"sodium from the beef jerky,"

I'm sure everyone is real careful, but now that I am on a low salt diet (virtually impossible), I am way sensitive to the amount of salt in stuff which ranges from lots to insane, for the most part. There are several levels of discussed intake. One is whatever the government of the day suggests, normally something around 3000 miligrams, but some places higher. Then there is what the average person gets, normally higher, then there is low salt which varies a lot, say around 1000 (three slices of normal bread), then there is what the body actually needs, which is about 250. So in a world were most of the name burgers or a cup of canned soup are 1000-1500, where a quarter sized piece of peparoni can be 20% of recomended, the problem for most people isn't getting enough salt.