Health: NEW YEAR NEW YOU – New Titles from Duncan Baird

November 5, 2008

 

ORGANIC PHARMACY by Margo Marrone publishing January 09

THE ORGANIC PHARMACY is the definitive guide to natural health and beauty for everyone seeking to optimize the way they and their whole family look and feel. Designed with stunning photography throughout, it is packed full of information on herbal remedies, homeopathy and nutrition. It also shows how these approaches to healing can work with your own body’s systems to enhance your health and beauty. This complete handy reference book features organic treatment plans for more than 30 ailments including sore throats, arthritis, infertility and acne. Margo draws upon her considerable years of experience and offers guidance on creating your own personal skincare regime, to keep you looking and feeling younger and more vibrant. Featuring organic treatment plans for over 30 ailments including sore throats, arthritis, infertility and acne, you will discover why so many celebrities including Kylie, Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker, swear by Margo’s remedies.

QUICK & EASY SERIES

In our hugely popular Quick & Easy series, dbp releases 2 new books to beat the Christmas blues. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by stunning photography, these fabulous little pocket books give tips to revitalize you anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

Quick & Easy Stress Busters by Anna Selby publishing January 09

Drawing on a variety of different practices – including yoga, meditation, reflexology, massage, pilates and shiatsu – Anna Selby shows you how to unwind your body, free your mind and inspire your soul. Featuring exercises you can practise anytime, anywhere, targeted postures to stress-bust your whole body, mood enhancers and techniques you can do with a partner, each routine is is explained with clear, easy-to-follow instructions and accompanied with stunning photography. This fabulous little pocket book is guaranteed to banish the build-up of everyday stress and tension – fast.

Quick & Easy Energy Boosters by Janet Wright publishing January 09

This easy-to-follow collection of 5-minute routines will put the bounce back into every woman’s step this New Year. Rediscover your zest for life and inspire your soul. This pocket-sized book offers you a wealth of postures, routines and techniques to help you maximize your energy levels. Drawing on a variety of different practices – including yoga, chi gong, reflexology, massage, pilates, reiki and aerobic routines. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by stunning photography, this fabulous little pocket book will help you to make profound changes to your health and well-being. Whether you are at home, in the office or even at the park, there is an exercise in this book suitable for you. Banish the build-up of everyday lethargy – fast.

Quick & Easy: Face Massage by Beata Alecsandrowicz publishes November 08

Quick & Easy Pilates by Karen Smith publishing November 08

TOP 100 SERIES: publishing January 09

Continuing the bestselling Top 100 series, this season tackles the topical issues of lowering your salt intake, the value of cooking foods rich in Omega 3 and natural healing foods..Perfect for the New Year’s health kick, these books ensure that your food doesn’t have to be bland or flavourless. They offer suggestions to boost your brainpower with a fantastic collection of mouth-watering, healthy meals that will improve the health of every member of your family.

Top 100 Healing Foods by Paula Bartimeus

Continuing the bestselling Top 100 series, a fantastic new guide to natural healing, tackling conditions ranging from allergies to depression. Drawing on centuries-old healing knowledge, this portable pocket handbook offers food-based techniques to tackle ailments including eczema, asthma, high blood pressure, diabetes, migraine and stress. The Top 100 Healing Foods features colour-coded information, an easy reference ailment directory and beautiful photography. With authoritative information, delicious recipes, comprehensive lists of nutrients and at-a-glance symbols for each of the 100 foods, this is an easy how-to guide that no home medicine cabinet should be without.

Low Salt Recipes by Christine Bailey 

Lowering salt intake has never been easier or tastier! This fantastic pocket-sized guide will help you create healthy breakfast, lunches, dinners and desserts that your whole family will enjoy. Eating too much salt can contribute to many health problems, including osteoporosis, certain cancers, kidney disease and obesity, as well as raising your blood pressure and increasing your risk of heart disease and stroke. Governments and health organisations around the world are advising us to cut our salt intake. However, reducing your salt content doesn’t have to mean bland, flavourless food, or meals that are difficult to prepare. This book shows you how to use a range of exciting alternative flavourings, herbs and spices to create tantalizing, healthy meals. What’s more, all the recipes are rich in essential nutrients to help boost your health and energy levels. Choose from a wonderful range of world flavours from different cuisines, as well as low-salt versions of firm favourites, including burgers, curries, breads, soups and sweet treats. This is the one-stop guide to low-salt cooking.

Top 100 Omega 3 Recipes by Penny Doyle and Audrey Deane 

Boost your brainpower with this fantastic collection of breakfasts, lunches, teas, dinners and desserts that will improve the health of every member of your family. The benefits of eating omega-3 fats are now widely recognized. Clinical studies have proven that they help to reduce heart attacks, strokes and relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and encourage brain and optical nerve development, particularly in babies and children. In addition, Omega-3s are believed to help a variety of physical and mental conditions, including pregnancy, post-natal depression and PMT, diabetes, ADHD and skin conditions. The Top 100 Omega-3 Recipes shows that, in fact, it’s not only easy to ensure you get all the omega-3 you need on a daily basis, but you can enjoy mouth-watering, healthy meals too. In each chapter, you’ll find a delicious selection of recipes for all the sources of omega-3, including nuts, grains, pulses, oils and seafood. This is the one-stop guide to cooking with omega-3 for the whole family.