salt

[melhoney]

am not sure where to post this...so have copied and pasted in food and nutrition as well.

As it's soooooooo hot, I give Maheen water , which she drinks very happily but my question is about salt...salt is also important for the body and we advise adults to put salt in water when it's hot...what about our little ones? I think I read somewhere that salt is not good for baies but am not sure when we have to face this heat! it;s 30 degrees in her room!!!!!

does anybody know anything about that?
Thanks
Mel xx

 

[Hypnorm]

God no don't give salt water,
It would be very dangerous for a small baby!

Humans can't drink salt water because the kidneys can only make urine that is less salty than salt water. Therefore, to get rid of all the excess salt taken in by drinking salt water, you have to urinate more water than you drank, so you die of dehydration.

Drinking the salt water would basically mean that only salt water is entering your system, and salt is a good dehydrating agent.

Why? Well, in your body, the osmotic action would see water move across semi-permeable cell membranes from the inside of cells to the outside, to try and balance the osmotic pressure and ensure that the concentrations of water inside and outside the cell are equal.

This would dehydrate your body, and eventually you would die.

Have [posted the same reply on the other thread, i found the info on internet.

Baby will get salt through his/her food but salt should not be added