Menshealth.com really likes to make lists of the best and worst foods in America. So far we’ve posted the healthiest fast-foods and the worst foods. Now, in Menshealth.com fashion, MSNBC compiled the “Saltiest Foods in America“, a list of the 20 saltiest foods you can find at either nationwide restaurants or in your local grocery. Will the list leave you feeling salty? What’s that even mean?

Among our favorites were:

16: Saltiest “Healthy” Food
Chili’s Guiltless Grill Chicken Platter
2,780 mg sodium, 590 calories, 85 g carbs

6: Saltiest Salad
Romano’s Macaroni Grill Chicken Florentine
5,460 mg sodium, 840 calories, 53 g fat

4: Saltiest Kids’ Meal
Cosi Kid’s Pepperoni Pizza
6,405 mg sodium, 1,901 calories, 93 g fat, 190 g carbs

Most people don’t realize how much salt is in their food and how far the occasional sprinkle of salt goes in terms of adding up. They provide on simple fact about salt intake:

Salty food may seem like the least of your worries, especially if you’re among the 40 percent of people who mindlessly shake salt on every dish. An extra dash here, a few sprinkles there–what’s the big deal?
A lot, when you consider the fact that a mere teaspoon of the stuff contains all 2,300 milligrams (mg) of your recommended daily allotment.

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