PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF BREAST FEEDING AGAINST INFECTION
Asma Alshehri*, Asmahan Alshehri and Maher Shalabi
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Abstract
Human Breast milk is the food naturally designed to best meet the
needs of human infants. It has the necessary amounts of nutrients
which are easy to digest for infants. Furthermore, human milk
enhances the immune system of the infants. Human milk contains an
array of antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory
compounds that contain long-term benefits against infections, years
after lactation is terminated. A recommendation from the WHO and
UNICEF stated that, all mothers should breastfeed their infants
exclusively for the first six months of birth. This review was performed
to assess the effect of breastfeeding in reducing the risk of infections
with gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infection during the infancy.
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