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Exercising during pregnancy improves the quality of breast milk and increases its benefits

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It is proven that exercising during pregnancy brings several benefits for the mother and also for the baby. We know, for example, that staying active in this stage reduces the probability of disease and complications by up to 40%, helps to shorten the duration of labor, as well as help improve the neuromotor development of the baby.

Now, new research adds yet another benefit of exercise at this stage to the list, as it was found that exercising during pregnancy can help improve the quality of breast milk, increasing its benefits, such as long-term disease prevention .

Published in the journal Nature Metabolism , the study carried out by researchers from the Wexner Medical Center and the Ohio State University College of Medicine in the United States, aimed to find the reason why exercise in pregnancy improved the health of the baby. baby in the future .

Starting from the fact that breast milk helps to improve the health of babies and prevents the appearance of certain diseases, the team decided to take this path to find the answers and to know why or how exercise in pregnancy benefits babies. long term .

After conducting a series of follow-ups in both mice and human women, it was found that staying active during pregnancy helps increase oligosaccharides 3 SL, a compound in breast milk that is believed to help prevent the onset of disease , and that by Like other oligosaccharides in milk, it is usually only synthesized in the mammary glands and during lactation.

In conclusion, exercising in pregnancy, even something moderate like walking, helps to raise the levels of oligosaccharides 3 SL , thus increasing the quality of milk and preventing cardiovascular diseases and obesity.

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