Salt - would you like any dinner with that?!

Hello,

My son is 9 and diagnosed with ADHD and Autism.  The range of foods he'll eat is fine but he has to have a huge amount of salt on everything he eats.  I'm guessing it's a sensory thing for the intensity of flavour but I'm worried that the amount he's having will have an impact on his health.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so did you find a way to compensate?

Thanks in advance...

Jen

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  • Interesting. I've been a salt fanatic all my life. People comment on how much I use, but I too have never associated it with my condition, but then I didn't know I had one until recently!

    When I was small, I used to take a sherry glass, put a pile of salt in, fill it with vinegar and drink the mixture, slowly, and with great relish. To this day I can leave sweet things alone in preference for savoury, and I prefer my fish and chips floating in salt and vinegar.

    Anyone else have the same 'thing'?

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  • Interesting. I've been a salt fanatic all my life. People comment on how much I use, but I too have never associated it with my condition, but then I didn't know I had one until recently!

    When I was small, I used to take a sherry glass, put a pile of salt in, fill it with vinegar and drink the mixture, slowly, and with great relish. To this day I can leave sweet things alone in preference for savoury, and I prefer my fish and chips floating in salt and vinegar.

    Anyone else have the same 'thing'?

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