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 YOU: The
Owner's Manual
by Michael E. Roizen, M.D. and
Mehmet C. Oz, M. D.
Harper Collins Books
When Oprah speaks, we will be the first to admit, all of us here
at UPBEAT Entertainment News Syndicate pays very close attention. As a
semi-regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, we found Dr. Oz to be
engaging, charming and absolutely fascinating. We read the entire book
and learned quite a bit; we were indeed surprised about a number of
things covered including blood pressure and cholesterol levels. After
all, we certainly do not come with an official "Owner's Manual",
although it would be pretty damn cool if we did. 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
hairstyles, the reality is that most of us know very little about what
chugs, churns, and thumps throughout this miraculous, scientific, and
artistic system of anatomy. Yes, you've owned your skin-covered shell
for decades, but you probably know more about your cell-phone plan than
you do about your own body. When it comes to your longevity and quality
of life, understanding your internal systems gives you the power,
authority, and ability to live a healthier, younger, and better life.
You: The Owner's Manual challenges your preconceived notions about how
the human body works and ages, then takes you on a tour through all of
the highways, back roads, and landmarks inside of you. After taking a
quiz that tests your body of knowledge, you'll learn about all of your
blood-pumping, food-digesting, and keys-remembering systems and organs.
Just as important, you'll get the facts and advice you need to
keep your body running long and strong. You'll find out 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. Complete with
exercise tips, nutritional guidelines, simple lifestyle changes, and
alternative approaches, You: The Owner's Manual gives you an easy,
comprehensive, and life-changing how-to plan for fending off the
gremlins of aging. To top it off, you'll also get the great-tasting and
calorie-saving Owner's Manual Diet— a thirty-recipe eating plan that's
designed with only one goal in mind: to help you live a younger life.
Witty, informative, this book tells you what you SHOULD be doing to keep
yourself healthy. It's written for both men and women's health with up
to date and time proven information. Plus it's an easy and surprisingly
entertaining read. Most books of this nature would be extremely stuffy
and used primarily as a reference, but we found ourselves reading entire
chapters and absorbing as many sections as humanly possible in a short
period of time. Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts
information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how
your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress
levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size
of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium.
 This
book is chock full of incredible information, along with
illustrations that assists in visualizing what is actually being
explained. The index is wonderful, you can zoom to the information that
you are looking for. Many concepts are written so that related concepts
(health issues/body organs) follow; broadening the "bigger" picture for
the reader. Essentially You: The Owner's Manual is anatomy and
physiology for dummies. In short, it's a very informative book with
several worthy goals. For one, it educates the reader in the inner
workings of the human body. It does this rather entertainingly through
trivia, facts, and interesting pictures (for instance the authors use a
lot of elves). Additionally, the book also gives you many helpful tips
on how to keep your body running smoother. UB
John Mundazio works for one of the numerous publishing companies in the
New York metropolitan area which is currently planning a bold takeover
of the parallel universe in which he occasionally resides with several
of his imaginary friends and at least two of the strange voices in his
head. But he is confident it is not the one you're thinking of at this
very moment. Convinced that Susie-Q's are indeed a food group and that
no REAL list of fun toys is ever really complete without mentioning
"Log"— that quintessential Ren and Stimpy Show toy that boldly dared to
go where no toy ever could... "The Dazed-Meister" refuses to partake in
anything which requires him to dress up like Wonder Woman or sing the
theme song from The Partridge Family in its entirety. He also opposes
floatation devices of any sort.
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