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Lynda McFarland from Athlone Nutrition Clinic offers quick and easy recipes and advice to incorporate into your daily regime to help you feel and look great

Nutrition during pregnancy is essential. The majority of organs and systems develop in the first few weeks of pregnancy, with the energy and nutrients for this derived from the mother’s circulation and the lining of her womb. Healthy eating is exactly the same as any other time in your life and eating for two is simply a myth. Make sure you have a varied diet made of the four main food groups – carbohydrates, protein, vegetables and dairy.

The Diabetes Service at Galway University Hospitals will mark World Diabetes Day on Sunday November 14 by raising awareness of its pre-pregnancy diabetes care programme.

Safefood advises that pregnant women do not need to go on a special diet, but should follow basic healthy eating guidelines to get the right balance of nutrients for mother and baby.

Boots in Golden Island shopping centre, Athlone will be hosting a mother and baby health promotion event on Friday September 3 from 9.30am-6.30pm.

Popeye showed us just how powerful spinach really was and our mammies have been telling us for years to ‘eat our greens’. But why is this so – are green veggies all they’re cracked up to be?

Keeping your children well when they go back to school is not always easy. Regardless of their age, they are going back into packed classrooms full of germs, and our changing Irish climate means immunity is often compromised. For parents, that means niggly colds, sore throats, tummy bugs, ear infections, and lots of other fun stuff!