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YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management [Hardcover]

Michael F. Roizen , Mehmet C. Oz
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Book Description

December 29, 2009
For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now researchers are unraveling biological secrets about such things as why you crave chocolate or gorge at buffets or store so much fat.

Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, America's most trusted doctor team and authors of the bestselling YOU series, are now translating this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist. They're going to do it by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge. By understanding how your body's fat-storing and fat-burning systems work, you're going to learn how to crack the code on true and lifelong waist management.

Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In YOU: On a Diet, Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-theskin tour of the organs that influence your body's size and its health. You'll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat.

Because the world has almost as many diet plans as it has e-mail spammers, you'd think that just about all of us would know everything there is to know about dieting, about fat, and about the reasons why our bellies have grown so large. YOU: On a Diet is much more than a diet plan or a series of instructions and guidelines or a faddish berries-only eating plan. It's a complete manual for waist management. It will show you how to achieve and maintain an ideal and healthy body size by providing a lexicon according to which any weight-loss system can be explained. YOU: On a Diet will serve as the operating system that facilitates future evolution in our dieting software. After you learn about the biology of your body and the biology and psychology of fat, you'll be given the YOU Diet and YOU Workout. Both are easy to learn, follow, and maintain. Following a two-week rebooting program will help you lose up to two inches from your waist right from the start.

With Roizen and Oz's signature accessibility, wit, and humor, YOU: On a Diet -- The Owner's Manual for Waist Management will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume, so that you'll diet smart, not hard. Welcome to your body on a diet.


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"Back for another highly entertaining round of Biology 101, the team behind YOU: The Owner's Manual applies its signature wit and wisdom to food metabolism and nutrition. Roizen and Oz pack in a lot of material -- quizzes, 'factoids' and 'myth busters' along with diet and exercise plans, recipes and a two-week 'rebooting' program -- in bite-sized portions, giving readers a chance to absorb and apply what they learn." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

About the Author

Michael F. Roizen, M.D., is a New York Times #1 bestselling author and co-founder and originator of the popular RealAge.com website. He is chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic and health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He currently lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., is also a New York Times #1 bestselling author and Emmy-award winning host of The Dr. Oz Show. He is professor and vice chairman of surgery at New York Presbyterian-Columbia University and the director of the Heart Institute. He currently lives in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Scribner; Rev Upd edition (December 29, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439164967
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439164969
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This book is great, it is very informative and easy to understand. Avid Reader  |  32 reviewers made a similar statement
A lot of this book seems like the same-old, same-old. Bejasus  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
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205 of 207 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A motivational book with Science behind it. February 8, 2010
By Holly H
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've often thought "If I could just lose the amount of weight I have in diet books, I'd be a happy woman." What makes this one different? 10 chapters of science on the gastro-intestination system and its affects on every part of the body. Sounds boring? It isn't! The authors rightly wait to give you their diet plan in the middle of this book, because it is the science of metabolism, digestion, heart disease, emotions, and motivation that make this something completely different from all the other diet books I've read. The diet itself is simple and can be found on the web [...].

But having a diet and following it for life are two different things. This books gives the motivational background for why I want to consume more whole grains, fruits, and veggies, and walk every day. After six weeks on this plan, I don't feel the ansy cravings that I have in the past, and I am finding it easy to get through the late afternoon munchies because I never get frantically hungry or stuffed to the gills anymore; I have strategies to deal with stress and uncomfortable emotions. You can download the two-week diet (with shopping list and recipes) off their web site as well as using their on-line walking and strength training exercise videos. You can also sign up for motivational tips via email. However, this book provides the motivation and strategies needed to stay with a life-changing diet for life. Highly recommended.
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130 of 131 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Not the same-old, same-old May 1, 2010
By Bejasus
Format:Hardcover
I don't watch Oprah. In fact, I've never seen these guys on TV. But I bought this book anyway, hoping for a boost of motivation.

I didn't expect much. After 30 years of up and down with my weight, I thought I knew all I needed to know: 3,500 calories is a pound, so just cut calories and increase exercise, depending on will power to get me through. That's how it had worked before, and I thought I only had my willpower, failures in motivation, etc., to blame for the high cycles on the yo-yo.

A lot of this book seems like the same-old, same-old. But for me, the advice on how to work WITH your body's complex metabolism and hormones -- taking an elegant approach, not a brute force willpower approach -- was a real breakthrough. Just two things: 1) eating a few walnuts before meals and 2) committing to trying not to allow myself to be either hungry or full, made a HUGE difference for me. So I began to take the book more seriously. And one of the points they make is that there ARE such things as good foods and bad foods: it's not just a question of total calories. I read it cover to cover, and kept a list of things to do and to avoid, and I began working them into my life, slowly but surely. Week by week, I cut out anything with white flour, weaned myself off processed foods, etc. I haven't counted a calorie, I eat as much as I need to feel full, my daily exercise consists of gentle walking -- but I feel better than I have in my life, and, without a struggle, I've lost 12 pounds.

And, every other time I've lost this much weight, I've felt aware of it: excited, yes, but aware that it will only take a few slips and the scale will be creeping back up, knowing that it is taking discipline to pass up on all the greasy food and sweets that other people are eating, and I miss the foods I'm giving up. But this time, I'm not being disciplined. Once I learned how to work with the ebb and flow of appetite hormones, it's no longer about being disciplined: I no longer want the junk, and I am rarely hungry.

This book has had a radical impact on my life. I had to look past the dumb jokes and the goofy drawings, but I'm glad I did: they may not be my style, but the information helped me understand WHY eating a few walnuts before a meal works and WHY eating a few french fries does more damage to my appetite, metabolism, stress, etc., than just a 100 or so calories might imply. Don't believe people that say it is the same-old, same-old.
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84 of 86 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious! I really LOL! February 5, 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are looking for a book that will give you tasty recipes and a strict exercise routine, don't buy this! If you are one of those people that always wants to know "WHY" or "HOW SOMETHING WORKS" this book is for you!The authors do such an amazing job at explaining the physiology of the human body. I learned a lot about how the chemicals in your body really DO impact how hungry you are and how full you are; and how the food choices that we make impact THOSE chemicals! The authors were able to write in a lay-mans kind of way and keep it interesting and funny (there's even comical pictures and diagrahms). This book is not a specific diet plan; it is a tool in taking the first step of changing and maintaining a healthier you! I highly recommend this book.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Highly recommend!
I got this for myself and have to say it really is a great book. The content is very useful and the way that it is written really held my attention (compared to other diet type... Read more
Published 13 hours ago by Kira Mendez
3.0 out of 5 stars Typical diet info
This book is ok it basically tells you what all diets tell you to do so it helps you if you follow it
Published 3 days ago by Charlotta Yetter
3.0 out of 5 stars Less Than I'd Hoped
I've dieted my whole adult life. Wanted a new food plan with less rah-rah...I'm already motivated, just tired of cottage cheese, chicken, etc.
Published 10 days ago by Barbara
4.0 out of 5 stars You on a Diet
The Doctor told my wife and myself to buy it because our blood sugar is high.

We think the book is way too long and too deep for the average person to take time out to... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Larry Betz
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative Diet Manual With a Dose of Humor
C . SMITH : This book has GREAT information . The Diet is dueable and easy to follow . When you start eating the right way your cravings subside . I love Dr. Read more
Published 19 days ago by C . SMITH
3.0 out of 5 stars Looking for a better way.
Still reading this book. Has some great ideas. Hope to get through it soon and use the advice in my life.
Published 23 days ago by John Thaxton
5.0 out of 5 stars New information here!
Wonderful new information in this book. Outlines simple ways to alter one's lifestyle if trying to improve one's health and welfare.
Published 1 month ago by Judy
4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of key information.
I learned alot from this book. It taught me alot about my body and how it works. Exercise ideas were boring and lack the fun factor, which keeps me going. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Normal
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Good For People in the Know
If you don't know much about the human body or about food, this book is for you. If you are lookin for that secret to those last few pounds, it is not in here. Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars my opinion only.
these items were as described. I don't care for all these reviews. Every product or company wants reviews. Makes me want to get rid of this computer and head for the woods.
Published 2 months ago by beverly a davis
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Since the Kindle version is over twice the price it's not a good candidate for the Kindle in my opinion. Over $23 for the Kindle but the hardcover is $10.80? That makes no sense.
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