Supporters of breast feeding will be only too aware of the benefits of breast milk for nurturing and nourishing their babies. Scientists have gone one step further……. finding the anti-bacterial properties contained within breast milk kills human cancer cells.

Breastmilk contains a substance HAMLET that has been shown to kill cancer cells.

HAMLET only affects diseased cells and has no detrimental effect on healthy body cells

Research shows the effect is seen in a couple of days


For anyone interested in the progress of the studies here is a couple of links for you to follow –

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12665051

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15026350