#asktheexperts Hello Doctor, my baby girl is going to be one year old tomorrow. what type of food should we offer her from now? Can we introduce sugar and salt?

A. Yes u can add sugar and salt. Start with a pinch of salt and gradually increase it upto the ideal amount needed. Instead of sugar u can go for natural sweeteners like palm sugar or palm candy or jaggery or brown sugar. After one year u can slowly start giving everything that u eat as a family may be in a less spicier version. Some food restrictions will be there until the baby is one year old like no cows milk or nuts or egg whites etc., but now u can give everything. Just follow the two day gap rule between introducing new foods. This will ensure ur baby doesnt become a fussy eater.