You, the owner's manual : an insider's guide to the body that will make you healthier and younger /
Owner's manual
Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz ; with Lisa Oz and Ted Spiker ; illustrations by Gary Hallgren.
- 1st ed.
- New York : HarperResource, c2005.
- xiii, 417 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Your body, your home: super health -- The beat goes on: your heart and arteries -- Do you mind: your brain and nervous system -- Motion control: your bones, joints, and muscles -- To a lung and healthy life: your lungs -- Gut feelings: your digestive system -- Sex marks the spot: your sexual organs -- Common sense: your sensory organs -- Sick sense: your immune system -- This gland is your gland: your hormones -- Hell cells: cancer -- The owner's manual diet.
Each chapter focuses on a body part or system 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.