hi I checked online that baby should not eat salt and sugar until they are 1 year old..but my baby diest like food without salt. can I give her Rock salt ( sendha namak)? My baby is 7 month old.

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Chitradevi PMom of 2 children4 years ago

A. Hi Mom, Yes you can add a little quantity of salt to enhance the test. Not a problem. The maximum recommended amount of salt for babies and children is upto 12 month less than 1g of salt a day (less than 0.4 g sodium).

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