Benefits of breastfeeding
Breast milk is the first natural food that an infant consumes, as it provides all the energy and nutrients the infant needs in the first months of his life. This milk also continues to cover about half of the child’s nutritional needs or more. During the second part of the first year, and about a third of those needs during the second year of his life.Benefits of breastfeeding for the child
- Strengthens the child’s immunity.
- Reduces the possibility of diarrhea or constipation.
- Reduces the possibility of infection.
- Reduces the possibility of acute middle ear infection, stomach, intestinal, and respiratory infections.
- Reduces the possibility of allergies, asthma, and sudden death syndrome.< /li>
- Reduces the child's need for orthodontic treatment.
- Reduces the risk of obesity in old age.
- Reduces the risk of depression in adulthood.
- Reduces the risk of heart disease and heart attacks later in life.< /il>
Benefits of breastfeeding for the mother
- Reducing the mother's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 40% %.
- Helps in reducing the percentage of fats in the blood. It reduces the mother's risk of developing breast cancer and some types of ovarian cancer.
- Improves the mother’s sugar and fat metabolism.
- It has a positive effect on the mother’s weight.
- Reduces the risk of developing high blood pressure after six months of breastfeeding.
- Reduces the risk of high cholesterol and heart disease later in life.
