Too much of anything is totally dangerous. Just like the addition of salt to a baby’s food, it puts the baby’s safety into danger. Health professionals’ advice is against the addition salt to your baby’s food.

There is much more to discover from the reasons why it is not advised. You may already be including too much salt in your baby’s diet. This is the time for you to stop doing it or not to do it.

Basically, the human body needs some salt in order to function correctly. Salt is not produced in the body. Therefore, salt is added to our daily diet in order to supplement our body’s needs. But there is an exemption to that. With the baby’s age and body system, it is not recommended.

A baby’s salt requirement is only minimal with approximately less than 1g per day up to the age of 12 months. While the baby is still young, it is actually met by his breastmilk or formula.

Considering the age of the babies, their kidneys are still immature and underdeveloped to process more salt than the minimal requirement needed. Adding too much salt from sources other than natural foods like veggies and fruits, breast milk and/or formula may damage baby’s kidneys and possibly even cause brain damage. There have even been extreme situations in which babies have died as a result of consuming too much salt. Researches even showed that consuming too much salt from an early age can lead to high blood pressure in later life (particularly in families with a history of hypertension).

Your baby’s system is still fragile. Not only until their kidneys are matured enough to process the recommended amount of salt that you can include it in the diet.