Credit: Andrea Azcarate, PhD, UNC School of Medicine
Analysis of gut bacteria showed that the amount of Lactobacillus – a so-called “good bacteria” pictured here – was significantly higher in exclusively breastfed babies after they began eating solid foods. Babies that didn’t exclusively breastfeed before being introduced to solid food showed significantly higher levels of Clostridiales, Blautia, Faecalibacterium, Anaerotruncus, and Eubacterium.