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Summary: This interesting new epidemiological study from a research group in Berlin, Germany has found an association between breastfeeding in infancy on the risk of developing MS. The data suggests that breastfeeding is protective against developing MS but that the protective effect only emerges after four months of breastfeeding. These findings are similar to studies of other autoimmune diseases and gives further insight into possible benefits of breastfeeding infants.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1936

My mom breastfed all four of her children for a good 10 to 12 months - buying formula was too expensive. Even though the odds of getting ms were reduced for me I still "won" this lottery. Lucky me...

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My husband was breastfed exclusively for at least 12 months and he still developed this disease.
I wish they would do some useful research like what causes MS and how to help get people better instead of telling us that breastfeeding our children is good for them. No one can say they don't know breastfeeding is good for babies. We can all say we don't have a clue how MS is caused.

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My husband was breastfed exclusively for at least 12 months and he still developed this disease.
I wish they would do some useful research like what causes MS and how to help get people better instead of telling us that breastfeeding our children is good for them. No one can say they don't know breastfeeding is good for babies. We can all say we don't have a clue how MS is caused.

I completely agree.

ssmme wrote:My mom breastfed all four of her children for a good 10 to 12 months - buying formula was too expensive. Even though the odds of getting ms were reduced for me I still "won" this lottery. Lucky me...

Me too.

I'll vote for bottle fed (probably from a polycarbonate bottle made from bisphenol-A).

This article seems to focus on the infant who was breast-fed and later risk of developing MS; but I look at it in another way: I think women who breast-feed their babies would have the same rate of remission as women in their third trimester of pregnancy seem to have. Again… the insulin angle.