Breast milk to prevent the development of tumors in the child
It is the first food that every person at birth. The breastmilk it is a livelihood with multiple benefits for babies, both affectively and healthily. Breastfeeding a child is preventing it from multiple diseases thanks to the amount of antibodies that the youngest children receive with this act. It even increases the chances of avoiding the development of tumors.
This is indicated by the study carried out by the University of Lund together with other entities. A work that will be part of the XII International Breastfeeding Symposium and where the positive effects of the breastmilk to prevent disease.
Destruction of cancer cells
The team at the University of Lund analyzed the components of breast milk to try to find one that was related to cancer prevention. One of the proteins present in it causes a mechanism to activate by which they are destroyed until 40 types of tumor cells.
This protein is present in breast milk when it is bound with an acid fatty and forms a complex called Hamlet. This process is what initiates the destruction of the tumor cells in the human body. Eliminating these dangers in babies will cause them in their future since they will have less chances of developing a cancer.
In addition, not only the child receives these benefits of breastfeeding. The mother who breastfeeds her child prevents breast, colon and bladder cancers by 30%. The specialists even suggest that this milk be used as a future treatment against tumors. In fact, some trials conducted in patients with this disease have shown a reduction in the severity of this condition.
Benefits of breast milk
The prevention of cancer is not the only benefit of breast milk. Breastfeeding a child also has these positive results:
- Ensures the child the necessary nutrients in the proper proportion and temperature. Breast milk includes the necessary nutrients and the vitamins, proteins and fats that are necessary for proper development.
- The child usually digest it more easily.
- Ensures the child antibody with which to prevent numerous infections and other diseases.
- Reduces the risk of developing obesity because breast milk ensures proper nutrition in which there is no added sugar
- Changes in taste depending on the mother's diet make the child accept a greater variety of foods in the future.
- It helps the correct development of the jaw, teeth and speech. The suction mechanism makes this area of the children's body exercise.
- Create a very strong bond between mother and child.
Damián Montero
