From the time babies start adding complementary foods, some parents begin to struggle with whether they should give their babies salt or not. Many families add salt to their children’s complementary foods early, especially the older generation believes that children do not eat salt will not be strong, walking unstable, however …… eating salt will give the baby more harm! 1, more high-salt food, due to the osmosis of salt, can kill the normal parasitic flora of the upper respiratory tract, resulting in dysbiosis, leading to morbidity. 2, high salt diet can affect the absorption of zinc in children’s bodies, which can lead to zinc deficiency. 3. A diet high in salt will increase the burden on the baby’s heart and kidneys. Babies are not fully developed and cannot penetrate too much salt. 4, if you develop heavy salt eating habits from childhood, it is not easy to correct when you grow up, and heavy salt eating habits can easily cause high blood pressure and other diseases. Baby eating salt amount big reveal: under 1 year old do not add extra salt According to the “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2007)” and foreign guidelines, infants within 1 year old are not recommended to eat food containing salt, but to eat plain food. Some people may have questions: How can children not eat salt? Don’t we adults have to eat salt every day? According to the latest Chinese Dietary Nutrient Reference Intake, for infants 6-12 months, they need 350 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day. Milk and other complementary foods contain the sodium needed by the body, and in general, babies who eat normally are able to consume enough sodium to meet their physiological needs. Some mothers think: babies do not like to eat complementary foods because they do not taste good! In fact: First, the baby’s palate is broader than adults, you can not use the taste of adults to measure the child’s palate, the adult taste habits imposed on the baby; second, the baby’s taste habits are developing, more sensitive to the stimulation of condiments, plus condiments are also prone to cause baby interference or reject the original taste of food without flavor. 1 to 3 years old intake of a little salt 3 years old and then do not give children salt, many people can not sit still, especially like the northern salty shi people do not pay Starman, really can not stand! Most families eat with adults after baby teething, only will take care of the baby in the type and size of food, the other simply and adults eat no difference. However, it is recommended that it is best to let your baby develop a good habit of eating lightly and eating less salt or not eating salt is best to mess with. Young children aged 1-3 years need 700mg of sodium (equivalent to 1.8g of salt) per day, 350mg more than 6-12 month old babies. However, it is usually perfectly possible to also get enough sodium from foods such as milk, staples, meat, green leafy vegetables, and fruits. So please do not add sodium to your baby’s feeding until age 3, as this will allow your baby to better appreciate the native taste of food and also reduce the incidence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease later in life. Don’t think that babies over the age of 3 are big kids and need to eat salt to grow some strength like adults, you let him grow so much strength to work or what? The amount of salt for children over 6 years old is best controlled at 3-5 grams of salt. For the sake of your child’s future health, Kyungmom recommends that your child consume as little salt as possible. In fact, the amount of salt we think is very little may be far more than the actual amount. How much is 1g of salt? As the people of Greater China, we cook at home based on our senses, not like the crooked people who have to put a gram or an ounce of seasoning in their dishes. But have you ever thought about it? People’s senses are usually wrong, you give your baby a supplement, put what you think is almost a gram of salt, in fact, greatly exceed the actual amount! To be more intuitive, let’s see how much a gram of salt really is. In short, the natural salt your little one gets from breast milk and milk is more than enough! It’s a great way to meet the needs of your little one’s body ~ moms should never add salt to the supplemental food you make for your baby ~ summer is here, children sweat more in the summer, older children can drink some light sugar brine. If there is diarrhea, vomiting, the baby’s salt intake can be slightly increased than usual, it is best to supplement from the diet.