Welcome to the Doctor Burg, Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

Now, your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

Doctor Eric Burg.

Let's talk about how important breastfeeding is and the benefits of breastfeeding.

Now the future health of your child is really dependent on the mother's nutrition

and the quality of that breast milk.

And yes, there is some concerns about mothers not being able to produce enough milk.

If you're consuming enough nutrition and you're on the right eating plan,

you should be able to produce enough.

But normally, if you're producing enough breast milk, the child will gain weight

about 500 to 1000 grams per month and will be passing urine about 6 to 8 times per day.

But let's talk about the benefits.

Increasing lifespan of infants, because you're decreasing sudden into death syndrome.

That's a big one right there.

Number two, colostrum.

The first part of the milk when a mother starts to breastfeed is a certain percentage of colostrum.

Colostrum is an incredible immune creating substance.

It has antibodies, it has immune factors, all sorts of amazing things to protect that child.

And if you're not breastfeeding, they're not going to get this right here.

So there's going to be some effect on the future immune system in the strength of the immune system.

Number three, decrease risk of GI infection.

Number four, decrease risk of allergies.

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