If you go out for an occasional meal, especially watch the coffee and glass of water. We live in a area with very hard water so everyone, especially all of the restaurants, use a water softener. If your coffee tastes a little off, or you water tastes just a little funny, it's probably softened water which is a nice word for salt water. And it will send your blood pressure sky rocketing. I've been cooking on a very low sodium menu for 25+ years, and it really is much easier to cook from scratch using herbs and spices. Even I do have to use a canned vegetable that I've purchased - I rinse the veggies in my colander - doesn't get rid of all of the salt, but it really helps.