Daily Archives: August 2, 2012

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New Title: Honestly Healthy

Title: Honestly Healthy: Eat with your body in mind, the alkaline way

Authors:  Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Jacqui Small LLP (1 Jun 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1906417814
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906417819
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 21.2 x 2.6 cm
Honestly Healthy is a refreshing cookbook and lifestyle guide promoting balanced and healthy living. Using the revolutionary new alkaline diet, it’s packed with recipes, tips and tricks to help you transform your daily routine from hectic and hurried to harmonious and holistic. Organic gourmet vegetarian cook, Natasha Corrett, and leading nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson combine their expertise in this fully illustrated guide to eating a balanced, alkaline diet that keeps the body in mind. They clearly explain the principles and benefits of this kind of eating, identifying both alkalizing and acid-forming foods, and offering the modern cook a host of flavoursome, easy-to-prepare recipes recommended for different times of the day and different stages of life. The first section deals with the basics: the principles of healthy eating, the sources of and role played by vitamins, carbohydrates and protein, the identification of alkalizing and acid-forming foods and the ways in which an alkaline diet can nourish the body without placing the digestive system under strain. Learn how to boost your immune system, increase energy levels, maintain blood sugar levels and focus your mind through healthy eating. The second section features mouth-watering recipes, from the first smoothie of the morning, through delicious salads and mains to the last healthy snack of the day. Accompanied by beautiful photographs, each recipe illustrates just how easy it is to prepare delicious and nutritious food that will make you feel great.

About the Author

Natasha Corrett is a professional cook and trained at the age of 16 at her father’s French restaurant, Le Boudin Blanc, in London. Natasha works alongside leading Harley Street nutritionist Vicki Edgson.Vicki has six books to her name, developed Food and has also appeared on television programmes including Fat Nation and The Diet Doctors.

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Book Recommendation: Sunshine On 44 Scotland Street

Product Details

Author: Alexander McCall Smith
  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited (31 July 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1846972329
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846972324
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 3.4 cm
With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its eighth season in The Scotsman. Will Big Lou find true love at last? Will Bertie s healthy snacks go down well at his school fair? And has Bruce Anderson really won the lottery? It s time to catch up with the delightful goings-on in 44 Scotland Street!

About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law, then, after the publication of his highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the ’44 Scotland Street’ novels, first published as a serial novel in ‘The Scotsman’, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the ‘Corduroy Mansions’ novels.

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Team Ireland Day 6 – Olympics 2012

RTÉ Sport broadcaster Jimmy Magee has been honoured by the International Olympic Committee for services to the Games.

Rowing: Sanita Puspure won the C/D semi-final in a time of 7:51.69. Puspure claimed victory by almost 10 seconds. She now goes on to contest the C final (places 13-18) in the Women’s Single Sculls at 10.20am on Saturday.

Swimming: Barry Murphy finished second in the fourth heat of the 50m freestyle in a time of 22.76. It was not good enough for hom to make the semi-finals.

Melanie Nocher finished seventh in her heat of the 200m backstroke in a time of 2:16.29. When you consider that her personal best is 2:10.25 it was a disappointing swim for the Belfast competitor.

Sailing: Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern, competing in the 49er class, finished in 11th place in today’s race 7 and then 9th in Race 8. That leaves the pair in ninth overall.

Sailing: Peter O’Leary and David Burrows finished in 9th place in race 7 of the Star Class, and 7th place in Race 8. They are ninth overall.

Sailing: Ger Owens and Scott Flanagan got their 470 Class event under way today. Owens is a veteran of two previous Olympics (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008), while Flanagan is making his debut in London.

The Irish duo came home 18th in their opening race and 25th in their second race. Those results leave them 23rd overall.

Dressage: Anna Merveldt, riding Coryolano, is ranked 14th overall in the Individual Dressage competition. She will know tomorrow whether she has qualified for the Special Grand Prix after the last 25 riders have competed.

Canoe Slalom: Hannah Craig finished 10th in the K1 finals this afternoon. She put in a good semi final performance to qualify for the final – but was last of the finalists after posting a time of 127.36 with six penalty points.

Boxing: Darren O’Neill’s Olympics have come to an end after he lost his round of 16 bout against Germany’s Stefan Hartel.