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The Owner's Manual Workout
The Owner's Manual Workout
The Owner's Manual Workout
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The Owner's Manual Workout

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

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.

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.

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!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateDec 8, 2009
ISBN9780061980749
The Owner's Manual Workout
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Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., is the multiple Emmy Award-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show. He is a professor and vice-chairman of surgery at Columbia University, the medical director of the Integrated Medicine Center, and director of the Heart Institute at New York Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a great book. It is full of what seems to me to be solid scientific information. The authors break the information down into layman's terms and explain the importance of everything thoroughly. There were several corny jokes sprinkled throughout the book which may be distracting to some, but I personally found that it kept me interested and more involved with the reading. Without the jokes, this would probably have read like a text book. Great book! I feel much more informed and less intimidated after reading it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a great book. It is full of what seems to me to be solid scientific information. The authors break the information down into layman's terms and explain the importance of everything thoroughly. There were several corny jokes sprinkled throughout the book which may be distracting to some, but I personally found that it kept me interested and more involved with the reading. Without the jokes, this would probably have read like a text book. Great book! I feel much more informed and less intimidated after reading it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I am on Weight Watchers and wanted to use this book as supplement to that program. The book has good suggestions but does not mention Weight Watchers at all. The book emphasizes exercise and right eating as most diet books do. The problem of weight loss lies with the individual and their choices.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This book is alright I suppose, but it was a bit boring to me. I was mistaken in what I thought it would contain. I thought it explained everything in much more detail than I was interested in. If you're looking for something that will inspire you during your dieting, you won't find it in here. If you're looking for clinical descriptions and how your body processes food, this is the book for you.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    More science than you would ever want to know about your digestive processes and how we lose and gain weight. In depth and balanced approach to weight loss. For those looking to lose a little weight to readers who may be struggling with serious obesity.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a great book. It is full of what seems to me to be solid scientific information. The authors break the information down into layman's terms and explain the importance of everything thoroughly. There were several corny jokes sprinkled throughout the book which may be distracting to some, but I personally found that it kept me interested and more involved with the reading. Without the jokes, this would probably have read like a text book. Great book! I feel much more informed and less intimidated after reading it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Filled with good scientific information, sometimes too much so. A little too cutesy with illustrations and cartoons. The eating plan and stretching/ strength training plan looks great though.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Filled with wonderful, helpful guidance, but constantly distracts the reader and detracts from the information with random jokes, abstract comparisons, and corny illustrations. The book would have half the pages without all the distractions, and I would have read it in half the time--and been less frustrated! I love their information, but I hesitate to read another book by them.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Put down that doughnut and read this book. If you ever wondered how food is processed once it enters you mouth, this book tells you more than you ever need to know. What exactly happens to that doughnut if you aren't burning it off every day by running a marathon? This book tells you. It will make you much more aware of everything that you put in your mouth.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The basic premise of this book is that you can lose weight if you work with your body instead of trying to overpower it with deprivation and will power. More than that, once you become proficient in doing this, it will become automatic and you will never have to diet again. This claim is backed up with a lot of data, including how your body works, how fat works in your body and about body chemistry that affects weight gain or loss. Exercise is a key part of the plan. I found it quite convincing. Their attitude is pragmatic and understanding and the book should be helpful to anyone ready to hear it. As with their book, You: The Owner's Manual, I'm giving this 5 stars for content and 0 stars for incessant lame jokes and confusing drawings, averaging 3.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A couple times a year, I get on a "health and fitness" kick. This readable book provided great motivation. Rather than focusing on changes in weight and specialty foods, it provides realistic approaches to overall health and fitness. I like the idea of looking at changes in my measurements rather than weight as a single number. I was also encouraged by their practical tips related to calorie counting and food selection. I'd recommend this book to anyone looking for a practical guide to jump start a diet.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed YOU: On a Diet for an interesting reason that may not be immediately apparent to those considering reading this "diet" book. I enjoyed it because the book reads like it's written for a 9th grader but simultaneously treats the reader as if they have more than two IQ points to rub together. Now that's not meant to be an insult to 9th graders. My point is that it's written in simple language that's entertaining to read but at the same time, the book teaches you complex concepts so that you understand the science behind why your body reacts the way it does to certain foods, why you get hungry when you do, and why excercise and certain types of foods improve or exacerbate your health concerns.The reader isn't treated to a "trust me, if you eliminate this food, all your woes will end" routine. You're treated as someone who wants to learn how your body works and how to improve your physiology.Some will be quick to dismiss the book as "sure, sure, it's the same old story - excercise 30 minutes a day and eat right." OK...and??? Of course it is. That's how you lose weight (or, more importantly, "waist" per the authors) and keep it off for the long haul. I applaud them for not creating some trendy fad diet. There are enough of those out there stealing people's money.For me, the book was a reinforcement of why I should cut out trans fats and high fructose corn syrup, why I should eat plenty of veggies and whole grains, and why I should make sure and give at least 30 minutes everyday to excercise my body. They don't just say I should - I knew that. They say WHY. That resonates with me. I compare it to the old adage - “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime.” Irrespective of whether or not I choose to follow the specifics of their recommended plan, I can now "fish" for myself. To my knowledge, there aren't too many diet books that can claim that. My impression has always been that they are prescriptive in nature and require a specific regimen.I have a much better understanding of the importance of eating well and getting some exercise. That's worth 4 stars to me. This is the best "diet" book I've read. Then again, I wouldn't call it a diet book. I'm also not a big diet trend follower/reader either so maybe I'm being overly critical of them - but I doubt it. I look forward to reading YOU: The Owner's Manual.

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The Owner's Manual Workout - Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

You

The Owner’s Manual

The Owner’s Manual Workout

Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

With Lisa Oz and Ted Spiker

Illustrations by Gary Hallgren

To our children: Alex, Arabella, Daphne,

Jeffrey, Jennifer, Oliver, Thad, and Zoe

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Begin Reading

About the Authors

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

Acknowledgments

Lisa, Gary, and Ted made this book possible—and much more fun. While it may be unusual to say that the hours of book research and writing were as much fun as a party, we often felt that they were. Each delivered what they promised, when they promised it. Lisa always made us remember the stronger gender, helped redirect us toward a more upbeat, hip book, and pushed for Ted as our collaborator. Ted has a remarkable ability to embrace complex medical topics and make them fun; when he said something would be done, it was. We could not be bigger fans and admirers of his remarkable talents. Gary’s off-the-beaten-track genius came to life with stunning pictures that made us work even harder to match his creativity. Our agent Candice Fuhrman’s level head and insightful comments and negotiations brought this book to life.

We also want to thank the group at HarperCollins who keep believing in us, and who are just great to work with: Shelby Meizlik and especially Kathryn Huck—she made herself available and is clearly a rising star.

We also want to thank the many patients and the thousands of people who sent questions, notes, cards, and e-mails that inspired many of the thoughts in this book, and, of course, the FAQs. We now receive eight hundred thank-you e-mails a day on our Web site (www.RealAge.com/youdocs). Nothing could motivate us more. Thank you.

Joel Harper provided the inspiration and perspiration for the new workouts added in

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