A study showed, children and adolescents aged 9 to 15 years of childhood gain in milk, had lower blood pressure than those who receive formula. According to Dr. Debbie A. Lawlor of the University of Bristol in England who led the study, the impact of breast milk is clearly visible. The Benefit gain by children who receive breast milk in their childhood as much as adults who exercise or during abstinence did not eat salt to reduce blood pressure.
The study was reported in The Archives of Disease in Childhood. It is said, other benefits are obtained when the child is given breast milk is lower risk of diseases such as diarrhea, ear infections, and pneumonia.
Discovery obtained on the basis of a study of 2192 children and teenagers from Estonia and the Danish reinforced the evidence that breastfeeding can provide benefits on blood pressure. These children undergo physical tests and blood tests to measure cholesterol and blood sugar.
In addition to obesity, abnormal cholesterol and lower insulin levels, high blood pressure may also cause a condition called metabolic syndrome, which can also cause sufferers of heart disease or stroke.
In general, a team led by Lawlor was found, children who grew up with breast milk have lower systolic blood pressure. Other factors measured were weight, age, and family history. Say, the longer children were breastfed, the greater the effect exerted on blood pressure. The relationship between these two aspects to the idea that breastfeeding is actually carried on the condition of blood pressure reduction.