Giving salt to babies caused the death of 17-month-old babies and young mothers faced a 20-year sentence

Recently in the US state of Carolina, a young mother named 23-year-old Kimberly Martines was arrested by police and charged with the death of her 17-month-old daughter, Peyton Martines. According to the initial investigation, the baby Peyton had acute salt poisoning, so after eating one spoon of salt died.

Martines mother recounted that after feeding her daughter salt for a while, she went to bed and suddenly heard her screams in the middle of the night: 'At that time Peyton had a hot expression and had a very strong convulsions'. The mother rushed her child to the hospital but the doctors could not cure it. In the course of investigating the incident, the investigators learned that this young mother was living separately, because she wanted to attract the attention of her husband, she gave her children such salt. As a result, the young Martines mother is charged with murder and the young mother faces a 20-year sentence.

Experts warn children how much salt is enough

Children under 1 year of age

According to nutrition experts, parents should not recommend sugar, salt, fish sauce, soy sauce, seasoning powder for children under 1 year old. Because the baby's liver and liver are very immature, if you eat salty food, it will affect the health of the baby. In addition, children under 1 year of age do not have taste, so the baby eat salty or light food they do not feel much. Therefore, parents do not need to be too worried when their children eat bland food.

For children from 1 to 3 years old

- Salt, sugar, seasoning powder: 1/2 spoon / day is enough. The mother should not feed your baby much health effects.

- Fish sauce, soy sauce: 1 spoon / day is enough.