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Breastfeeding for at least six months would help reduce the risk of liver disease

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Breastfeeding your baby is something that has multiple benefits for both of you: you give him the best food he can receive during his first months or years of life, and you also help protect yourself from future illnesses or complications.

One of them, according to a new study, is liver disease, since it was found that breastfeeding for at least six months would help reduce the risk of suffering from it .

According to the study published in the Journal of Hepatology, breastfeeding one or more children for at least six months could help reduce the mother’s risk of future liver disease , specifically nonalcoholic fatty liver disease .

As its name implies, this disease is one in which fat accumulates in the liver in people who drink little or no alcohol . Although the exact cause is unknown, some medical problems such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of developing it.

The study in question analyzed and monitored the health and lactation reports of 844 women every two and five years, for thirty years beginning in 1985. At the end of the study, each one was followed for a minimum of 25 years old, they had a tomography of their abdomen, to analyze the fat levels in the liver.

According to the study results, women who breastfed one or more children for more than six months had a lower risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease , compared to those who did not breastfeed or did so for only one month.

Women who were diagnosed with the disease after 25 years of follow-up also had a higher body mass index, greater abdominal circumference , higher triglycerides, and lower levels of “good” cholesterol.

With this, breastfeeding adds one more benefit to its list in terms of the health of mothers, because in addition to reducing the possibility of suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease , previous studies have found that breastfeeding also helps reduce the risk of having a heart attack, breast cancer, and hypertension after menopause.

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