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Salty Foods

As new guidelines urge reducing salt intake, The Daily Beast measures which favorite menu items—from Applebee's fajitas to Weight Watchers' chicken—double as sodium bombs.

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Applebee's

Calories: 1,400
Sodium (mg): 6,800 (3.0 days worth of salt)

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Chili's

Calories: 2,160
Sodium (mg): 6,450 (2.8 days worth of salt)

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Chili's

Calories: 2,100
Sodium (mg): 5,960 (2.6 days worth of salt)

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Applebee's

Calories: 2,410
Sodium (mg): 5,620 (2.4 days worth of salt)

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Applebee's

Calories: 500
Sodium (mg): 5,250 (2.3 days worth of salt)

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Chili's

Calories: 950
Sodium (mg): 5,120 (2.2 days worth of salt)

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LongHorn Steakhouse

Calories: 1,730
Sodium (mg): 4,940 (2.1 days worth of salt)

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Friendly's

Calories: 1,650
Sodium (mg): 4,720 (2.1 days worth of salt)

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IHOP

Calories: 1,170
Sodium (mg): 4,310 (1.9 days worth of salt)

AP Photo

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LongHorn Steakhouse

Calories: 990
Sodium (mg): 4,240 (1.8 days worth of salt)

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LongHorn Steakhouse

Calories: 760
Sodium (mg): 4,180 (1.8 days worth of salt)

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IHOP

Calories: 1,680
Sodium (mg): 4,050 (1.8 days worth of salt)

AP Photo

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Friendly's

Calories: 560
Sodium (mg): 3,940 (1.7 days worth of salt)

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IHOP

Calories: 1,790
Sodium (mg): 3,910 (1.7 days worth of salt)

AP Photo

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Friendly's

Calories: 1,540
Sodium (mg): 3,870 (1.7 days worth of salt)

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Olive Garden

Calories: 1,450
Sodium (mg): 3,830 (1.7 days worth of salt)

Special*Dark / Flickr

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Ruby Tuesday

Calories: 1,368
Sodium (mg): 3,766 (1.6 days worth of salt)

O's World of Photos / Flickr

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Denny's

Calories: 860
Sodium (mg): 3,760 (1.6 days worth of salt)

AP Photo

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Olive Garden

Calories: 900
Sodium (mg): 3,490 (1.5 days worth of salt)

darktek13 / Flickr

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Denny's

Calories: 1,140
Sodium (mg): 3,410 (1.5 days worth of salt)

Kaba / Flickr

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Ruby Tuesday

Calories: 1,795
Sodium (mg): 3,395 (1.5 days worth of salt)

Lauri Patterson

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Olive Garden

Calories: 1,090
Sodium (mg): 3,380 (1.5 days worth of salt)

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Ruby Tuesday

Calories: 1,050
Sodium (mg): 3,270 (1.4 days worth of salt)

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Wendy's

Calories: 1,330
Sodium (mg): 3,150 (1.4 days worth of salt)

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Bob Evan's

Calories: 650
Sodium (mg): 2,814 (1.2 days worth of salt)

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California Pizza Kitchen

Calories: 1,542
Sodium (mg): 2,741 (1.2 days worth of salt)

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Bob Evan's

Calories: 1,160
Sodium (mg): 2,739 (1.2 days worth of salt)

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Denny's

Calories: 1,420
Sodium (mg): 2,720 (1.2 days worth of salt)

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Wendy's

Calories: 520
Sodium (mg): 2,630 (1.1 days worth of salt)

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Bob Evan's

Calories: 862
Sodium (mg): 2,623 (1.1 days worth of salt)

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