Breastfeeding lowers blood pressure

Research has discovered that breastfeeding babies prevents later increased blood pressure and the longer they are breastfed, the lower the blood pressure. A study designed to assess the impact of breastfeeding on coronary artery disease through elements of the metabolic syndrome found that children who were solely breastfed, had lower systolic blood pressure. The metabolic syndrome encompasses coronary artery disease risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, reflux, insulin insensitivity, dyslipidemia (deranged blood fats), and sleep apnea. Systolic blood pressure is the first number of a blood pressure reading that correlates to the ejection force of the blood being pumped from the heart, i.e. the maximum strain on the heart and blood vessels. The researchers are comparing the finding of the blood pressure lowering powers of breastfeeding to be similar to adult attempts to lower blood pressure through salt restriction and exercise.

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Related Disease Topics:

• Hypertension
• Increased blood pressure
• Metabolic syndrome
• Coronary artery disease
• Obesity
• Reflux
• Insulin insensitivity
• Dyslipidemia
• Sleep apnea

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About: Breastfeeding lowers blood pressure

Date: 30 May 2005

Source: News-Medical.Net

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10504

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of metabolic syndrome
• Cause of lowering blood pressure
• Cause of blood pressure
• Cause of coronary artery disease
• Cause of heart disease
• Cause of high blood pressure
• Risk and metabolic syndrome
• Risk and hypertension
• Risk and coronary artery disease
• Risk and heart disease
• Risk and obesity
• Risk and reflux
• Risk and insulin insensitivity
• Risk and dyslipidemia
• Risk and sleep apnea
• Risk and increased systolic blood pressure
• Risk and breastfeeding
• Medication and breastfeeding
• Medication and salt restriction
• Medication and exercise
• Research and metabolic syndrome
• Research and hypertension
• Research and coronary artery disease
• Research and obesity
• Research and reflux
• Research and insulin insensitivity
• Research and dyslipidemia
• Research and sleep apnea
• Research and increased systolic blood pressure
• Research and breastfeeding
• Research and salt restriction
• Research and exercise

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