These are vitamins found in healthy food choices are just one way that women can meet their special nutritional needs throughout life, according to Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), an international, nonprofit organization for weight loss.
Registered dietitian Ann Ruelle and nutrition consultant for TOPS Club Inc. offers her list of "must have" grocery items for every woman.
The Dietitian's Grocery List:
What to eat -- Folic acid: Folic acid creates and maintains new cells, especially during childbearing years.
What to put in a grocery cart: Enriched breads; cereals; pastas; dry beans and peas; spinach, collard greens and other green, leafy vegetables; and orange juice.
What to eat -- Vitamin A: Vitamin A benefits vision and helps fight infections.
What to put in a grocery cart: Carrots, sweet potatoes and spinach.
What to eat -- Vitamin C: Vitamin C repairs bodily damage from daily stress, aches, and pains.
What to put in a grocery cart: Oranges, orange juice, red and green sweet peppers, and grapefruit.
What to eat -- Vitamin D: Vitamin D helps create and maintain strong bones.
What to put in a grocery cart: Salmon, shrimp and milk fortified with vitamin D. Consider a supplement, and discuss this with a physician.
