Women generally chose breastfeeding because breast milk good for health and endurance of their baby. However, recent studies show that breastfeeding infants is not only profitable but also good for heart health of the mother to the front.

In a study involving 300 women, researchers found that those who do not breastfeed at greater risk of experiencing Calcification or accumulation of plaque in coronary arteries, aorta and carotid arteries. Lime and the accumulated plaque in the arteries reduces the blood flow and can trigger subsequent heart attacks and strokes.

"Women who do not breastfeed at greater risk of experiencing a change that could trigger symptoms of heart disease," said study author Dr. Eleanor Schwarz of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Health Care.

Excess fat
In a study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers involved participants who already have at least 1 baby. When the study began, participants aged 45-58 and have never diagnose has particularly heart disease and no symptoms of heart disease.

To see the health of the participants' blood vessels, the researchers used electron beam tomography and ultrasound. They found that 32 percent of women who do not breastfeed experience Calcification of coronary arteries, this number is greater than the breast-feeding women (17 percent).

Researchers also found Calcification of the aorta in 39 percent of women who are not breastfeeding, and 17 percent in women who are breastfeeding. The formation of deposits in the carotid arteries of women who are not breastfeed also more (18 percent) than women who breastfeed (10 percent).

After adjusting the data socioeconomic status, family history, lifestyle factors, risk factors for heart disease and weight, researchers concluded that women who breastfeed do not risk 5 times greater experience than their aortic Calcification of consistent breastfeeding.

This is, according to Schwarz, related to the way women's bodies store fat and how to release or not release it after pregnancy.

"The women body should undergo pregnancy and lactation," explains Schwarz. "During pregnancy, women's bodies store fat which should be released during breastfeeding. If women do not breastfeed, then the body must deal with excess fat."

In essence, continued Schwarz, is essential for breastfeeding. "If you can breastfeed for 3 months after pregnancy, your blood vessels will be better.