Breast milk-it is one miracle drink the potential of which is yet not completely known. New studies are happening every day and there's a new dynamic that develops which states yet another unknown benefit of breast milk. When it comes to immunity building of the child, breast milk in itself is one health intervention that needs to be placed alongside vaccination. "Breastfeeding is the only health intervention that can reduce infant mortality by 13 percent," Doctor at Fernandez Hospital, said.
Feeding human milk to infants has the potential to save 800,000 lives every year globally. It also has the potential to prevent asthma, sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, respiratory infections and sudden death syndrome in the infants. He said that latest research has found that galactose, a sugar compound, can only be sourced through breast milk and helps form nucleotides in infants. In simpler…
