"Mother’s milk contains water, fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals, amino acids, enzymes as well as white cells. Over the course of a feeding, breast milk changes from foremilk, high in water and lactose, to hind milk - high in fat and calories," notes Dr Mallaiah.
In fact, a study from the Department of Clinical Immunology in University of Göteborg, Switzerland reads, "Breastfeeding has been shown to decrease morbidity in gastroenteritis, septicemia, otitis media, urinary tract infection, encephalitis, pneumonia, and necrotizing enterocolitis. The antibody content in the mother's milk probably contributes not only to the immediate but also to the long term protection of the infant including both resistance to infection and development of immunological tolerance to harmless environmental antigens."
