Q: My baby should add supplementary food immediately within four months. My question is: Can the baby's food supplement be salted? How much is better?
A: Salt should be added to children's food supplements. This is certain. Otherwise pale, no taste, children do not like to eat. However, it should be noted that salt can not be added too much, or it will be detrimental to the child's growth.
Salt is composed of elements such as sodium, potassium, and chlorine. If there are too many salts in food supplements, sodium, chlorine, etc. must neutralize more water in the child's body. Because the baby's kidney development is not complete, it is difficult to smoothly discharge it. This increases the burden on the heart. Over time, it will cause problems for the child's circulation. In addition, it is difficult to correct the bad habits that grew up in infancy as a result of getting used to more salty foods. Excessive salt can cause high blood pressure, heart disease and other diseases, which are widely known.
So, how much salt should babies enter in one day? In fact, the infant's demand for salt is very small. Adults only need 6 grams of salt a day. Babies should be much lower than this number. There is a bit of salty taste in food supplements. Later, as the child's age and age increase, salt in foods may increase moderately, but light food should still be adhered to.