First off, why breastfeed? There's an easy answer: "Babies who are fed only breast milk for their first six months of life are the healthiest," Rosenbaum said. In fact, newborns are primed by nature and their own immune systems to receive breast milk, she noted. "It's what a baby'...
On the other hand, the fact that there are 14 or 15 years between breastfeeding and the analysis of mtDNA content, gives an indication of the long-term effect of breastfeeding. Since the turnover rate of mtDNA is estimated to range from ~2 to 350 days78, these data suggest a possible...
It may look like autumn all year atPumpkin Spring Poolin Littlefield, Arizona—but you definitely don't want to take a sip out of this orange-colored gourd. In fact, you won't even want to touch the hot springs-fed mineral water that's overflowing out of this natural limestone formation ...
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Nevertheless, the current study had some limitations. Firstly, we only examined the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption, without specifying the size of consumed portions. We are aware of the fact that the frequency of food consumption does not reflect the actual intake of food consumed in...