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Common table salt is Sodium Chloride and is thus very rich in Sodium.

A salt is an ionic compound - so LiCl is a salt - but has zero sodium.

"Low Sodium" NaCl is a marketing gimmick

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Which has less sodium sea salt or plain salt?

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