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Don't Die Young

by Alice Roberts
Don't Die Young - Thryft
Don't Die Young - Thryft

Explore Your Inner Workings

"Don't Die Young" is a eye-opening tour of the human body that offers readers valuable insight into maintaining good health. Author Alice Roberts takes readers on a journey through the body, highlighting important organs and providing tips for how to maintain their health. Readers will appreciate the accessible writing style, which makes even complex medical concepts easy to understand."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Don't Die Young

by Alice Roberts
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ISBN: 9780747590255
Authors: Alice Roberts
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date of Publication: 2007-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science
Related Topics: Biology, Health, Medical
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 76 readers)

Description

We're a nation of water cooler health experts - organic converts, proud of our supplements and detox herbal teas. But 87% of us don't even know where our kidneys are. The time has surely come for us to get acquainted. In this fascinating tour of the human body, Dr Alice Roberts introduces us to our key organs, explaining their functions and idiosyncrasies in a style both ultimately informative and incredibly accessible. She explores the cells, the 'building blocks' of organs; the spongy pink lungs that turn grey as we grow older no matter where or how we live; the heart - alarmingly, heart-disease is the biggest killer in the UK; the stomach and intestines, with their precarious balance of churning acids; the liver and pancreas, much abused workers to break down the toxins we gleefully consume; the tireless and essential kidneys; the mysterious sex organs; the brain, the very centre of our selves; the skeleton and its amazing role in our evolution; and the skin, vigorously targeted by advertising companies and the organ that holds all of the others in. As well as (literally) delving into these organs, Alice discusses the latest research into what keeps them healthy, and gives us top tips for how to look after them. This is a glorious, dynamic and colourful combination of anatomy lesson and You Are What You Eat, and Alice Roberts is the perfect guide for this most intimate of journeys.
 

Explore Your Inner Workings

"Don't Die Young" is a eye-opening tour of the human body that offers readers valuable insight into maintaining good health. Author Alice Roberts takes readers on a journey through the body, highlighting important organs and providing tips for how to maintain their health. Readers will appreciate the accessible writing style, which makes even complex medical concepts easy to understand."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.