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

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 9

With much sassy humor (they describe the adrenals as similar in shape to Mr. Potato Head's hat), they give a guided tour of the body's anatomy and major systems (hormonal, nervous, digestive, sensory, etc.) including plenty of fascinating trivia along the way. How often should you get your thyroid level checked? How much gas does the average person produce in a day?

And, most importantly, how many times a year do most people have sex?? Drs. Oz and Roizen know. They also reveal plenty of bizarre (and potentially life-saving) facts such as this: If your earlobe has a prominent vertical wrinkle, it's likely that your arteries are aging faster than they ought to be. If only 8th-grade health class had been this fun.

The docs' main goal in presenting all this info is twofold: firstly, it's your body, so shouldn't you finally learn how it works? And, secondly, they want to help teach ways of preserving the body's health and youthfulness. To that end, they've included an "Owner's Manual Diet," a 10-day menu plan designed not for weight loss, but to make you feel "years younger." Its simple recipes are each meant to benefit a certain body system, such as Tomato Bruschetta, packed with the antioxidant lycopene, which has been proven to boost immunity.

--Erica Jorgensen

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Editorials

	Amazon.com
	If there ever was a pair of docs who can make the small intestine seem truly intriguing, here they are. Dr. Mehmet Oz is an alternative-medicine maverick and a cardiologist known to implement acupuncture during open-heart... read full editorial
	From Publishers Weekly
	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... read full editorial
	Book Description
	Between your full-length mirror and high-school biology class, you probably think you know a lot about the human body. While it's true that we live in an age when we're as obsessed with our bodies as we are with celebrity... read full editorial

Customer Reviews

	We Need This Info!
	(Indio, Ca United States) May 26, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars
	This book is in large print, has relevant information, dispels myths and gives us real, no-nonsense advice about our bodies. Very well written and put together. I found it to be an easy read and after skipping around... read full review
	YOU, Take care us..
	(Seatle) June 6, 2005 - 4.0/5 stars
	You: The Owner's Manual" is a book that everyone should buy and own. It gives you good understanding of your body inner workings. This book provides the necessary information in simple terms as a guide to take care of your... read full review
	How about an original idea?
	(New York City) June 13, 2005 - 1.0/5 stars
	The author's have written this book in language geared toward 5th graders. There is not one orignal idea in the book. Money is better spent on many other well-written health books for the general public that are already... read full review

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