations are faced with great benefits: breastfeeding is healthier, cheaper, and promotes the development of better than bottle feeding. Not only the baby, the mother also benefits from breastfeeding.

What are the benefits of breastfeeding for my baby?

Breast milk contains thousands of substances that are necessary for the development of the baby. These include growth factors, immune substances and vitamins. The bottle-feeding offers far fewer different ingredients. In addition, the mixture of breast milk is perfectly adapted to the needs of your baby, and thus also well tolerated. In the period between birth and the fourth month, the mother's milk contains everything your baby needs. The composition varies not only in the transition from colostrum (first milk that is produced in the mother's breast) for real milk. In the further course of months, the milk composition changes constantly. Two factors contribute to your baby now or later weight problems get. On the one hand there is the limited amount of breast milk never a risk of overfeeding. If you ensure that your baby at the breast, only a limited amount of milk per feeding is available, never a danger of over-feeding the child, and therefore no risk of being overweight. In addition, breast milk contains the hormone leptin - it is important for fat metabolism and signal the body when one is tired. Among the substances in breast milk include antibodies, which protect against infection. Inflammation of the intestine, respiratory tract and urinary tract are less common in breastfed babies than in bottle-fed children. In addition, it is rare to middle ear infections and meningitis (bacterial meningitis). Substances from bend in the breast milk allergies and asthma. After several studies have demonstrated time and again, the World Health Organization recommends, among other things, for this reason, four to six months exclusive breastfeeding. In further studies, the more breast milk health benefits for the baby. According to the results of American doctors from St. George Hospital in Tooting, breastfed babies have healthier hearts than adults, and lower cholesterol levels. This seems to prove that the course is set for blood lipid levels in very young age. In addition, breastfed babies rarely develop caries, because breast milk does not contain sucrose. Also, the physical and mental development of children is promoted through breastfeeding. When a newborn baby by sucking the development of the jaw muscles can be strengthened. At the same time, the baby must be drinking at the breast and strain his brain more than the sucking on the bottle. Wissenschaflter have found through testing that in bottles babies while drinking two main trunk nerves are active in nursing babies, it is eight. also suggest further studies indicate that certain fatty acids promote in breast milk, the brain development - in studies in Denmark showed breastfed babies as adults, a higher IQs than babies who have grown up with the bottle.