Food, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, and salt are condiments that we cannot live without. From the time when babies start to add complementary foods, some mothers begin to wonder whether they should give their babies salt. Some older generations think that children without salt will lose strength and walk unsteadily. Therefore, some parents add salt to their babies\’ complementary foods early. However, for our babies, excessive salt intake will increase the risk of kidney disease. The burden can easily cause zinc, potassium, and calcium deficiencies, which can bring hidden dangers to the baby\’s health. The dangers of babies eating too much salt▲Salt can kill the normal parasitic flora in the upper respiratory tract. Too much salt can cause bacterial flora imbalance and lead to disease. ▲▲ The baby’s body functions are not fully developed, and a salty diet will increase the burden on the baby’s heart and kidneys. Affects the absorption of zinc in children. ▲▲▲Having developed a heavy-salt eating habit since childhood, it will lead to a \”heavy mouth\” when you grow up, and a heavy-salt diet can easily cause high blood pressure and other diseases. For the health of your baby, mothers must keep these 4 common sense tips on “eating salt” in mind! Don’t use vegetable soup to make rice for your baby! Many elderly people like to use vegetable soup to make rice for their babies. They think that the vegetable soup contains oil and salt, which can make the baby\’s food more \”tasty\”. As everyone knows, vegetable soup contains the most salt, not to mention the salt contained in soy sauce and other condiments. Usually when we eat dishes that are just salty, the vegetable soup may be too salty. Therefore, frequently feeding your baby rice with vegetable soup can easily lead to excessive salt intake, which is not conducive to the development of your baby\’s taste, causing a \”heavy mouth\”! No need to add salt to baby food before 1 year old! The natural salt ingested by babies from breast milk, formula milk powder and cow\’s milk is enough to fully meet the needs of the baby\’s body functions. If more salt is added to complementary food, the salt intake will be increased. Mothers, please don’t add salt to the food supplements you make for your babies. Breastfeeding mothers should eat less salt! Breastfeeding mothers should also pay attention to their salt intake in their diet, and do not exceed 6 grams per day. Salt will enter the baby\’s body through breast milk, causing adverse effects on the baby\’s body. Mommies who usually have \”heavy taste\” should pay more attention and remember to eat light and less salt. Be wary of \”invisible salt\” in food! Don’t think that the salt added when cooking is “salt”. Many foods in life contain a certain amount of salt, such as biscuits, seaweed, dried fruits, ham, etc. Salt is also present in the vegetables and meats we often eat. The main component – sodium. Therefore, when mothers buy food for their babies, they should pay attention to the nutritional label on the packaging to avoid their babies taking in too much salt.
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