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The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

by Mehmet C. Oz
Michael F. Roizen

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The #1 bestseller that gives YOU complete control over your body and your health.

With new health studies and advice bombarding us every day, few people know much about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout the miraculous system that is the human anatomy.

YOU: The Owner's Manual challenges preconceived notions about how the human body works and ages, and takes you on a fascinating grand tour of all your blood-pumping, food-digesting, and numbers-remembering systems and organs—including the heart, brain, lungs, immune system, bones, and sensory organs.

In this updated and expanded edition, America's favorite doctors, Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, discuss how YOU actually have control over your genes. Discover how diseases start and how they affect your body—as well as advice on how to prevent and beat conditions that threaten your quality of life.

There are also 100 questions asked by you, and answered by the experts. For instance, do you know which of the following statements are true?

As you increase the amount you exercise, the rewards you gain from it increase as well.

If you're not a smoker, you have nothing to worry about when it comes to your lungs.

Your immune system always knows the difference between your own cells and enemy invaders.

The biggest threat to your arteries is cholesterol.

Memory loss is a natural, inevitable part of aging.

Stress is the greatest ager, and controlling it changes which of your genes is on.

Did you answer ""true"" for any of the above? Then take a look inside. Complete with exercise tips, nutritional guidelines, simple lifestyle changes, and alternative approaches, YOU: The Owner's Manual debunks myths and gives you an easy, comprehensive, and life-changing How-To plan—as well as great-tasting and calorie-saving recipes—that can help you live a healthier, younger, and better life.

Be the best expert on your body!

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You: The Owner's Manual
Publisher

HarperAudio

Edition: Abridged
Release date

July 5, 2005
Formats
- OverDrive Listen audiobook
  - ISBN: 9780060878566
  - File size: 180106 KB
  - Duration: 06:15:13
Languages
- English
Reviews
- AudioFile Magazine
  
  The ubiquitous "You" authors now have a nifty program of music, instruction, and support that people can listen to as they walk. It will remind many listeners of TV exercise programs that seem silly but actually do keep people moving when they feel like going to the couch. Help with posture and breathing is part of the instruction, and the cheesy disco music becomes enjoyable once you're moving with the beat. The ongoing encouragement is genuine and upbeat, and the tunes are paced differently enough to make the 30-minute segments stimulating. With instructions for other rhythmic exercises as well, the program is great for anyone who needs the structure to maintain an exercise program, and is a useful companion to the authors' other excellent book, YOU: ON A DIET. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
- Publisher's Weekly
  
  April 11, 2005
  Anti-aging guru Roizen and celebrated heart surgeon Oz combine their popular approaches to patient-centered care in this assessment of how much, or more to the point, how little, readers know about their bodies. After taking the quizzes in the book, readers may feel shocked by their ignorance of basic anatomy and the processes required to maintain physical and mental functioning. Each chapter focuses on a body part or system (heart, brain, digestive, reproductive, etc.) and discusses diseases associated with it; genetic and lifestyle influences on its aging process; and foods, supplements and habits that can prevent or reverse related illnesses. The book has an entertaining feel: friendly elves guide readers through illustrations of the body and cartoons feature alien creatures that enter the body and cause illness. The humor is irreverent (e.g., muscle cells surrounding dead heart tissue "start fighting with each other, like Jerry Springer's guests, instead of supporting each other, like Oprah's" ). Despite a 10-day, 30-recipe food plan and a less-is-more exercise regime, however, readers may have trouble using the information to create a lifestyle that will fulfill the authors' promise of weight loss, disease prevention and longevity. Even the recipes target one specific area of the body and weaken the overall conceptual framework. This lighthearted book will be most useful to those who like their health lessons served with a side of humor.
- Library Journal
  
  June 15, 2005
  Understanding how the body works can help people understand disease processes and prevent injury and illness. In this lay guide to the human body, Roizen (medicine & anesthesiology, SUNY Upstate; "The RealAge Makeover") and Oz (director, Integrated Medicine Ctr., Columbia Univ.) open with a quiz to help readers determine how much they know. Chapters on the major bodily systems follow, each beginning with a set of myths and cartoonish anatomical diagrams with humorous labels and elves meant to demonstrate the mechanics of the systems. The authors then expound on how the organs work and debunk common misconceptions. There is also information about common diseases and conditions, advice about prevention and treatment, and suggestions for diet and exercise. Though reader-friendly and amusing, this book is superficial: diet and exercise suggestions lack coherence and are scattered throughout, so a health plan is difficult to put together. To boot, the 30 recipes -which are labeled according to their benefits (e.g., calcium for bones) -are targeted to one organ only. Readers will learn more from the second home edition of "The Merck Manual of Medical Information". This is an optional purchase, though a heavy marketing campaign may spur demand. -Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., CA
  Copyright 2005 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- AudioFile Magazine
  
  Corny alliterations and overly clever language don't stop this audio from delivering some of the best information and advice available on "waist management." The authors lay out the basic medical findings on our reactions to various foods, brain chemistry, the bio-mechanics of digestion, and the emotional components of harmful eating. Most of this is focused on helping listeners feel more satisfied with eating smaller amounts of food. Without mincing medical terms, the authors keep the lessons accessible with simple sentences and a logical flow of information. With his own humor just below the surface, Johnny Heller presents complex information with emphasis in just the right places--and without talking down to listeners. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
- AudioFile Magazine
  
  The two authors read alternate sections of this encyclopedic guide to keeping our bodies and minds young. Even when their enthusiasm sounds exaggerated or unrefined, what stands out is their sincerity and obvious connection with their audience. Their unprofessional voices are strangely enjoyable. With entertaining examples and analogies, they show how preventing the diseases of old age is only part of staying young. They offer detailed explanations of 14 biological processes that work together to impact the rate at which we age. They emphasize the power of our cells to rejuvenate themselves and to slow down the decline dictated by our genetics, our environment, and our family culture. Comes with a printable PDF file describing a well-organized 14-day plan of action. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
- AudioFile Magazine
  
  Johnny Heller makes this down-to-earth lesson fun with his energetic delivery. He's a cheerleader for the fine research and thinking in this book, and yet he never sounds like he's lapsing into a sales mode. His enthusiasm, as well as his consistency over the almost 11-hour production, makes the audio more accessible than the author-narrated abridged production reviewed recently (though this full-length version omits the printable charts and plans). The writing is concise and practical, and the examples and analogies appealingly vivid--almost setting a new standard for clarity and usefulness. Organized around 14 biological processes, this essential lesson provides all the guidance you'll ever need to delay aging and enjoy the later years of your life. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
- AudioFile Magazine
  
  The authors' earnest reading of their latest guide is deliberate and mechanical at times. But once listeners adapt, these qualities become acceptable aspects of how hard they work to create their outstanding lessons. In this title, one's appearance is the hook, but the theme is how to be more proactive in managing one's health and identity: "Beauty isn't about the parts; it's about how those parts work together to form the whole--the whole you." They show how to integrate one's current and ideal self from the inside out, instead of just dreaming or feeling stuck. This is motivating, accessible advice on ways to look and feel better--from supplements, diet, and exercise to cosmetic enhancements, stress management, and loving relationships. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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