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Breastfeeding can be good for heart

Breastfeeding may be good for the mother as well as her baby, research
published yesterday suggests.

In a study of 96,648 nurses who gave birth between 1986 and 2002, those who
had spent at least two years of their lives breastfeeding were 19 per cent
less likely to suffer a heart attack than those who had not breastfed.

The difference was independent of any of the usual risk factors for heart
disease, such as family history, diet or exercise levels.

The findings are published in the New Scientist journal.

The study's leader, Alison Steube of Harvard Medical School, said that
nursing a newborn child may help a mother's metabolism switch from pregnancy
mode back to normal.

Judy Ritchie

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