The baby is already 7 months old, supplemental food has begun to add meat dishes, I read that the book said not to give the baby within one year of salt, but meat dishes without salt, the baby will not like to eat, so I would like to buy some baby olive oil and special salt for babies, put a little bit of with the flavor only, okay? We recommend that you do not add salt to your baby under 1 year of age, and you do not need to add salt after 1 year of age. Why? The Dietary Nutrient Reference Intake for Chinese Residents (2016 Edition) states that the daily sodium intake for adults should be no more than 2,000mg (equivalent to 5g of salt), and for infants and children between the ages of 7 and 24 months, the sodium intake should be no more than 350~700mg/d, which is equivalent to 0.9~1.8g of salt. Excessive intake of sodium may increase the burden on the kidneys. 1 g salt = 400 mg sodium, therefore, the baby before the age of 1 years of sodium intake, can be obtained from breast milk, formula and natural food, if additional salt to the baby, to the baby brought a lot of harm. Excessive salt harm! 1, easy to picky eaters, partiality Early addition of salt will make the baby’s taste perception of the food itself deviation, the future eating habits may be seasoning, additives taste dependence, easy to picky eaters, partiality. 2, affecting the milk eating too much sodium intake, the baby will feel thirsty, want to drink water, and drink too much water will lead to swelling of the body, and accounted for the stomach, so that the baby milk eating will be affected. 3, affecting zinc, calcium absorption High salt diet will also affect the absorption of zinc, calcium, easy to lead to zinc deficiency, calcium deficiency, affecting intellectual and physical development, and even cause the baby’s immunity to decline. 4, suffer from high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease There have been clear studies showing that adding salt too early in the baby’s food will make the baby’s future chances of suffering from high blood pressure greatly increased! The World Health Organization has long strongly recommended that adults and children reduce sodium intake to control blood pressure. It can be seen that too much salt, not to mention the baby can not stand, the adult body is also not good. So don’t let your baby eat salt too early! Babies before the age of three, can not add salt, do not add salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate and such condiments do not put. These questions to pay attention to! 1, do not add salt do not love to eat, this view is wrong! The above mother said, complementary food without salt, the baby will have no taste, do not love to eat, this is the adult logic and perspective. Baby taste buds are more sensitive, the original flavor of the food itself is already stimulating enough for them, there is no need to add salt to flavor. If the baby does not like to eat complementary foods, parents need to analyze whether it is a problem with the feeding method, the ingredients or the timing of the problem, rather than simply think that the complementary foods are not tasty. For example, is it because the baby is not hungry after breastfeeding? Or is the variety of ingredients too simple and boring for the baby? Or the baby is not enough exercise, too little consumption? 2, do not think that the baby “eat salt to have strength”. The main ingredient of salt is sodium chloride, which can separate sodium ions in the body. Sodium ion is an important substance to maintain the stability of the internal environment, the baby’s body also needs. However, salt is actually contained in both the mother’s breastmilk and foods such as formula, baby rice flour and baby noodles sold in the market. So it’s not that babies can’t eat salt at all, but for babies, when they eat milk and complementary foods, the salt intake is already enough, so there is no need to add extra salt. 3. Be wary of invisible salt! The effective and simple way to reduce salt intake is to control the intake of “invisible salt”. Be aware that processed foods are relatively high in sodium, for example, cured meats contain about 748 mg of sodium per 50 grams, snacks such as puffs contain about 629 mg of sodium per 50 grams, and ham and sausages contain about 551 mg of sodium per 50 grams. Sweets are also the worst offenders of hidden salt. For example, sweet and sour candied fruit is not only the baby’s favorite, adults will also resist buying some to relieve the craving, and a bag of plums, containing sodium per 50 grams of up to 4796 mg, is not recommended for babies to eat. In addition, the baby’s favorite cream, cheese sodium are not low. Mothers should beware of Oh, do not think that the taste of sweet things do not contain salt. 4, “children” food is not safe! Children’s soy sauce, baby cookies, children’s cheese, a wide range of children’s food on the market today, a careful study of the nutritional composition table, some of the sodium content and adult food! For infants and young children, the love of salty is a natural taste hobby, but also a learned hobby. That is to say, babies naturally love to eat foods with a salty flavor, but the earlier the exposure to salt, the stronger the baby’s preference for salty flavors, and as they grow up they will eat more salty foods and consume more salt. This is also the reason why many parents find that after giving their babies food with salt once in a while, they are less receptive to original complementary foods and become partial and picky eaters.