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#253: How much salt or sodium is safe for babies to eat? In the United States we do not have clear-cut, evidence-based guidance for upper limits of sodium for infants…but other countries do have some standards for salt. In this episode we’re looking at what other countries’ nutrition and health bodies recommend as far as the amount of salt that babies can or should be eating.

If you’re interested in sodium and feeding babies, another episode I did on this topic that you might want to listen to is: Episode 33 “Salt: 3 Easy Ways To Minimize Sodium For Your Baby”.

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In this episode we’re talking about:

• Why sodium guidelines are particularly challenging to nail down for babies…but why it’s also kind of lame that in the US this is ignored for 6-12 month old babies

• How to guesstimate how much sodium babies should be eating from outside sources when they start solid foods at 6-12 months

• What other countries around the world are doing with regards to sodium limits, we’re looking at The United States and Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore

OTHER EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Episode 33 “Salt: 3 Easy Ways To Minimize Sodium For Your Baby”

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In this episode, I went through the recommendations for sodium from other countries and their data gathering processes. Here is a quick summary of the sodium guidelines from around the world for babies and infants:

• The United States and Canada

  • US FDA guidance re benefits of reduction in sodium intake

  • Dietary Guidelines recommending lower amounts of sodium than FDA

  • US DGAs appendix re Adequate Intake (AI) for sodium in infants 370 mg

• United Kingdom

  • UK NHS guidance re sodium in pediatric population

• European Union

  • EU guidance re AI for sodium in babies 7-12m is 200 mg

• Australia

  • AI in Australia for 7-12m is 120 mg mg

• New Zealand

  • Guidance for NZ babies and toddlers 0-24 m

  • NZ recommendations < 120 mg per 100 g food

• Singapore

Singapore < 1 g salt (=400 mg sodium) before 12m

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