Hello,
I am interested in your opinion on introducing spices and herbs to the youngest ones. What should be avoided and why, and what can I safely give them?
Thank you very much for your response and valuable advice throughout the course.

When using spices and herbs, it is essential to proceed with care. With toddlers, it is imperative to avoid excessive salt intake, as well as pungent types of spices, aromatic herbs, and plants that influence the nervous system and hormonal function (stimulants, adaptogens...). As age increases, these rules are gradually relaxed. However, it is important to respect the different approaches to dosing because a general statement that a particular herb is not suitable does not mean that it cannot be used, for example, in small amounts. The content of active compounds, which leads to these restrictions, plays a role in this regard. This issue is relatively transparently addressed in the area of dietary supplements, where the specific content of plants and often the presence of active ingredients are recorded, but in regular diets, the boundaries of recommendations become blurred. If I were to give a meaningful piece of advice, in children's nutrition, monitor primarily what is genuinely problematic, i.e., undoubtedly the salt content first, and then pungent types of spices (pepper, paprika, curry...).

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