Breast milk offers natural protection from bacterial infections

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By Dena Schmidt, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) A new study out of Vanderbilt University has determined a complex mixture of proteins, sugars and fats in breast milk offers effective protection against a range of bacterial infections in nursing babies. The researchers found the benefits of breastfeeding to be remarkable including, the delivery of antibacterial substances – which are not present in infant formula and other alternatives to breast milk.

These results were presented at the American Chemical Society annual meeting in Washington DC on August 20, 2017 and published in the ACS Infectious …read more

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