Breastfeeding Reduces Heart Attack Risk

[annettemarie]

http://www.kiddicare.com/page/news18063096

Breastfeeding may benefit the mother as well as the baby and could even reduce the risk of having a heart attack, research has suggested.

A report published in the New Scientist journal found that mothers who have spent at least two years breastfeeding are 19 per cent less likely to have a heart attack than those who have not.

[simonboy'smommy]

Interesting......I just watched a show on PBS last night about heart disease so I'll add bf to the list of ways to prevent heart attack! Doesn't surprise me!

[BunchaCrunch]

Excellent info!

[Youkali]

I guess it's because these are people who have found smart ways of dealing with stress and are also more likely to accept the inevitable.

[My4Boys]

Turning this around to normalize breastfeeding, as per Diane Wiessinger's wonderful article...

Breastfeeding may benefit the mother as well as the baby and could even reduce the risk of having a heart attack, research has suggested.

A report published in the New Scientist journal found that mothers who have spent at least two years breastfeeding are 19 per cent less likely to have a heart attack than those who have not.

Would become:

Not breastfeeding may have risk for the mother as well as the baby and could even increase the risk of having a heart attack, research has suggested.

A report published in the New Scientist journal found that mothers who have not spent at least two years breastfeeding are 25% more likely to have a heart attack than those who have.

Someone may need to check my math on that - if reducing 100 by 19% becomes 81, then increasing 81 by what percent becomes 100? Math was never my thing.