Can the baby eat salt and how much is it suitable? Every new mother will encounter this problem. Today, we will discuss it together.
Too much salt for your baby will increase the burden on your child's kidney metabolism, affect the health of your kidneys, increase the burden on your heart, and cause edema and high blood pressure. Eating too much salt also makes babies prone to colds. Other studies have shown that the higher the child's blood sodium concentration, the shorter the child; the more salt intake, the worse the absorption of calcium. Therefore, novice parents do not rush to give the baby salt.
The baby's demand for salt is gradually increasing. The daily salt amount is: babies under 1 year old should not exceed 1 gram. The smaller the age, the smaller the dosage should be. After 1 year old, it can gradually increase to about 2 grams. However, "salt" here means sodium chloride.
In general, breast milk and formula milk contain sodium Na+, so baby does not need to add salt separately within 6 months. For infants who are starting to add complementary food within 1 year of age, because the salt present in natural foods already meets the baby's needs, there is no need to add additional salt to the complementary foods. The baby over 2 years of age shares the same diet with adults. It should be noted that cooking tastes should be lighter.
When parents choose foods, they must pay attention to the fact that many processed foods have high salt content, such as snacks, biscuits, soups, broth, pizza, cheese, sausages, potato chips, preserved foods, etc., and should not be given to babies. Foods suitable for babies include fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats, poultry and fish, eggs, beans, and milk.
Some moms and dads worry about less salt and have no taste, which will affect their appetite. In fact, this worry is superfluous, because the food itself has a natural taste, and we cannot treat the baby's taste with adult standards. The baby's intake of salt-free food will lay a good foundation for healthy growth in the future.
Xiaolin Qi, Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Central Hospital
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