Many restaurants use packets of lemon juice with a preservative containing sodium. Avoid gravies, sauces, catsup, and mustard. These are high in sodium. Choose fresh vegetables rather than cooked ones. Canned vegetables contain salt.
Restaurants use salt and often monosodium glutamate to season cooked vegetables.
Remove skin from chicken or turkey and order inside portions of roasts if possible. Ask that steak or chops be prepared without salt. If you travel a long distance by plane or train, ask if special meals can be provided. Through the Food Guide Pyramid Breads, Cereals, Rice and Pasta Group Read the Nutrition Facts Panel to compare the sodium content of cereals. Snack foods are typically high in sodium.