What will happen if sugar and salt are being added to baby's first meals?

Question

It has been generally forbidden to add salt and sugar to baby's very first solid foods. But I don't know exactly what type of harm they do to the babies. Can I get answers from the professionals please? From which agegroup I can start adding those?

Answer 1

There is no need to add salt or sugar their food. They only know the food the way it is and it if you start indroducing these into their diet it could damage thier future eating habits as well. My son is three and eats all of his fruits and veggies WITHOUT salt or sugar.
Too much sodium and sugar are what is creating a generation of obese, unhealthy children.

Answer 2

Babies never need sugar and salt added to their food. It is not only unnecessary, but unhealthy. Very young babies do not have very strong digestive systems and sugar and salt my upset their tummies. Infants and children do not need salt and sugar added to their food, so it is not recommended. Perhaps start adding them when the child is old enough to ask for them.

Answer 3

My question to you is: Why would you want to add salt or sugar to your child's food?

The extra sodium that salt adds to foods are not healthy, and children don't need un-natural sugars in their foods for a range of reasons.

Just as added salt and sugar is not good for adults are the same reasons they are not good for children.

Answer 4

I also would like to know why you would want to add sugar or salt to your child's food? When I first started my daughter on solid foods I would always taste them before I gave them to her. Sure, they were bland and some were just nasty, but she ate them anyway because she knew no difference. It's just not necessary to add sugar or salt to baby food. It's better for them that way and they don't know the difference.

Answer 5

A majority of pediatricians will recommend waiting until an infant
is 8 months or older to introduce spices. This recommendation often has more to do with staving off digestive upsets than it does with possible allergic reactions. Like any other new food, please follow the “4 day wait rule” when introducing spices! As always, please discuss the introduction and use of herbs and spices with your baby’s pediatrician! When your child is ready start off with these less artifical forms of sweetners and spices:

vanilla
pepper
garlic powder
basil
rosemary
dill
oregano
lemon zest
ginger
cinnamon
mint
nutmeg
anise

Best of Luck! :)