Originally Posted by Onei 
The evidence is strong so lets just say I am right for now, unless you can show something to the contrary. Yes?
No. Emphatically no. The "evidence" you present does not support your contention.
With the exception of the one limited to infants (included because you're not reading through?), they ALL suggest 2g (>3/4tsp table salt) of salt a day is fine for a toddler.
By itself, that suggests "a bit of extra salt" is not a problem.
But more importantly, that 2 grams is a "maximum daily allowance," not a one-time absolute maximum. NOT ONE of your sources suggest a child who happens to have twice that amount on occasion will suffer any ill effects at all.
Also, the 2gm allowance needs to be understood within the context of the rather limited total quantity of food most toddlers eat. It's also worth pointing out that despite the way the charts in your links are organized there's a world of difference between a 1 year old and a 3 year old, and between individual toddlers as well.
By the way, the NHS pdf file puts the salt limits in better context than the other links -- although still written down to the lowest common denominator and less than fully informative. The NHS preaches that your child diet's should eschew very salty foods. But they also say that toddlers "should start to eat the same foods as the rest of the family."
Furthermore, and perhaps more important their argument against salt is that "too much salt" is a learned behavior and tends to lead towards hyper-tension and susceptibility to strokes down the road. While they don't want you to teach your very young child to look forward to salty snacks, as I wrote earlier the NHS document neither says nor implies that a "bit of extra salt" is harmful.
QED.
I respect your right to control your own child's diet. If you want to keep as much salt as possible out of it -- fine. However, your statements are contraverted by the very evidence you brought forth.
BDL
Edited by boar_d_laze - 7/2/10 at 8:47am
and never drank till well into adulthood and even then, half a glass of wine is my max. So i get drunk with practically nothing. We went to a park after supper and i was climbing on some of the things there with the kids and started laughing hilariously when i couldn't climb back down, and couldn;t stop laughing. My son, in italian, at the top of his lungs, kept yelling "Mummy! why do you have to drink all that beer and get drunk every night ! " I was thinking, good thing he's yelling in italian or they'd be calling social services on ME - practically a tee totaler. 
