Than Breastfeeding has numerous benefits for the baby It is something that we have known for a long time and that this list of benefits continues to increase, we also know it.
Only a few weeks ago the last of these studies was published in which it was shown that Breastfeeding also protects babies from asthma symptoms.
A study carried out by the Basel University It has come to confirm a new benefit for babies who are breastfed during their first year of life.
Breastfeeding protects against the development of asthma symptoms by modifying the effect of genetic profiles associated with asthma during the first year of the baby's life.
The University of Basel has studied a group of 368 children born in Basel and Bern, both Swiss cities, to reach the conclusions they have published only a few weeks ago.
Children who were genetically predisposed to develop asthma had a 27% lower risk of suffering respiratory symptoms from being breastfed, while those who were not breastfed had a much greater tendency to develop such symptoms.
The director of this study pointed out that breastfeeding can modify the interaction that genes and the environment make in the development of this pathology suffered by 300 million people worldwide, mostly young people and children that hinders their respiratory capacity and which is one of the most widespread chronic diseases among the population.
In case it wasn't clear yet
We insist a lot yes, it is true that we do it and we will do it whenever we can because breastfeeding is very beneficial for the mother and the baby, it is the ideal way to feed the babies with all the necessary nutrients for their growth and health and in addition, it provides antibodies that protect them from multiple diseases, this is more than demonstrated and the example we have talked about adds to a long list of benefits in this regard.
That is why the WHO recommends exclusively breastfeeding at least during the first six years of the baby's life, at least although there is still much to do and to claim so that really the mothers who decide to do so can feed their children with breastfeeding during that time or if possible, something else.
