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What’s in
                                                                                                                                          my fridge?
                                                                                                                                          FRENCH DJ David
                                                                                                                                          Guetta, 41, lives in
                                                                                                                                          Paris with his wife
                                                                                                                                          and two children.
                                                                                                                                          David Guetta &
                                                                                                                                          Chris Willis with
                                                                                                                                          Angello &
                                                                                                                                          Ingrosso’s new
                                                                                                                                          single, Everytime We Touch, is
                                                                                                                                          released on 19 January.
                                                                                                                                          I GENERALLY wake up around 1pm
                                                                                                                                          and pick up some sushi on the way
                                                                                                                                          to the studio. I’ll have my
                                                                                                                                          second meal of the day
                                                                                                                                          around 9pm. My wife and I
                                                                                                                                          never cook. We eat healthily,
                                                                                                                                          but we eat quite a lot of
                                                                                                                                          microwaveable food. A
                                                                                                                                          typical dinner would be
                                                                                                                                          chicken, with two-minute
                                                                                                                                          microwaveable rice and a
                                                                                                                                          shop-prepared salad. Then
                                                                                                                                          I’ll eat something small
                                                                                                                                          again after work in the early hours
                                                                                                                                          of the morning. My fridge is full of
                                                                                                                                          yogurt, cheese and champagne, of
                                                                                                                                          which I have the odd glass.
                                                                                                                                          Nutritionist Fiona Hunter says:
                                                                                                                                          ALTHOUGH David may think he’s
                                                                                                                                          eating healthily, his diet isn’t as good
                                                                                                                                          as he believes it is. It seems distinctly
                                                                                                                                          short on fruit and veg, and although
                                                                                                                                          sushi may be low in fat it’s also low
                                                                                                                                          in fibre and high in salt. If David has
                                                                                                                                          rice for lunch it’s not a great idea to
                                                                                                                                          have it again in the evening. Lentils,
                                                                                                                                          quinoa, potatoes or pasta would be a
                                                                                                                                          better choice than rice.

rang out around the rink. “That’s what    puck                            Blades of steel:           Professional games see
the boards are for,” one of my            left, met                      Daisy, centre,            pucks moving at speeds
Canadian team-mates helpfully piped       it again                      hits the ice             of 100mph and, even at
up. Dramatic, but painless. Finally, I    further                      with her new            amateur level, the game is
understood the need for those many        up the                                             quick with the small puck very
                                                                      team-mates
pads. I had mastered stopping.            rink and                                         hard to follow. Head-height shots
Not quite ice-cool
HOCKEY — fine. Skating — fine. But,
                                          finally
                                          swept it grace-
                                          fully into the tiny
                                                                                        flashed past (I thanked heaven for
                                                                                      the protection of my helmet cage)
                                                                                     and silently skimming over ice, quick
                                                                                                                               9th-18th JANUARY 2009
when I combined the two, things took      goal. Any hockey expe-                     as a f lash, Jimmy swooped and
a slightly less fine twist. It’s not      rience will give you the                   plucked the puck from under my nose
simple to control a puck, stay upright,   skills to handle a puck and stick in a again and again.
skate, avoid the opposition and aim       semi-decent way and, gaining a little        In a high-level game, you can
for a goal all at once.                   confidence, I was thankful for the expect to see the terrifying but
  I wobbled, screamed, missed the         wintry grass hockey sessions I was crowd-pleasing spectacle of two
puck, slipped around and crashed          forced to endure when at school.           players squaring up and bare-fist
into the boards over and over again,        My team-mates made a huge effort fighting to sort out an on-ice dispute.
but my strapping team-mates didn’t        to integrate me into the practices, Thankfully, this is reserved for more
seem to mind. Warm-up exercises had       gently coaxing and encouraging me. experienced players.
me sweating despite the cold air in       I did fall, but there are worse things       Marking my opponent and sticking
the rink. Gliding (or not in my case)     than being rescued from an icy topple next to him made things a little easier,
up and down the rink, passing the         by a muscle-bound, 6ft-tall ice hockey but I am pretty sure that the NHL
puck between us in small groups,          player, let me assure you.                 won’t be scouting me any time soon.
shooting at the goal, learning to con-                                               “Your puck handling’s okay, you just
trol the puck, passing and receiving      Game on!                                   need to practise your skating,” said
shots — I clearly had a lot to learn.     THE finale of the night was a game Jimmy encouragingly.
  Time to move on to more complex         — 6 on 6, including netminders (goal-        Practice, he assures me, makes
moves and, not for the first time that
night, I was lost. Jimmy grabbed me
and made me shadow his moves —
                                          ies to you and me). Like a proper perfect. And with so many hunky
                                          game, we started with a face-off in players to take me under their wings,
                                          the centre of the rink, repeated every Streatham Ice Rink may just become
                                                                                                                               LONDONBOATSHOW.COM
easier said than done as he flicked the   time play was interrupted by a fault. my new hang-out.

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  • 1. What’s in my fridge? FRENCH DJ David Guetta, 41, lives in Paris with his wife and two children. David Guetta & Chris Willis with Angello & Ingrosso’s new single, Everytime We Touch, is released on 19 January. I GENERALLY wake up around 1pm and pick up some sushi on the way to the studio. I’ll have my second meal of the day around 9pm. My wife and I never cook. We eat healthily, but we eat quite a lot of microwaveable food. A typical dinner would be chicken, with two-minute microwaveable rice and a shop-prepared salad. Then I’ll eat something small again after work in the early hours of the morning. My fridge is full of yogurt, cheese and champagne, of which I have the odd glass. Nutritionist Fiona Hunter says: ALTHOUGH David may think he’s eating healthily, his diet isn’t as good as he believes it is. It seems distinctly short on fruit and veg, and although sushi may be low in fat it’s also low in fibre and high in salt. If David has rice for lunch it’s not a great idea to have it again in the evening. Lentils, quinoa, potatoes or pasta would be a better choice than rice. rang out around the rink. “That’s what puck Blades of steel: Professional games see the boards are for,” one of my left, met Daisy, centre, pucks moving at speeds Canadian team-mates helpfully piped it again hits the ice of 100mph and, even at up. Dramatic, but painless. Finally, I further with her new amateur level, the game is understood the need for those many up the quick with the small puck very team-mates pads. I had mastered stopping. rink and hard to follow. Head-height shots Not quite ice-cool HOCKEY — fine. Skating — fine. But, finally swept it grace- fully into the tiny flashed past (I thanked heaven for the protection of my helmet cage) and silently skimming over ice, quick 9th-18th JANUARY 2009 when I combined the two, things took goal. Any hockey expe- as a f lash, Jimmy swooped and a slightly less fine twist. It’s not rience will give you the plucked the puck from under my nose simple to control a puck, stay upright, skills to handle a puck and stick in a again and again. skate, avoid the opposition and aim semi-decent way and, gaining a little In a high-level game, you can for a goal all at once. confidence, I was thankful for the expect to see the terrifying but I wobbled, screamed, missed the wintry grass hockey sessions I was crowd-pleasing spectacle of two puck, slipped around and crashed forced to endure when at school. players squaring up and bare-fist into the boards over and over again, My team-mates made a huge effort fighting to sort out an on-ice dispute. but my strapping team-mates didn’t to integrate me into the practices, Thankfully, this is reserved for more seem to mind. Warm-up exercises had gently coaxing and encouraging me. experienced players. me sweating despite the cold air in I did fall, but there are worse things Marking my opponent and sticking the rink. Gliding (or not in my case) than being rescued from an icy topple next to him made things a little easier, up and down the rink, passing the by a muscle-bound, 6ft-tall ice hockey but I am pretty sure that the NHL puck between us in small groups, player, let me assure you. won’t be scouting me any time soon. shooting at the goal, learning to con- “Your puck handling’s okay, you just trol the puck, passing and receiving Game on! need to practise your skating,” said shots — I clearly had a lot to learn. THE finale of the night was a game Jimmy encouragingly. Time to move on to more complex — 6 on 6, including netminders (goal- Practice, he assures me, makes moves and, not for the first time that night, I was lost. Jimmy grabbed me and made me shadow his moves — ies to you and me). Like a proper perfect. And with so many hunky game, we started with a face-off in players to take me under their wings, the centre of the rink, repeated every Streatham Ice Rink may just become LONDONBOATSHOW.COM easier said than done as he flicked the time play was interrupted by a fault. my new hang-out.