Salt intake too high in babies
We're all being told that we eat too much salt, and now it's been discovered that babies are getting more than their recommended daily allowance.
They are getting more than needed through processed foods like gravy, baked beans and tinned spaghetti.
Many are also given cows' milk as their main drink, which has higher levels of salt than breast or formula milk.
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High levels of salt can damage developing kidneys and give them a taste for what they will expect later in life.
Salt bloats the stomach and leaves you feeling sluggish, not great for a baby who likes to move around all day.
Researchers at the University of Bristol, who studied almost 1,200 eight-month-olds, found half consumed more than twice the maximum recommended amount of 400mg of sodium (or 1g of salt).
A shocking one in four consumed the recommended amount.
Current salt intakes in both children and adults are far higher than NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) guidelines.
Femalefirst Taryn Davies