Product Description

Drs Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz, authors of the million-copy bestseller 'YOU: The Owner's Manual', have devised a diet that is so effective you'll notice changes in your body immediately. Starting with a Two-Week Reboot that will help you lose up to two inches around your waist, you will shed your unwanted pounds forever. 'YOU on a Diet' is not another faddy crash-diet weight loss plan: you will lose weight -- and a lot of it -- but you will also gain the knowledge, insight and power to keep off the pounds you lose. Knowledge is the most powerful motivator when it comes to making the right food choices: know the 'why' and you'll successfully handle the 'how'. / Find out your ideal shape -- and how to reach it / Lose weight without hunger -- you need only 100 calories less a day / Enjoy flexibility -- you can still indulge in treats / Rebalance body chemicals and hormones -- these, not willpower, dictate what you eat / Stop worrying about what you weigh -- it's your waist size that counts Roizen and Mehmet's clear plan combined with: / Amazing YOU facts (e.g. 95% of your body's serotonin is found in your intestines -- there's only 2-3% in your nervous system) / Eating tips (e.g. eating a small handful of nuts before your meal tricks your body into thinking that you are fuller sooner) / Interactive questionnaires (e.g. are your emotions affecting your food choices?) make this diet one of the most cutting-edge and easy-to-follow of our time. Successful long-term weight loss is only found in one place: YOU.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #349033 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

From the Publisher
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. 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. According to Roizen and Oz, waist
measurement, not weight, is the most important factor in mortality related
to obesity, and understanding the relationship between chemicals and
hormones influencing hunger and those signaling satiety is the key to
ending yo-yo dieting. Most diets fail, Roizen and Oz conclude, because body
chemistry overrules the best plans and intentions. To restore the body's
natural ability to balance hunger and satiety and offset the effects of
stress on food choices, they list foods and supplements that fight fat,
decrease appetite and combat inflammation that causes disease. 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. For those considering medical intervention, they
discuss current options for drugs and surgery. (Oct.)
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rights reserved.

From the Author
Whether you're carrying a few extra pounds of fat on your thighs or a
suitcase's worth in your belly, it's hard not to think about fat. You feel
it when you walk, you roll on it when you sleep, and you curse it when you
try to slide into last year's jeans. But while most of us are intimately
familiar with how fat looks on the outside, we're not quite as familiar
with how it works on the inside.
As we explain in YOU: On a Diet, we believe that to change your body, you
need to know your body.

In the simplest form, everyone knows the formula for gaining weight. Daily
buckets of ranch dip plus photo-album-sized hunks of cheesecake plus a life
of couch-dwelling equals a very unfortunate conclusion: too-frequent popped
buttons.

But many of us really don't know how fat works and how it works against us.
Here's the inside story on the story of your insides.

About the Author
Michael F. Roizen, M.D. created the RealAge(R) concept and is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, RealAge. He is a professor of anesthesiology and internal medicine and chair of the Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Comprehensive Pain Management at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., is a professor and vice chairman of surgery, medical director of Integrated Medical Center and director of the Heart Institute at the New York Presbyterian-Columbia University.

Customer Reviews

Great informative book
My husband and I both love this book. We learned so many things about how our bodies work. We both feel good about practicing what they teach. This book is healthy and balanced; it's not like others that may deprive your body of Carbo's or Protein. It just feels right and the work out is great too. I would recommend this book to all. Not just the people who need to loose a few pounds. If you are interested in being healthier and understanding how your body process food, then you should read this book. Enough typing, now back to reading.
Also recommended, one of my favorites, Understanding: Train of Thought.

Smart approach to weight control
Forget about willpower, fads and fasts. Don't even consider weighing your food or counting calories. Losing weight and being healthy is all about education and making the right choices - not obsessing over every bite. In this clever, informative book, physicians Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz explain why dieting is ineffective and useless as a long-term strategy for controlling your weight. Cracking jokes along the way, the authors explain how your body works, why some people store excess fat and how cravings can victimize you. Roizen and Oz offer a sound nutritional game plan that features helpful recipes focusing on lean protein, plenty of fruit, whole grains, vegetables and nuts, without added sugar. The doctors are enthusiastic proponents of regular exercise, including walking, strength training and stretching. They believe that once you embrace a healthier lifestyle, you will automatically make better food choices. Sure, you might break down and have a slice of coconut custard pie now and then, but it won't send you into a junk food tailspin or make you feel guilty. If you're fed up with living off the fat of the land and finding it on your waistline, we highly recommend this book for its logical approach and sound advice.

Great book!
I found this book to very interesting, motivating and positive. I read another review that commented that nothing 'new' is given-basically eat better/exercise more.This true, and the accompanying website realage.com has the exercise information anyway-BUT I found through reading how your body uses /processes sugar and other such foods, and the benefits of eating good foods to be very informative and as such (in my case) almost elminated the cravings I used to have for chocolate and other high suagr/instant sugar rush foods. I am a Brit -this is very much an 'American-You can do it' type book which I found great.