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Keep a food log for a week. Read sodium content in labels. Shrimp and seafood are from the ocean, so they are high in salt. Find a good renal dietician that will help you. I did and it really helped me.

My 2cents: do everything to limit stress over this issue….processed food is loaded with salt, sugar and other ‘’junk’’ so make everything from scratch if you can and keep telling yourself how much ‘’pampering’’ you are getting instead of looking at it as a chore! Going out to eat is tough. Request no added salt to anything you order. The diet looks overwhelmingly difficult so be creative and keep gathering tidbits of info from whoever and wherever you can. We are certainly not alone with diets. Use NO salt in anything you make, instead use Mrs Dash’s seasoning/ herbs for flavor. Use fresh vegies and put a list of good and bad vegies and fruits on your fridge so a glance at it when making a shopping list is helpful. My worst issue was cutting out tomatoes/acids but it did help a lot. I had already stopped grapefruit/orange because of drug interactions. I LOVE pasta so I use rice or gluten free pasta now with pesto. Make a batch of your own using garlic and olive oil….NO salt! Buy lots of berries in season and freeze them whole in YOUR serving size baggies. Bread is difficult but limiting/ eliminating it. Ezechiel bread or gluten free bread isn’t as horrible as it once was and fruits and sorbet can be just as beautiful as high sugar deserts…well, sort of. If you’re an ice cream lover do it once a month right AFTER your bloodwork to celebrate your better lab scores!

I just wanted to add that even though NO salt has no sodium it does contain 550mg Potassium per 1/4 tsp. Potassium is also in a lot of packaged and canned foods as a preservative. My husband always teases me about reading labels all the time when shopping....lol

I use Mrs Dash when I can, as I can have as much of that as I want. It sounds like you are well aware of what contains sodium, I just wanted to mention about the Potassium level in NO salt.
I agree it is hard to eat out, as most places use a lot of salt in their food. We don't eat out very often, not only because of sodium, but also because of all the other food restrictions I have. I found that it doesn't hurt me if I occasionally eat out. So far I have kept my kidneys stable at around 40% function for several years. If it gets worse I guess I will have to become more restrictive. Right now I have a wide ranch of foods I can eat. I just limit the amount I have of some foods.

Good luck and thanks for sharing your concerns.