Having babies and feeding them with breast milk are two allies against this disease.
Last week Velsid told us that women with arthritis improve significantly during pregnancy, especially in the third month, most likely due to hormonal factors, because at the end of pregnancy the disease returns to afflict.
Now, thanks to a study presented on the occasion of the 8th annual European Rheumatology Congress held in Barcelona, we know that Mothers who breastfeed their babies are less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those who do not.
The scientists found that mothers who practiced breastfeeding more than 12 months reduced the hormonal factors that could trigger the disease by 30%, while women who did so for 24 months reduced them by up to 50%.
On the other hand, they confirmed that the number of children, the use of oral contraceptives and the age of the first birth are not related to the risk of suffering from arthritis.
We have pointed out several times that breastfeeding not only benefits the baby very much, but also the mother, reducing the chances of developing breast and ovarian cancer, to which is now added the low risk of suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
One more advantage to add to the list of reasons to breastfeed.
