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YOU: The Owner's Manual CD Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger | 
enlarge | Creators: Mehmet Oz, Michael F. Roizen Publisher: HarperAudio Category: Book
List Price: $19.95 Buy New: $9.28 You Save: $10.67 (53%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 37 reviews Sales Rank: 194999
Format: Abridged, Audiobook Media: Audio CD Edition: Upd Exp Number Of Items: 7 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0061673161 Dewey Decimal Number: 613 EAN: 9780061673160 ASIN: 0061673161
Publication Date: May 1, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: NEW: NEVER READ...!!!!.(may have faint shelf wear from bookstore)..ALL ORDERS SHIP SAME OR NEXT BUSINESS DAY, FREE POSTAL DELIVERY CONFIRMATION FOR U.S. ORDERS, TOP CUSTOMER SERVICE !!!!
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Our favorite docs, Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen, have returned to the book that started it all. With brand new chapters on the liver and pancreas, a Q&A section, and The Owner's Manual Workout, You: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition is an even more vital guide to the most important person in your life—you.
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Good Information Buried in a Sea of Jokes September 27, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm having a very hard time with this book. I've started and stopped reading it about dozen times already in the past 2 weeks. My problem? There is a lot of good information in here (really!) but it gets lost in the constant barrage of sarcasm and jokes inserted by the authors to (apparently) make it "entertaining". For me, the sheer number of jokes starts out as annoying, and finally becomes so distracting that I usually have to put the book down after about 20 minutes.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about from page 176 under a heading of "Mouth":
"The food-consumption process starts right here--in your body's food processor. Though opera singers, politicians, and courtside fans are known mostly for what comes out of their mouths, what makes our mouths so special is how we handle what goes into them. For starters, consider you mouth to be like the guy who buckles you in on a Ferris wheel--it's there simply to prepare the food for the journey."
The paragraph then goes on to describe crocodile teeth and elephant teeth, but I'm so distracted with thoughts of "what do opera singers and Ferris wheels have to do with MY mouth?" that I'm no longer learning, I'm ruminating on low ratio of information-to-jokes in the text. (Out of the 7 sentences in that paragraph, I felt the relevant information could have been boiled down to 2.)
Like I said, the book has a LOT of good information. If you are someone who can filter out all of the "noise", you'll get a lot out of it. However, if you're like me, and find all the sidebars distracting, it's a grind.
Excellent September 23, 2008 YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
you, the owners manual September 23, 2008 this is the most exceptional book i have ever read for health care and understanding of how the body utilizes food etc. easy and fun to read.
Great Guide and Manual!! August 29, 2008 You learn so much from this book its a must read get it for anyone you know. It has alot of things in here you should know about. Higly recommended!!
THE YOU MANUAL REVIEW August 11, 2008 I have merely read random chapters /pages off the Manual and I am already totally convinced it is a wonderful buy that I have made. The style of presentation is easy-going even when it is dealing with serious subjects and that is good for a Manual one wants to read in a relaxed mode.
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