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2. You Rely On Processed Foods

The average American consumes 3,400 milligrams of sodium a day, and more than 75 percent of the sodium in our diet comes from processed foods, according to the American Heart Association. So if you aren’t sprinkling extra table salt on your food, chances are sodium is hiding in the processed foods you eat every day, including seemingly healthy food such as salad dressing andcanned soup, says Youdim.

To prevent salt overload, start making your own salad dressings and soups from scratch to control how much salt you’re eating. You can also take a look at the nutrition labels of your go-to packaged foods to pinpoint the ones with 650 mg of salt or more and eliminate them from you diet, says Youdim.