Unfortunately, it's not enough. For most people, the salt added to food in cooking or at the table is not the problem. Only 15 percent of dietary sodium comes from your salt shaker. They're usually high in salt. In recent years, it's gotten a lot easier to find the hidden sodium in foods.
Nutritional labels require food makers to list sodium content.
Check your food labels and try to limit your sodium intake. If you have CHF, naturopath Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., former president of Bastyr University, the naturopathic medical school near Seattle, recommends limiting daily sodium intake to no more than 1,800 mg. If you are used to salting everything, stopping cold turkey makes your food seem unacceptably bland. Or switch to a nonsodium salt substitute, for example NoSalt. Salt substitutes usually contain potassium chloride.