Neat News 1842 (added 2021-01-15)

Babies have better immune systems when breastfed

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As a new study finds, babies that are breastfed have a better immune system than formula fed ones, since they have almost twice as many so-called regulatory T cells. Furthermore they have more benign gut bacteria.

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News seen at: ScienceDaily - Living Well