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It’s not easy, of course, to cook brown rice when you’re flying business class to New York. In work situations (meetings, planes, offices) you may find yourself ravenous and devouring posh corporate cookies instead of lentil soup. Again, no one is advocating a strict macrobiotic diet here but it might help to think and plan more than you usually do.

1 Think ahead: take bags of dried fruit to work, or on business trips, as snacks. Grab some fruit from the hotel fruit bowl if travelling, to take with you as a snack during the day – don’t fill up on the biscuits and pastries in the boardroom.

2 Ask for healthy options: in restaurants or hotels ask for the more nutritionally sound options: whole meal rolls, fruit or cheese instead of desserts.

3 Avoid the constant ‘treat mentality’. If you do a lot of business travel it’s tempting to go for the croissants at breakfast, the chocolate tart at dinner. This is fine in moderation, but if you travel a lot, you can’t really do this (well you can, but it may not do you much good). Opt for the fruit salad at dinner at least some of the time, eat whole meal toast and cereal for breakfast. Drink plenty of water and remember that the alcohol and caffeine restrictions are still relevant, even if you are in Paris.

A WORD ABOUT VEGETARIANS | If you are vegetarian you may need more iron, calcium and vitamin B12 (in dairy products and eggs) when pregnant, and you also need to get enough protein. Talk to your midwife. More information is also available from: The Vegetarian Society 0161 925 2000. And if you really want obsessive detail you can read Your Vegetarian Pregnancy: a month by month guide to health and nutrition by Holly Roberts but don’t get too hung up here. If you’re following the basic rules above, you are likely to be eating a perfectly healthy diet.