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Salt

Salt is a white, crystalline substance commonly used to season and preserve food. Salt provides the body with minerals that are essential for proper growth and development. However, too much salt is harmful because it increases the risk of high blood pressure and dehydration. A child normally will need only small quantities of salt. It is usually present in breast milk in sufficient amounts to provide the necessary nutritional value. Since excessive salt intake is not healthy, its consumption should be minimized. Some risks associated with high salt intake are hypertension, cardiovascular disorders, kidney stones, kidney infections, and stroke. Health risks could be decreased considerably with reduced salt intake.

July 14, 2018April 13, 2020

Research Findings

Why Children Like Salty Foods

Salt intake has been widely studied in animals. It is not known if similar mechanisms could occur in humans, but in animals, long-term increases in salt preference are caused by sodium depletion, pregnancy, and lactation. Increased salt preference in animals also occurs after perinatal loss of minerals and fluids. Animal

Why Children Like Salty Foods Salt Preference in Adolescence Is Predicted by Common Prenatal and Infantile Mineralofluid Loss

July 14, 2018April 13, 2020

Research Findings

Salt intake has been widely studied in animals. It is not known if similar mechanisms could occur in humans, but in animals, long-term increases in salt preference are caused by sodium depletion,