While numerous studies have explained how breastfeeding is beneficial to the newborn’s health, latest studies have now confirmed how breastfeeding also helps the mother’s body to prevent and fight off breast, ovarian as well as uterine cancer.
How does Breastfeeding protect the mother from cancer?
- Breastfeeding helps in reducing the risk of endometrial cancer owing to the reduced amount of stimulation of the endometrial lining during breastfeeding.
- Lactating breasts decrease the possibility of the storage of carcinogens and fat-soluble pollutants, thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer.
- The lactating mother experiences lesser ovulations, thus decreasing the ovulatory age of the mother, thereby decreasing the woman’s risk of ovarian cancer.
- Breast inflammation and engorgement have been linked to increased chances of breast cancer. When a woman breastfeeds her baby, she does not experience any breast engorgement or inflammation, thereby reducing her risk of developing breast cancer.
One credible study conducted by AIIMS, Delhi has also established that women who breastfeed their babies possess a 25% lower risk of premenopausal as well as postmenopausal cancer.
Breastfeeding has been proven to not only reduce the risk of breast, ovarian as well as uterine cancer, but it has also been proven to be helpful in controlling the levels of cholesterol in the mother’s body, as well as in reducing hypertension and promoting bone health and density.
This post is written in association with Apollo Cradle.
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