The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Dietary Guidelines for China Residents suggest that the daily salt intake of adults should be less than 6 grams, which is equivalent to the salt content of a beer bottle cap. What is the baby's daily intake? Ma combined with the 20 16 version of "Dietary Guide for China Residents" to give you a calculation.
How much salt do babies of different ages consume every day?
According to the 20 16 version of Dietary Guidelines for China Residents, the recommended daily sodium intake of infants of different ages is as follows.
0-6 months: 170 mg
7- 12 months: 350 mg
1-3 years old: 700 mg
4-6 years old: 900 mg
According to the formula of "1 g sodium = 2.5g salt", it is 0.4g, 0.9g,1.8g and 2.3g from top to bottom. Dear children, please sit down and calculate your baby's daily salt intake according to his age.
No need to add salt before 1 year old.
Edible salt, namely sodium chloride, can supplement the sodium needed by human body. The main function of sodium is to adjust the osmotic pressure balance of human body and ensure the normal function and operation of human body.
Babies of different ages need sodium, but supplementing sodium does not mean eating salt. Sodium exists widely in many natural foods.
Babies aged 0-6 months are mainly breast milk or formula powder. Breast milk can fully meet the baby's demand for sodium, and the sodium content in formula milk powder is higher, so the baby at this stage only needs to eat and drink enough.
Babies who can add complementary food for 7- 12 months still don't need to eat salt. Baby rice noodles, baby noodles, chicken, fish, eggs, fruits and vegetables are all rich in sodium, so there is no need to supplement them. If you add too much, it will increase the burden on the kidneys. After all, the baby's kidney development is still not perfect.
Sodium is different from other nutrients. Under normal circumstances, the human body rarely lacks sodium. It only happens under special circumstances, such as high temperature, eating less, sweating too much or diarrhea. Sodium deficiency is even rarer for babies, so dear children don't have to worry too much. If the body really lacks sodium, it should also pay attention to getting sodium from food, not from salt.
1-3 years old can add a little salt, provided the intake of "invisible salt" is controlled.
As mentioned above, a baby aged 1-3 can consume 700 mg of sodium every day, which is equivalent to 1.8 g of salt. However, Mami believes that sodium can be completely obtained from food, such as milk, staple food, meat, green leafy vegetables, fruits and so on. Therefore, Mimi always goes out of her way to tell her mothers: They all say that salt should not be added within 1 year-old, but it is best not to add salt within 3 years old.
Another reason is that besides the normal diet, the baby's snacks also contain a lot of salt. If a person accidentally eats a piece of bread or a few mouthfuls of ketchup, the sodium intake will exceed the standard this day!
My mother searched casually, and the result really shocked me. It turns out that what we give our baby to eat every day actually contains so much salt.
As mentioned earlier, sodium exists widely in a large number of foods, such as fish, meat, seaweed, spinach, bananas, mangoes, oranges and sodium. In addition, biscuits and whole wheat bread, snacks used for meals, are not low in sodium content; Not to mention snacks such as seaweed and jelly.
In addition to ingredients, common seasonings at home, such as soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, lobster sauce, oyster sauce, chicken essence, tomato sauce, salad dressing and peanut butter, are all places where invisible salt lives.
The most unexpected thing is that sweets are the hardest hit area of invisible salt. Don't think that something sweet contains no salt. For example, when Mama Mi bought a packet of dried plums, the sodium content per100g was actually13000mg, which scared the urine on the spot! Eating100g of plums is equivalent to eating13g of salt! I dare not eat snacks for so many years, but salt! OMG！
Give the baby "salt control", you should do this.
/kloc-babies under 0/year old must not eat salt;
/kloc-For babies over 0/year-old, try to prepare meals for TA alone, mainly with light and little salt, so that the baby can get used to and adapt to a light diet. I really can't help it. When eating with adults, mother must add less salt when cooking-this is not only to adapt to the baby, but also to benefit the whole family.
Choose healthy snacks when adding meals, such as fruit, yogurt, cheese, etc.
Learn to read the labels on food packaging and pay attention to the column of sodium content. 1 g sodium = 2.5 g salt, you can calculate it yourself.
Try to change the taste when cooking, put less soy sauce and salt, and resolutely put no monosodium glutamate and chicken essence. In fact, many dishes can be seasoned with vinegar and lemon juice.