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The Science Is Clear: Breastfed Babies Get Sick Less— Here’s Why

5 min readJun 2, 2025
The Science Is Clear: Breastfed Babies Get Sick Less — Here’s Why. Learn the latest evidence-based research about human milk at Birth Summit 2025. Free & online June 9–14. >>> www.birthsummit.com

Breastfeeding isn’t just about feeding.

Breastfeeding reduces risk and builds resilience in babies:

🧠 Boosts baby brain development
🦴 Lowers risk of deadly NEC in preemies
🐛 Reduced allergies, eczema & asthma
🧬 Impacts gene regulation through epigenetics
📚 Babies are less likely to have respiratory, GI and ear infections

The rest of this blog-article explains details about 5 research-backed ways breastfeeding can reduce disease, but if you want to learn direct from scientists for FREE — come to BIRTH SUMMIT 2025 from 9–14 June 2025.

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  • 16 expert presentations and 5 Q&As
  • 3 LIVE workshops
  • Learn the latest on skin-to-skin, the infant microbiome, nutrition, the science of breast milk and much more!

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Toni Harman
Toni Harman

Written by Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. http://microbiomecourses.com

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