14 DAY TRIAL // Scientists at Cambridge University have recently conducted a new investigation on how breastfeeding influences Alzheimer’s risk. Long story short, they have found that mothers who breastfeed have fewer chances to develop said medical condition.
What's more, the researchers maintain that, the longer a woman breastfeeds, the less likely she is to get Alzheimer’s.
More precisely, it appears that, when compared to women who do not breastfeed, those who do have 64% less chances to end up suffering from the condition at some point in their lives.
Besides, women who breastfeed for an entire year have a 74% reduced Alzheimer’s risk.
Presently, the scientists are unable to say why it is that breastfeeding slashes the risk for Alzheimer’s.
Still, they suspect that this happens because women who breastfeed have lower progesterone levels and their brains are therefore better protected against said condition.
According to Daily Mail, the Cambridge University specialists established this link between breastfeeding and lower Alzheimer’s risk after interviewing both 81 British mothers aged 70 to 100 and their families.
Although some might argue that these 81 women do not constitute a proper research group, the scientists maintain that the data collected in this manner does indicate that breastfeeding lowers Alzheimer’s risk, the same source informs us.
Therefore, people should not be too quick to dismiss their findings. More so given the fact that Alzheimer’s cases worldwide are on the rise and something needs to be done to deal with this situation.
“Alzheimer’s is the world’s most common cognitive disorder and it already affects 35.6million people. In the future, we expect it to spread most in low and middle-income countries.
“So it is vital that we develop low-cost, large-scale strategies to protect people against this devastating disease,” Dr. Molly Fox reportedly argued.
“Preliminary studies like this one are important for highlighting associations worthy of further study, but we shouldn’t be quick to jump to conclusions quite yet,” Dr. Simon Ridley wished to add.