https://healthy.net Sun, 15 Sep 2019 16:01:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://healthy.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-Healthy_Logo_Solid_Angle-1-1-32x32.png https://healthy.net 32 32 165319808 https://healthy.net/2006/07/02/breastfeeding-it-also-protects-against-hypertension/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breastfeeding-it-also-protects-against-hypertension Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:49:15 +0000 https://healthy.net/2006/07/02/breastfeeding-it-also-protects-against-hypertension/ Last week we mentioned that breastfeeding our babies was probably not such a bad idea, especially as those who are introduced to cereals too early are more likely to develop celiac disease.
Since then we’ve heard some more good news about breastfeeding (as though anyone needed convincing). Researchers have found that babies who are exclusively breastfed are protected from hypertension later in life. It’s so protective that it is equivalent to the elimination of salt from the diet and exercise in adult life.
This new discovery was made by researchers who have analysed the health records of 2,000 children participating in the European youth heart study.

]]> 17447 https://healthy.net/2006/06/23/celiac-diseaseit-starts-at-three-months/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celiac-diseaseit-starts-at-three-months Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:51:58 +0000 https://healthy.net/2006/06/23/celiac-diseaseit-starts-at-three-months/ Celiac disease is a growing problem, and nutritionists reckon it’s something to do with our growing intolerance of industrialized foods. But new research also believes that it is associated to the time we were introduced to wheat, barley or rye.
Babies who are first given one of the three foods before the age of three months are more likely to develop celiac disease than those who were introduced to the foods between 4 and 6 months. Inexplicably, the second major risk group is those who first had cereals later than 7 months.
These findings are based on a study of 1,560 children who displayed a higher than average risk of developing celiac disease or diabetes. Of these 51 children developed celiac disease and a further 25 had the disease confirmed by small bowel biopsy.
Until more research is done, researchers recommend that cereals are not allowed into the diet until after 3 months – but then we have the problem of babies who are aged over 7 months.
Of course we could always breastfeed our babies, we suppose, but nobody mentioned that as an option.

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