BREASTFEEDING AND EXERCISE
Ladies: Want to supercharge your breast milk to provide baby with even more benefits and help stave off obesity? Exercise directly before you breastfeed and your milk will be packed with even higher levels of a powerful metabolic hormone. 👇
Ladies: Want to supercharge your breast milk to provide baby with even more benefits and help stave off obesity? Exercise directly before you breastfeed and your milk will be packed with even higher levels of a powerful metabolic hormone. 👇
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology collected 240 samples of breast milk from 20 new mothers before and at intervals after two HIIT exercise sessions. They then compared these with samples taken at the same intervals after periods of sedentary behavior.
The mothers who had just completed an HIIT session had much higher levels of the hormone adiponectin in their milk. Adiponectin is involved in regulating the body’s metabolism and ensures the availability of energy and essential substances for bodily functions. Low levels of adiponectin are linked to insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes.
The implications of this study are very interesting. As one of the researchers explains, "the period from conception to two years of age is considered the most critical period for possible development of obesity later in life.” So the boost provided by an active mother could play a significant role in ensuring her child is able to maintain a healthy weight through childhood and into adulthood.
It was already known that the composition of women's breastmilk varied with their body-mass index. Overweight mothers may, quite literally, be transmitting their overweight status to their children via their milk.
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