With exercise and healthy foods you will help yourself stay fit. You can choose foods that will benefit your overall health. The foods listed below are excellent choices for you.

Fish has many nutrients as well as protein. As long as you do not deep fry your fish it has little fat and few calories. The oils in fish can help your heart.

A type of fish you may consider serving for a meal includes salmon. Salmon has high protein, it is loaded with vitamin D and Omega-3 fatty acids.

Saltwater fish is thought to be even more healthy than fresh water fish. Types of saltwater fish and fresh water fish include swordfish, bluegills, walleye, sun fish, perch, trout, flounder, haddock, herring, pollack, sardine and tilapia to name a few.

Another power food includes spinach. Not only does spinach have iron, vitamins A, C, E and K, beta-carotene and calcium but it also has a lot of fiber so your system stays as regular as possible.

Spinach is thought to fight lung cancer as well as breast cancer. Other types of cancers spinach is thought to fight due to the antioxidants in it are prostate cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer and stomach cancer.

Blueberries are high in antioxidants. Blueberries are excellent for you, in that, they help ward off diseases such as cancer. Blueberries can lower the risk of heart disease as they help lower cholesterol and blood lipid levels. Blood pressure can be lowered to as well.

Studies have shown that eating blueberries may help prevent UTI's or urinary tract infections.

Another one of the healthy foods to keep you fit is tomatoes. Tomatoes can lower your risk of getting different types of cancer. You must eat ten tablespoons or more to help protect you. Tomatoes are loaded with antioxidants and nutrients.

When cooking another tip is to use extra virgin olive oil. You can use extra virgin olive oil in your salads, brushed on your meats before baking, drizzled on top of your homemade pizza, on your cooking pans before baking, over your vegetables, etc.

Extra virgin olive oil is phenomenal for your heart. When you use extra virgin olive oil you will lower your cholesterol, help to fight cancer, control your weight and help to keep your hormones and brain working. Try to use olive oil every day in your diet to get the maximum benefit of this wonder oil.

You now know that you should add extra virgin oil to your daily diet. You should add saltwater fish or fresh water fish, spinach, blueberries and tomatoes to your weekly diet so that you will stay as healthy and fit as possible along with a regular exercise program that is created for you.

Morgan Turley is a yoga instructor at Essence Yoga Studio, offering Mesa Arizona Yoga Classes for all skill levels.