Pregnancy tips Processed and Canned Food Poses Danger To Children

Yikes! I think we all like some of the pre-packaged and canned foods out there, however, the manufacturing process adds a dangerous amount of sodium to our foods. This can hurt babies and children as this article explains:

dailymail.co.uk

From the article:

High levels of salt can damage developing kidneys, give children a taste for salty foods and establish poor eating practices that continue into adulthood and can result in health problems later in life.

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.)

Just one in four consumed the recommended amount.

Babies who consumed the most salt were more likely to drink cows' milk (which has triple the amount of salt than breast milk) and ate three times as much bread than infants with low salt-intake.