With such a variety of pre packaged and canned foods available for our hectic lifestyles, it is no wonder that most people are consuming too much salt. Even a can of vegetable soup which claims to be healthy and “trans fat free” should be avoided because of excess sodium content.

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Good thing that there are a variety of different things that you can do to decrease your risk. Here are five such things.

1. Stop smoking. We have all heard time and time again that smoking is bad for you. But just how bad? When it comes to heart disease no amount of smoking is safe, even if you are only a “social smoker”. Even cigarettes with low nicotine levels or smokeless tobacco have been found to be just as dangerous as regular cigarettes.