Breastfeeding increases the intellectual capacity of the child

Increasingly by the fact that babies are breastfed support, intellectually developed in the future, than babies who are fed with milk powder, according to the BBC. Scientists at the Canadian university trying to figure out how different the level of intellectual development in children who were breastfed and those infant formula. The experts studied 14 thousand children. The researchers found that children who were breastfed 3 to 12 months, an average of 5.9 points show. Up on tests of intelligence Continued breastfeeding improves children's mental development, said Professor Michael Kramer. But according to Professor unclear - on the positive effect of the child or the mother's milk because of the physical and social interaction with the mother during lactation. Further studies are planned in this area.