You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You) by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
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Book Reviews of You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You)
Book Review: Aging is About Happiness
Summary: 4 Stars
A book filled with some good information on the principles of aging, longevity and how to stay young. I liked the book but felt it fell a bit short on the importance of the mind-body connection though it did mention emotional and mental health as important factors. Read this book with 2 others that I think will complement this and add the missing part of the puzzle in more detail: happiness as life's greatest way to stay young. My husband and I have read both and loved them: Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook andWhy Men Die Before Women and How to Prevent It-also writtenby a doctor.Book Review: YOU, Staying Young
Summary: 5 Stars
O.K.
Here we are again, another GREAT read by two of the best Doctors in their class. If you want many of the facts in a format that makes sense of it all, then this book is for you. It could very well be the book that adds a few more healthy years to your life. Now that's a big deal in my point of view.
Just think, we just might spend ALL our kids inheritance with the extra time we get on this old planet! Now that is a concept worth thinking about--->
PTL
Kent
Book Review: Not worth the money
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is flip and superficial. It doesn't really give any new information on this subject but rather regurgitates the standard line from the medical community. If you read any health newsletters and/or blogs, you will be more current than these guys.
Most of the book (303 pages)describes the various systems of the body with the remaining 80 pages, the so-called "extended warranty system." The book is filled with a lot of weird cartoons and "factoid" boxes making it hard to follow the main text. Don't bother with the tests at the beginning as there are mistakes!
Book Review: for the average person
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have been reading already lots of materials about healthy living, longevity etc, there is NOTHING in this for you. If you want a refresher , then get it. better from the library or borrow it from a friend!!!
I listened to it once and I am done. Plus, when they talked about car accidents, I nearly had a car accident in that very moment, so I am even afraid to listen to it, at least in the car!!!
Book Review: Great collection of information on the aging process
Summary: 5 Stars
Some celebrity once opined that growing old wasn't easy or something to that effect - and, obviously to those of us who are growing old, they were absolutely correct. Growing old just isn't a whole lot of fun.
Drs. Roizen and Oz aren't necessarily trying to make the process of aging fun, but they do claim they can slow it down or, more appropriately, help you feel like you're not going downhill quite as fast.
The approach is definitely light-hearted and, at first blush, for the light-headed as well. As you get into it, you realize that the authors have packed a lot of solid, serious medical knowledge into their work. They use lots of cartoons which at first might appear flippant, but actually do a good job of explaining concepts that might be difficult to comprehend with words alone. Some of the "humor" they attempt is definitely sophmoric. Best to ignore those instances and just move on.
They also use lots of sidebars to explain concepts.
Overall the concept is definitely geared toward light. I think it's a good, if risky, path to take because a lot of the information is not something you necessarily want to read: being reminded of your mortality is not pleasant.
The authors truly push a lot of pills throughout the book and, surprisingly, make a special offer of a comprehensive blood test battery for only $1,495! Not a misprint: $1,495. . . but only $995 to the first 250 readers. This is supposed to be the ultimate blood workup, but I found the inclusion of the offer a bit offensive.
Overall, this is a good book for anyone growing older who doesn't like the idea of aging. Lots of information, lots of suggestions on how to slow the process down. Maybe the suggestions don't work, but at least you'll believe you're doing something.
Jerry