Scientists have shown that breastfeeding lowers the risk of heart disease in adulthood and, in a separate study, have shown that it could also help raise IQ. Nisha Parikh of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston, found that people who had been breastfed showed lower than average body mass index and higher than average levels of the so-called "good" HDL cholesterol in adulthood. Both of these factors protect against cardiovascular disease.
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Gene 'links breastfeeding to IQ' - BBC Health News 6th November 2007
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