How cool!

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Lactation reduces a mother’s risk of developing ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer and osteoporosis. A woman who nurses her baby for at least a year effectively reduces her risk of developing breast cancer by 11%. If she nurses her toddler through age 2, she reduces her risk of developing breast cancer by 25%. If a mother breastfeeds her child or children for a cumulative seven years over her lifetime, her risk of developing breast cancer is almost entirely reduced.

There are a bunch of other benefits brought up in the article as well. Nature is kind of neat. I like seeing how things interact.

2 thoughts on “How cool!”

  1. safya

    it’s funny to see this now, since yesterday I was reading that breastfeeding for a total of at least two years reduces the risk of arthritis by 50%. And I don’t have any data, but I’ve heard things about protecting against heart disease, too. I guess it’s good for you!

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