Rhonda Patrick· PhD
infants exclusively breastfed for more than four months are 72 percent less likely to be hospitalized due to lower respiratory tract infections in the first year of life compared to infants who were fed formula
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infants exclusively breastfed for more than four months are 72 percent less likely to be hospitalized due to lower respiratory tract infections in the first year of life compared to infants who were fed formula
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children who are breastfed for any length of time are 64 percent less likely to develop non-specific gut infections an effect that lasts as long as two months after the cessation of breastfeeding