Tu: El Manual de Instrucciones: Una Guía al Cuerpo Que Te Hará Más Joven y Saludable (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Mehmet Oz (Author), Michael F. Roizen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 3, 2006

Esta guía tiene las respuestas que necesitas
para convertirte en un experto de tu propio cuerpo

¿Qué tan bien conoces tu cuerpo? Entre tu espejo de cuerpo entero y las clases de biología en el bachillerato, lo más probable es que creas que sabes mucho sobre el cuerpo humano. Pero aunque vivimos en una época en la que estamos tan obsesionados con nuestros cuerpos como con los peinados de los famosos, la realidad es que muchos sabemos muy poco acerca de lo que se mueve, se revuelve y palpita en el interior de este milagroso sistema de anatomía. Cuando se trata de longevidad y calidad de vida, es importante entender los sistemas internos para saber llevar una vida más saludable, más joven y mejor.

TÚ: El Manual de Instrucciones reta tus ideas preconcebidas de cómo funciona y envejece el cuerpo humano. Aprenderás sobre todos los sistemas y órganos que bombean la sangre, digieren los alimentos y nos permiten recordar información clave. Descubrirás cómo empiezan las enfermedades y cómo afectan al cuerpo, y encontrarás recomendaciones sobre cómo prevenir y vencer los estados que amenazan tu calidad de vida.

Esta guía incluye consejos sobre ejercicios, normas nutricionales, cambios sencillos en tu estilo de vida y enfoques alternativos, y ofrece un método fácil y completo para cambiar tu vida y así ahuyentar el envejecimiento. Además, te ofrece La Dieta del Manual de Instrucciones -- un plan de alimentación diseñado con un solo objetivo en mente: ayudarte a vivir una vida más joven.

¡Bienvenido a tu cuerpo! ¿Por qué no entras y le das un vistazo?

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About the Author

Dr. Mehmet C. Oz is the professor and vice chairman of Surgery at Columbia University and director of the Cardiovascular Institute and the Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is the health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show and writes for O Magazine, Esquire, and Reader's Digest. Oz and Dr. Roizen host a show on Oprah & Friends radio, where they discuss healing techniques, preventative medicine, and the latest in health news, so that Americans can make well-informed decisions about their health.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Rayo; 1 Tra edition (July 3, 2006)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0060890045
• ISBN-13: 978-0060890049
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,098,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Libros en español > Salud, mente y cuerpo > Ejercicio y Suficiencia Física

More About the Author

We wrote YOU: The Owner's Manual to help everyone understand that 70 percent of how long and how well you live is in your hands. But we wanted to go one step further and move you from just knowing the rules to really understanding how your body works. And we realized that if we bottled the 'eureka moments' and irreverence that medical school teaches, you might really enjoy the artistry of the inner workings of your body (we included cartoons so guys would understand). But The Owner's Manual was limited: folks whose lives were already touching the health care system needed advice to best navigate that serpentine path. We realized that a 'Smart Patient' was essential to realizing the promise of 'The Owner's Manual'. Luckily for us, the Joint Commission, our nation's health care safety advocate, approached us to help with a BIG problem. Medical errors in hospitals cost us 98,000 lives per year, and the Joint Commission could not squash this crazily large number without making all patients allies in this fight.

Being a Smart Patient means you've passed a stringent exam (well, a fun but informative quiz, anyway), and you know things that the vast majority of other patients do not. We learned a lot from this process of writing, and share all we knew beforehand and learned:
' You'll know why you need to include your spouse in your health history, even though there's no blood relation.
' You'll know why you should always be one of your doctor's first appointments of the day.
' You'll know which hospital staffer you should always talk to before choosing a surgeon (hint: it's the anesthesiologist).
' And you'll know why you should never touch the TV remote control in your hospital room.

The book debuted at #2 on the NY Times list, so some must at least like the jokes, or the cartoons (we understand an insurance company doesn't care for the one on page 333), or the insights combined with an encyclopedic list of trustworthy resources.

It's a scary statistic, but it's true: you have a 2 in 5 chance of being affected by a major medical complication in your life. And even the best doctors using the most cutting-edge technology can't prevent it. Yet that's the unrealistic expectation. The unsettling reality is that health care has become so complex it is no longer possible for any one doctor or other health care provider in the system to manage the whole process unless they have a partner. And that person is YOU.

The following insider tips are just a taste of those we crammed into You: The Smart Patient. We hope that this book will inspire and empower YOU to get involved in your health care.

Just the Facts, Ma'am

The first sign of a Smart Patient is that telltale document they produce during their first visit, or even their 50th. It's their health profile. This is the sign of a patient who means business, one who will challenge us to be at our absolute best and who won't waste time and money on redundant and unnecessary efforts. To create the perfect health profile, circa early 21st century, find the sample form labeled Your Health Journal. These forms are also online at www.jcrinc.com and www.realage.com.

Have a Tattle Plan
Bring your spouse or advocate to your doctor's appointment when you're giving your health history; there are a lot of questions that only he or she can answer. But, please, before coming in to the office together, make sure you discuss which fibs you're going to tell. Why? Because when you tell us that you've been taking your cholesterol-lowering drugs with the discipline of a Marine, your spouse will shoot you'or us'an involuntary look that communicates something close to Are you kidding me? We never miss it. And sometimes your spouse is trying to give your fibs away: it's called love.

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4.0 out of 5 stars me gusto mucho, August 16, 2010

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Me gusto mucho el libro, es una buena guia de cuidados de salud, solo que esta enfocado a las personas de mas de 40 y yo todavia estoy en los 30, sin embargo vale mucho la pena.

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally in Spanish !!, November 9, 2009

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Happy to have this book translated to Spanish.

I was looking foward to give it to my family so they can learn how to take care of their body and health better. They loved it.