Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — You by Michael F. Roizen ,. Mehmet C. Oz and Roizen—the bestselling coauthors of the blockbuster YOU series—present their 1 New York Times bestselling indispensable guide to maintaining vibrant health, improving longevity, and aging gracefully.
The body is the most fascinating machine ever created, and nobody talks about it in ways that are as illuminating and compelling as Dr.
Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehm Drs. Mehmet Oz. Most people think of the aging of our bodies the same way we think of the aging of our cars: the older we get, the more inevitable it is that we're going to break down.
Most of us believe that at age 40 or so, we begin the slow and steady decline of our minds, our eyes, our ears, our joints, our arteries, our libido, and every other system that affects the quality of life and how long we live it.
But according to Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz, that's a mistake. Aging isn't a decline in our systems. It's actually very purposeful. The very systems and biological processes that age us are designed to help us when we're a little bit younger. So what's our role as part of the aging population? To learn how those systems work so we can reprogram them to work the way they did when we were younger. Your goal should be: die young at any age.
That means you live a high quality of life with everything from working joints to working genitals until the day you die. At the core of this landmark book are the Major Agers—14 biological processes that control your rate of aging. Some you've heard of, some you haven't, and some you never knew contributed to the aging process. Some speed decline, others inhibit your repair mechanisms. These Major Agers are everything from short telomeres and inefficient mitochondria to stem cells and wacky hormones.
The doctors explain the principles of longevity and many of the causes of aging and how to fight the effects. The climax of the book is a day plan to help you along your path to staying young. The doctors want you to be able to integrate important processes into your daily life in order to make staying young routine, but first you'll need to measure your real age and health right now.
Staying young encompasses your emotions and mental health as well as your exercise habits, eating habits, personal hygiene, and genes, among other things. Wouldn't you like to know how to prevent your body from aging badly? Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz illuminate the mysterious mechanisms with a lively metaphor—the modern city. What differentiates a vibrant and thriving city that ages gracefully from one that is worn down and rusted out?
Despite genetic differences, which are like the geography upon which the city is built, cities age differently because of the way residents treat their education system stem cells , power plants mitochondria , electrical grids brains , transportation routes blood vessels , and landfills fat. You—as mayor, resident, and street cleaner—have the power to balance your biological budget to ensure a life that's both long and strong.
Thankfully, just as cities can invest in renewal and improving their repair processes, so can you. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. Published October 30th by Scribner first published More Details Original Title. Audie Award for Personal Development Other Editions Friend Reviews.
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Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Mar 25, Julia rated it liked it Shelves: informative. I actually read all of these YOU books. This was the best one I thought. Its the most recent one and therefore has the latest research in it. It gives tons of info on what to do to help your body slow the aging process.
The idea is to have a full and satisfying life all the way until the day you die. Since people are expected to live longer than ever, rather than having to slow down and deteriorate, one can keep their bodies and minds in great shape. One thing that stood out to me is a thing cal I actually read all of these YOU books. One thing that stood out to me is a thing called a telomere. This is the ending "cap" on a DNA strand and keeping it healthy is one of the main ways to help your body continue to rejuvinate and heal damaged cells.
This is done through reducing stress mostly, but certain foods help too, such as omega-3s and flavinoids I'm spelling things wrong here I know. It is never to late for a change in healthy habits to make a difference in future health. View 2 comments. Oct 05, Travelin rated it it was ok Shelves: started. Yes, it was in a very dusty corner of a Bulgarian bookstore, but shouldn't it be better than this? If I'm going to get conflicting opinions by several GPs, shouldn't it be in a shorter, better edited format?
I'd love a chart showing the most agreed-upon preventatives. I am full of admiration at any qualified attempt to give absolute advice in a short, digestible format. I wish we could find a survey of GPs giving definite dietary guidelines, etc. But these two TV GPs don't Yes, it was in a very dusty corner of a Bulgarian bookstore, but shouldn't it be better than this?
But these two TV GPs don't appear to agree with each other. Or maybe consensus got lost at the publishing house, which gave this book the name "You Staying Young" and plastered the back with ad copy from the fountain of youth. At best, it contains a few much needed truisms to live longer, which is unfortunately very different from staying young. I did love the chapter about Glycoslaticin and how excess glucose "gunking up" proteins is the scientific definition of aging.
It's all too easy to point out recent reports which say caloric restriction did not prolong life in chimps. Or that a long study showed reservatol was not a panacea. Researchers are now apparently taking a closer look at tomatoes. It's truly not much fun to point out contradictions to simple, direct advice, especially when it appears by authors of the exact same book.
All I can say is that neither reservatol nor red wine make it into the chapter "Your Vital Supplements. The book contains a long blurb regarding the nutrients in types and sizes of grapes, but later suggests that only Concord grapes are effective for some preventative cases.
The advice which isn't California weird is California chemical anyway, with a list of actual medications to take if you have trouble sleeping. But I'd much rather have caveats and discussions of medical contradictions than a medical book which ends with 32 pages of guidelines to unidentified, yoga-like postures, including, and I'm not making this up, "picking the fruit" and "monkey hears a noise".
In the book A Fan's Notes the author describes receiving insulin-shock treatment from twead and pipe doctors at a private hospital. Not only are they uncertain how or whether their treatment works, their very success in the conventions of medicine make them unable to question.
All hail conventionality in medicine. But shouldn't there be more studies demonstrating that a few concrete opinions in preventative medicine are actually true? Sep 20, Steven Peterson rated it really liked it. The thesis of the book is pretty straightforward page 3 : "To add serious years to your life--and life to your years--you have to lower your risk for all diseases.
And the only way to do that is to slow your rate of aging at the cellular level. The book features a number of items: "major agers" facts that accelerate rather than retard the aging process , "You tes The thesis of the book is pretty straightforward page 3 : "To add serious years to your life--and life to your years--you have to lower your risk for all diseases.
The book features a number of items: "major agers" facts that accelerate rather than retard the aging process , "You tests" quick tests to assess where readers are on the aging scale , "You tips" end of chapter actions and strategies designed to retard the aging process , "You tools" e. Still, it does a service by pulling things together. Some You tips on page are designed to enhance memory processes and thinking. Among which are: eat the right kind of foods e. On pumping up the immune system, some You tips from page Eat shiitake mushrooms to increase killer T cells , cruciferous vegetables like broccoli or cabbage , catechins found in green tea , ginger, quercetin in onions and garlic.
Again, some of these items are well know to us. To protect against cancer? Use Vitamin D, aspirin low dosage , tomato sauce, and so on. On pages and following, there are a set of action steps to take to retard the aging process.
Not surprisingly, these include exercise, getting rid of bad fats and beefing up on good fats, do the Chi-gong workout, stop bad habits like smoking , restrict caloric intake, and the like. You follow the advice in this book, the authors contend, and you will retard the aging process. And, indeed, much of what I read is very consistent with advice routinely given out by health experts, physicians, and others.
There are some things that I had not read about before in this book Chi-gong, for instance. Other items, such as eating cruciferous vegetables and items rich in lycopene are commonplace suggestions.
This book is useful in bringing a wide array of anti-aging materials together. So, it's not a revolutionary work, but it does represent a nice synthesis of what we know with a few original ideas thrown in for good measure. Dec 02, Diane rated it liked it. More reading selected in the shameless quest for the fountain of youth. I'm not actually reading it yet - my husband has it and since he reads at about 2 pages a day, I have to subsist on crumbs of information he occassionally scatters in my direction.
I bought it because in Dr. Oz's interview on Oprah, he mentioned a few things from the latest scientific reseach I had not heard yet. For example, your aging well depends upon keeping the tips of your telemere's "unfrayed" these are at the tip of More reading selected in the shameless quest for the fountain of youth. For example, your aging well depends upon keeping the tips of your telemere's "unfrayed" these are at the tip of your chromosommes. If they are unfrayed, you can build healthy replacement cells, otherwise Now how to do that?
I'll keep you posted. View 1 comment. Jun 25, Lorna McGlynn rated it it was ok. I've never heard so many corny similes in my life! They are far more interested in entertainment than providing factual, relevant information. I'm a healthcare worker, so I guess I expected too much from the Oprah crowd. Dec 02, Paula rated it really liked it. An extremely easy, yet enjoyable read so that everyone can learn what most of us don't know that will help our bodies. Jul 10, Evelyn rated it liked it. While I will try the workouts at the end of this book, I did find the forced humour and childish sexual innuendo liberally sprinkled throughout extremely tedious.
Feb 06, Susan rated it really liked it Shelves: own-this-book. TONS of good information. I found that this isn't the kind of book you can read through quickly. It has so much information, some of which I had to re-read, that it will continually be a good resource. Mar 31, Linda Orvis rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone. Shelves: non-fiction-faves.
I listened to this book on tape, which I wouldn't recommend, mainly because there's a ton of information to write down and implement. I ordered it on my Kindle which I'm loving, by the way and now I have it as a reference. One of the things I really appreciated about Staying Young was that both doctors take on and recommend supplements. My experience has been that when you bring supplements up to most doctors they act like you practice voodoo.
It is also refreshing to find out things like why I listened to this book on tape, which I wouldn't recommend, mainly because there's a ton of information to write down and implement. It is also refreshing to find out things like why one's arteries thicken, and why we need to floss every day.
After reading this book, I'd venture to say that a person is never too young to adopt the good health habits Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz suggest. Sign up and get a free ebook! Roizen and Mehmet Oz. About The Book. About The Authors. James Robinson. Mehmet Oz. Product Details. Resources and Downloads. Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today! By clicking 'Sign me up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use. Must redeem within 90 days.
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