We’ve long known that breastmilk has amazing nutrients for baby, but a science experiment has now proven just how potent breastmilk is.

Vicky Greene, a first year biosciences student at South Devon College in Paignton, England, shared a photo of an experiment she conducted with breastmilk.

The student added breast milk samples from a mother to a 15-month old and another with a 3-year-old child. Greene added the breastmilk to 9 Petri dishes containing bacteria M.Luteus.

The results of the study were astonishing. The breastmilk fought off the bacteria, killing it where the breastmilk interacted with the bacteria.
Greene shared her results in a Facebook post that has gone viral.

In the post she explained, “The white spots in the middle are discs soaked in two samples of breast milk. See the clear bit around the discs — that’s where the proteins in the milk have killed off the bacteria!”

The post has been liked over 25k times and shared over 27k times. The photo shows how wonderful breastmilk is and its potency to protect a baby from harmful bacteria.

Previous studies on breastmilk have found that when a baby catches a virus, the mother produces antibodies that are passed onto the baby through the breastmilk. Babies who are sick and are breastfed are usually able to recover from their illness quicker than a baby who isn’t breastfed.

Greene hopes to conduct another similar experiment, but using colostrum (the yellow immune building milk that comes before the breastmilk comes in)

The Biosciences student has already carried out the same experiment using breastmilk with e.Coli and MRSA bacteria, and they all had similar results.

While the results of the experiment encourage the importance of breastfeeding, it’s not meant to guilt mums who are unable to breastfeed.

It’s simply amazing to see how breastmilk can nourish and protect a baby.