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Research Hit: Breastfeeding Improves Mother’s Cognitive Abilities — Years Later
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Research Hit: Breastfeeding Improves Mother’s Cognitive Abilities — Years Later

New research shows that breastfeeding has lasting positive impacts also on the mother

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Andy Haymaker
Nov 08, 2021
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So are you saying that breast feeding is not only good for the infant but also the mother?!
Yes, we’ve know for a long, long time that breastfeeding is very good for the infant. Over the years and with more research new ways in which this are beneficial have been regularly found.

And what did this research show?
Molly Fox et al. at the University of California collected data from two population cohorts and this included 115 women of which 64 were classed as depressed and 41 as not.

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