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Sally Bee thought it was a joke when she received the order from The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA for her book 'Homecook: The Secret Ingredient...'

 

 

Mother-of-three Mrs Bee, from Stratford-upon-Avon, England said: "I was absolutely astounded when I heard we had an order from The White House.

"I genuinely believed dispatch were playing a practical joke on me.

"I had to go and check the order and then I was so excited that I wanted to go and hand post it myself.

"I really don't know how they heard about the book over there - I've never had anyone as exciting as the President ordering my book. It is really amazing to think that my ideas are winging their way over to Barack and his family.

"Barack Obama is obviously very family orientated and I think the book will really help him to manage a healthy lifestyle."

Mrs Bee who juggled a career as a writer and TV presenter penned the wellbeing book after suffering three major heart attacks in just under a week.

After her survival in 2004, Mrs Bee discovered she had spontaneous coronary artery dissection - an extremely rare condition with only 120 cases recorded.

It left the main artery of her heart crumbling and with little known about the condition she started to research healthy eating.

She said added: "I had always enjoyed cooking but now found that eating healthily could really make a difference to how I was feeling. My philosophy are the five Fs; family, food, fitness, finance and future. I think these are things that are close to Obama's heart."