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A lot of sodium (and also sugar and corn syrup) in prepared foods.
For example look at the labels on salad dressing and even a basic like tomato sauce.
Dressings are pretty easy to make, so I don't even bother buying them. Oil, vinegar, mustard, light soy sauce, garlic etc.
Tomato sauce is a lot of work to make from scratch, so I look for those with just tomatoes, and a maybe some spices. Cento and Hunt's plain is my typical go - to. It does have salt, so I don't add any. I just add basil, oregano, garlic and sometimes dill or other items.

Just a couple of examples of how extra sodium can get into our diets. Once you spot it, its not hard to eliminate a lot of those sneaky ones.