A new study has found that women who breastfeed their babies for at least six months can improve their cardiovascular and metabolic health for at least three years. Importantly, the benefits were seen in women with complicated pregnancies, too, who are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life.

The health benefits breastfeeding provides to newborns are often discussed, but less is said about how breastfeeding affects moms.

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Now, a new study by the University of Adelaide and Flinders University, both in South Australia, has examined the benefits that breastfeeding can bring to moms’ cardiometabolic health. Cardiometabolic diseases are a group of common but preventable conditions, including high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and insulin resistance.

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