Since Tom's heart surgery (valve job, tune-up, some electrical work, now he'll never play football again), he's been on a low sodium diet -- less than 2000 mgs a day. (Or maybe 1600 mgs; it might have changed.) Not that he had a heavy hand with the salt shaker before the surgery. We read labels very, very closely. Most prepared foods are totally out of the question. Fortunately, Tom likes to cook. I probably don't eat much more sodium than Tom -- I don't miss it. Salt is usually used to cover up bad flavor or unfresh ingredients -- and there's waaaaaay too much of it in most people's diets.