This Is Your Do-Over - by Michael F Roizen (Paperback)

About the Book

"From one of America's most trusted physicians and the bestselling coauthor of the YOU series with Dr. Mehmet Oz--this practical and empowering guide shares the seven secrets to losing weight, restoring peak vitality, and regaining optimal health at any age. No matter whether you're a stressed-out workaholic, a couch potato, or a marshmallow addict, it's never too late to get a second chance. You do not have to let genetics or bad choices of the past dictate your health outcomes. In fact, you have the power to change your body--as well as which of your genes are switched on--no matter how you've lived in the past. In This Is Your Do-Over, Dr.Michael Roizen, four-time New York Times #1 bestselling author and renowned Chief Wellness Officer of the Cleveland Clinic, provides the tools you need to slam the brakes on bad health and press the gas pedal to good health. In the book, he addresses all the areas that contribute to total-body wellness, including nutrition, exercise, sex, stress, sleep, and the brain. Using concrete strategies that anyone of any age can use, Dr. Roizen shows you how to change your heath destiny with his seven simple secrets to earning a Do-Over. He even shares the key step missing in most other programs: how to select and partner with the proper buddy or coach to get you to your goals. Grounded in cutting-edge scientific research and culled from Dr. Roizen's experience coaching thousands, This Is Your Do-Over is the ultimate guide to reversing damage, optimizing health, and living a life filled with energy and happiness. It is not too late; your Do-Over starts now"--

Book Synopsis

From the bestselling coauthor of the YOU series, the ultimate guide to reversing damage, optimizing health, and living a life filled with energy and happiness. "If you want to have a better brain and body...This is your manual for transformation" (Daniel G. Amen, MD, New York Times bestselling author).

No matter what kind of lifestyle you lead, no matter what your bad habits, whether you're a smoker, a couch potato, or a marshmallow addict, it's never too late to start living a healthy life. You do not have to be destined to a certain health outcome because your parents were on the same path, or because you think you've already done the damage. And you can even change the function of your genes through your lifestyle choices.

Bestselling author and renowned chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic gives readers the tools they need to change their habits and get a new start. Dr. Roizen addresses all the areas that contribute to total-body wellness--including nutrition, exercise, sex, stress, sleep, and the brain. He shares his seven simple secrets--grounded in cutting-edge scientific research and culled from experience coaching thousands--to healthy living and provides concrete strategies that anyone can implement, regardless of age or health. "If you ever wanted a second chance at redoing your life, reimagining the areas that don't work--body, mind, relationships, and more--This Is Your Do-Over is your guide" (Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

Review Quotes

"Dr. Michael Roizen is a master at helping people turn their health around. This is Your Do-Over is your manual for transformation. I highly recommend it if you want to have a better brain and body, starting right now."--Daniel G. Amen, MD, Founder, Amen Clinics, author of "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life"

"Dr. Roizen is a health wizard, spinning magic by translating medical science into simple, clear, life transforming and most importantly fun things that make you live better, younger, longer! If you ever wanted a second chance at redoing your life, reimagining the areas that don't work--body, mind, relationships and more, This is Your Do-Over, is your guide."--Mark Hyman, MD, Director, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "The Blood Sugar Solution"

"In This Is Your Do-Over Dr. Mike Roizen takes you through the tactics that science has proven to help erase your health mistakes (and maybe counteract some of your genetics) to get the body and life that you want. The best part is that the plan is manageable: every action can be worked into your life, no matter your personality, your genes, your preferences, your lifestyle."--Mehmet C. Oz, MD, New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University heart surgeon and Emmy award-winning host of "The Dr. Oz Show"

"Once again, Dr. Mike Roizen nails it. Improving any part of your life means adopting--and maintaining--a few key habits. In This Is Your Do-Over, he helps you identify them, then gives you failsafe strategies to incorporate them into your daily routine. An added bonus: The tips he shares will be good for your long-term financial health as well."--Jean Chatzky, financial editor of "NBC Today"

"Our bodies often have a remarkable capacity to begin healing as we make healthier choices, and more quickly than had once been thought possible. In this remarkable book, Dr. Mike Roizen--one of the leading lights in lifestyle medicine--shows you how."--Dean Ornish, M.D., founder & president, Preventive Medicine Research Institute; clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; and author of "The Spectrum" and "Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

About the Author

Michael F. Roizen, MD, is the four-time #1 New York Times 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 Chief Medical Consultant to The Dr. Oz Show. He currently lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Mehmet Oz, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon. He has won nine Daytime Emmy Awards for The Dr. Oz Show. A professor of surgery at Columbia University, he directs the Complementary Medicine Program at New York--Presbyterian Hospital and performs more than fifty heart operations a year. Dr. Oz has written eight New York Times bestselling books, including Food Can Fix It, YOU: The Owner's Manual, YOU: The Smart Patient, YOU: On a Diet, YOU: Staying Young, and the award-winning Healing from the Heart.

Ted Spiker is the interim chair of the department of journalism at the University of Florida. He is a magazine writer, the coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual, and the author of Down Size. He also writes the Big Guy Blog for Runner's World.