Moms Who Breastfeed Less Likely To Develop Heart Attacks Or Strokes

The longer women breastfeed, the lower their risk of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular disease, researchers report. Postmenopausal women who breastfed for at least one month had lower rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Women who had breastfed for more than a year were 10 percent less likely to have had a heart attack, stroke or developed heart disease than women who had never breastfed.

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