Breastmilk Gives Intelligence Babies Men

Are there nutrients that can stimulate the baby's brain? The answer is no, ie breast milk. Latest research found that breastfed infants during the first 6 months have better academic ability than those not given breast milk.

 

Research conducted in Australia on 1038 infants who received breast milk from his mother. At 10 years of age, babies who are breastfed are superior in mathematics, reading, writing and spelling. But the results can only be seen protruding from the male infants who were breastfed.

Study leader, Wendy H. Oddy, nutritionist from the University of Western Australia said the differences in levels of intelligence in boys and girls is unclear. "Allegations while this is happening because boys are more prone to stress, while female hormones have a protective effect," he said.

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics has several strengths. Experts following the development of children in the womb and has a large number of samples. Data were also collected from the mothers will stop breastfeeding so that the accuracy rate is quite high. On the other hand, the researchers difficulty of measuring other factors that affect duration of breastfeeding.