With weight loss on many a woman's brain, limiting calories and certain types of food can mean not getting your fill of essential vitamins and minerals. While maintaining a healthy weight is important for optimum health, make sure your diet includes these important nutrients as well. Source: Flickr User JMacPherson, Thinkstock, and Flickr User ilovemypit Read more

What moms-to-be eat affects their growing babies. While they don't need to consume too many extra calories (300 per day) while pregnant, it's what one puts in her mouth that counts. Expectant women should keep all the vital vitamins and minerals that contribute to their child's development in mind when making meal choices. To make it easy, we've rounded up the recommended daily doses and the Read more

Easter's tomorrow, but you don't have to stick to just colorfully dyed hard-boiled eggs. Get your dose of protein, iron, vitamins, and more with these 10 creative and healthy egg recipes! Sources: Flickr User Andrea_Nguyen, Susannah Chen, FitSugar reader lauren Read more

We know that carrots aren't just for bunnies, and there's no better time than Easter to get in some of this veggie's goodness. Chock-full of beta-carotene and vitamins A and C, chowing down on some crunchy carrots offers a bevy of benefits to your diet. Hop into this slideshow, and click through 10 delicious ways you can enjoy carrots now. Read more

The superfood spirulina is a long lost love of health nuts in the 1970s, and I'm here to make a serious case for its comeback. This blue-green algae has gone a little under the radar, but there's good reason to incorporate all its goodness into your diet. Amino acids make up 62 percent of spirulina, making it a complete protein. It's one of the few known plant sources of vitamin B12 (great for Read more

We love vegetables because they're relatively low in calories but full of essential nutrients like vitamins, fiber, and calcium. Even with all this love, it's still hard to get five servings a day. Vegetables aren't always easy to prepare, and they don't have the wide appeal of a slice of pizza or chocolate cake. Luckily, there are easy ways to sneak veggies into your diet, from allowing you to Read more

Have you noticed that your health food markets have stocked fridges full of kombucha tea? In only a few years, kombucha has become king of the healthy beverage craze. Loved for its fizziness and signature sweet and sour flavor, fans of kombucha also love its probiotics, B vitamins, and beneficial acids — kombucha is practically liquid gold with the cost of a 16-ounce bottle averaging $4. It Read more

To stay healthy and satisfied as the temperatures dip, try incorporating these Winter fruits and vegetables that pack a heavy nutritional punch. We've rounded up 10 vitamin-rich seasonal ingredients you should be eating, plus flavor-filled recipes that make the most of their unique flavors. Read more

A long holiday weekend is an opportune time to catch up on some much-needed basics: sleep, time with loved ones, and, of course, the science fiction shows you've been neglecting during a busy work week. It's also a great way to nurse a hangover; Sci-fi, water, vitamin b, and some greasy food. Starting a new series can be a bit daunting. Which shows are worth devoting the time and energy? We've Read more

You know us; we're always trying to keep it farm fresh around here. Besides apples and pears, squash is one of my favorites when it comes to cool weather produce. With squash it's all about variety — there are more than a few to choose from, and they are really versatile when it comes to preparation. They also taste great — sweet, creamy, and hearty with a big side of nutrition. Squash is an Read more