Any food with more than 480 mg of sodium per serving is considered a high-sodium food and should be avoided. If you eat three meals a day, your total sodium intake at each meal should be less than 800 mg. Add the sodium from snacks, and it's easy to understand why most people get two to three times the recommended amount. Morton was right: When it rains, it pours.

5 shocking sodium-filled foods

You know that potato chips are high in salt, but did you ever think about the salt content in these foods?

• Some biscuits have nearly 600 mg of sodium. Compare that to a slice of whole-wheat bread at 130 mg. If you eat two biscuits at a meal (and who doesn't?), you've just consumed about half of your total daily sodium allotment.
  
• Compare your cheese choices. One ounce of Kraft Singles pasteurized American cheese has 270 mg of sodium. But one ounce of Kraft Deli Deluxe Swiss cheese has less than one-fifth of that, at only 50 mg.
  
• Who knew breakfast cereal could be high in sodium? One cup of Kellogg's Raisin Bran has 350 mg. Believe it or not, one packet of Quaker Oatmeal Nutrition for Women packs in 330 mg. Be sure to read the labels of your favorite breakfast cereals to check for sodium content. (Hint: One serving of Quaker Steel Cut Oats has no sodium.)
  
• Only 1.5 ounces of Newman's Own Ranch salad dressing has 530 mg of sodium (some Newman's dressings have more than 700 mg!). Add that to your McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad with Grilled Chicken (1,010 milligrams), and you've just blown most of your daily sodium allowance. Even a large order of McDonald's fries has only 350 mg of sodium (without adding extra salt, of course).
  
• Half a cup of some spaghetti sauces has 770 milligrams of sodium. Most people use at least one cup on their pasta, which adds up to 67 percent of the recommended daily maximum. And that's without any cheese!