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YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger

If there ever was a pair of docs who can make the small intestine seem truly intriguing, here they are.

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Mehmet Oz is an alternative-medicine maverick and a cardiologist known to implement acupuncture during open-heart surgery.

Dr.

Michael Roizen developed the RealAge concept of calculating one's biological, as opposed to chronological, age.

Here they've whipped up a witty guide to the workings of the entire body, appropriate not just for those who can't tell their pancreas from their pituitary.

Even Cheers' Cliff Claven types who think they know it all will likely be humbled by the 50-question "body-quotient" quiz that starts off the book.

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Authors: Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz

Publisher: Collins

Date: May. 1, 2005

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