Breast-Feeding May Reduce A Woman’s Risk Of Diabetes And Cancer, Studies Suggest.

To Your Health” blog touted the benefits of breast-feeding for infants, pointing to the “growing number of new studies” that “provide evidence that breastfeeding” may reduce a woman’s risk of diabetes and cancer. According to a study funded by that National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, women who breast-feed “were a great deal less likely – up to 50 percent less – to develop diabetes 2 in subsequent years than those who did not breast feed.” The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Another study suggested that “those who breastfeed may reduce an aggressive type of cancer called hormone receptive negative tumors by 20 percent.” The findings were published in the Annals of Oncology in October. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/25/two-more-reasons-to-breastfeed-it-may-reduce-moms-cancer-and-diabetes-risk/