This is How Breastfeeding linked to Being Righty or Lefty
Are you a leftie or a righty? The duration for which a child is
breastfed may determine handedness or the dominant hand, says a
research.
The study, suggests that the prevalence of left-handedness is lower among breastfed infants.
Children breastfed for longer than nine months were associated with the prevalence for right-handedness.
On the other hand, bottle fed infants were associated with left-handedness.
The reason could be because the region of the brain that controls handedness localises to one side of the brain.
Possibly, breastfeeding optimises this process towards becoming right or left-handed, the researchers explained.
"We think breastfeeding optimises the process the brain undergoes when solidifying handedness," said a professor.
"That's important because it provides an independent line of evidence that breastfeeding may need to last six to nine months," he added.
For the study, the researchers included 62,129 mother-child pairs.
The findings, showed that breastfeeding for less than one month, one to six months, and more than six months, when compared to bottle feeding, was associated with a nine per cent, 15 per cent and 22 per cent decreased prevalence of non right-handedness, respectively.
However, the study does not imply that breastfeeding leads to right-handedness, he emphasised.
Handedness, whether it be right- or left-handed, is set early in fetal life and is at least partially determined by genetics, he noted.
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The study, suggests that the prevalence of left-handedness is lower among breastfed infants.
Children breastfed for longer than nine months were associated with the prevalence for right-handedness.
On the other hand, bottle fed infants were associated with left-handedness.
The reason could be because the region of the brain that controls handedness localises to one side of the brain.
Possibly, breastfeeding optimises this process towards becoming right or left-handed, the researchers explained.
"We think breastfeeding optimises the process the brain undergoes when solidifying handedness," said a professor.
"That's important because it provides an independent line of evidence that breastfeeding may need to last six to nine months," he added.
For the study, the researchers included 62,129 mother-child pairs.
The findings, showed that breastfeeding for less than one month, one to six months, and more than six months, when compared to bottle feeding, was associated with a nine per cent, 15 per cent and 22 per cent decreased prevalence of non right-handedness, respectively.
However, the study does not imply that breastfeeding leads to right-handedness, he emphasised.
Handedness, whether it be right- or left-handed, is set early in fetal life and is at least partially determined by genetics, he noted.
THIS IS ONLY FOR INFORMATION, ALWAYS CONSULT YOU PHYSICIAN BEFORE HAVING ANY PARTICULAR FOOD/ MEDICATION/EXERCISE/OTHER REMEDIES.
PS- THOSE INTERESTED IN RECIPES ARE FREE TO VIEW MY BLOG- https://gseasyrecipes.blogspot.com/ FOR INFO ABOUT KNEE REPLACEMENT, YOU CAN VIEW MY BLOG-
https:// kneereplacement-stickclub.blogspot.com/
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