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Substance In Breast Milk Kills 40 Different Types Of Cancer

Admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:02:25 +0000

If you are still wondering whether you should breast feed your baby or go straight onto formula, this latest study should clear things up very quickly.

A substance named HAMLET (Human Alpha – lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor Cells) discovered in breast milk several years ago were successfully tested on humans as a treatment for cancer.

“Patients with cancer of the bladder who were treated with the substance excreted dead cancer cells in their urine after each treatment…”

Laboratory results showed HAMLET kills 40 different types of cancer, with skin cancer to be the next tested.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100419132403.htm

Mother's Milk Has A Clock In It?

Admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:34:04 +0000

If you or your partner recently had a baby and are expressing milk, make sure you put a label on it with the exact time you expressed. A new study published in Nutritional Neuroscience showed that breast milk before bedtime is not the same as that expressed in the morning.

Lead author Christina L Sanchez said “You wouldn’t give anyone a coffee at night, and the same is true of milk – it has day-specific ingredients that stimulate activity in the infant, and other night-time components that help the baby to rest”.

Researchers examined three nucleotides in breast milk that either excite or relax the central nervous system and found levels varied greatly in 24 hours, with the highest levels found at night during 8pm to 8am.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/09001091757

Breast milk composition – A magic ingredient

Admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:28:22 +0000

Breastmilk composition is mostly still a mystery to us, not just because of its complexity but mainly because of the lack of interest to study it. To me this is a huge oversight, especially considering that we are still fine tuning our genetic switches after birth and it is very likely that breast milk composition will influence these genetic switches as diet can cause epigenetic changes in adults (activate genes that were supposed to be inactive and vice versa).

In a recent study researchers found that breast milk composition include a “magic ingredient” that protects a baby’s intestines. The ingredient PSTI (pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor) is at its highest level in colostrums, the milk mother produces for baby in the first few days after birth, a time when baby is vulnerable to intestine damage because it will be the first time he ingests food or drink.

The researchers used human intestinal cells in a lab and inflicted damage to the cells, they found PSTI stimulated cells to move across the damaged area to form a natural protective plaster. Also PSTI prevented further damage by stopping the cells from self destructing. Before this study, researchers had no idea why breast milk composition included PSTI.

Professor Ray Playford says “This study is important because it shows that a component of breast milk protects and repairs the baby’s delicate intestines in readiness for the onslaught of all the food and drink
that are to come.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200754.htm

Food in the early Years – Obesity prevention is Nursing AND Weaning diet

Admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:44:07 +0000

Previous studies on nursing suggested that a child’s early environment is a significant factor in childhood obesity. A new study however also took into consideration the type of foods a mother feeds her baby when introducing solids.

Using a dual x-ray absorptiometry they made direct measurements of body composition in 536 children at the age of four. The children who had been breastfed longer had lower fat mass than those who were not.

Dr Sian Robinson from University of Southampton in the UK said, “We found that independent of the duration of breastfeeding, children with higher quality weaning diets including fruits. vegetables, and home prepared foods had a greater lean mass at four years of age.”

This is the first study to take weaning diet into consideration.

http://www.sciencedaily.acom/releases/2009/05/090528092349.htm

Prevent Breastcancer with breast feeding

Admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:58:00 +0000

A study by Dr. Michael Lisanti and colleagues at Thomas Jefferson University found that breastfeeding for longer than two years cause a deficiency in the amino acid protein caveolin 3. Studies on mice showed that a deficiency in caveolin 3 protected against mammary tumor formation and lung metastases (spreading to the lungs).

How does breast milk protect your baby from infections?

Admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:02:00 +0000

Before pregnancy cells that produce antibodies travel around your circulatory system and frequently change course to your intestine, where they protect against infections like cholera or rotavirus. However once a mother begins to produce milk, some of these cells that produce antibodies, also change course to the mammary glands to enable the antibodies to enter a baby’s intestine to build

How does your body know to do that? A molecule called CCR10 has now been identified to be responsible for providing the signal these cells need to move to the mammary glands. Previous studies showed that breastfeeding protects infants against many diseases, among them asthma. A recent study found that the RSV virus (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) a common virus previously believed to come and go in young children without any long lasting effect can cause asthma resulting in long term problems.

Breastfeeding can provide a baby with much needed immunity to help his body overcome this virus.