That's Fit blogger Kristen Seymour and I were chatting at lunch yesterday, comparing notes on our salads. Hers won by a landslide, both for creativity and nutrition: strawberries, mushrooms, dried cranberries, roasted almonds, avocado, and mango poppyseed dressing, all on a heaping serving of romaine hearts.

It put my boring but still yummy avocado and tuna on romaine to shame.

Salads are my go-to lunch these days, especially since I'm trying to trim the fat before spring officially hits. Done right, salads are a low-cal, low-fat lunch that can be super-stuffed with nutrition and fiber. But eating a salad every day can get boring, so it's smart to be creative and change things up.

Have you been wondering why it seems that so many more women have been giving birth to boy babies lately? According to British scientists, it could be because more women are eating a healthy diet.

Apparently, there is a link between skipping breakfast and not getting a wide range of calories and nutrients and having a baby girl. They really think that having breakfast cereal once a day produces more male offspring.

Critics are all over this one, and I say with good reason. First of all, processed breakfast cereal is not a part of a good diet in my opinion. The study's results should have focused more on the wide range of nutrients throughout the day that were important. Are we just trying to sell cereal for the big name food industry?

A healthy diet when you are pregnant -- heck, anytime -- is always a good idea, but don't be looking for a baby boy to be a sure thing out of the deal.

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It makes sense. We already know that our health is connected to what we eat. It stands to reason that our hair can be effected by our diets too.

Bethany has posted about the ideas Keri Glassman shared on the Today show about a healthy diet for hair. Now, Web MD has created a list of the top ten foods to eat for healthy hair, written about on DIY Life.

Salmon, legumes, dark green vegetables and more make this list. What do you mean, you are eating these already? Chances are, if you follow a healthy diet, you have shiny, bouncy hair. But everyone needs a little reminder, or maybe some motivation.

Check out the list, add the foods to your diet and watch your hair grow long and strong.

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