Breastfeeding helps prevent mothers from developing diabetes after childbirth

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/tkai-bhp042920.php

News Release 29-Apr-2020
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)


A team of South Korean researchers found that lactation can lower the incidence and reduce the risk of maternal postpartum diabetes. The researchers identified that lactation increases the mass and function of pancreatic beta cells through serotonin production. The team suggested that sustained improvements in pancreatic beta cells, which can last for years even after the cessation of lactation, improve mothers' metabolic health in addition to providing health benefits for infants.

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