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Salt before 2 year
Hello doctor...my baby is 6.5 month old. My baby's doctor has told me that we can feed the baby by adding salt to the dal water. is it ok?
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salt is not required till 1 year of age .
Little bit (<1g/ day ) can be added but advisable not to add
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best to avoid till 1 year of age
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babies kidney are not matured enough to tolerate additional salt
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
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Rajkot
You can give
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Dr. Amit P Ghawade
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13 yrs exp
Pune
Kindly avoid till 1 year age .
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