Folk remedies often offered during breastfeeding, survey finds

Monday, January 7, 2013 - 09:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Breastfeeding advice has been passed down for generations and many new mothers are faced with a lot of information and folk remedies to sort through. Researchers set out to determine the most common advice about breastfeeding and what they found took many by surprise. It's also surprising that breastfeeding specialists in 29 different states relied on the same advice without any formal medical recommendations.

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