A Guide to Your Vital Organs: Where They Are, What They Do and How to Keep Them Healthy.
A uniquely hands-on approach to the body and our organs, looking at how we work and what we need to survive.
We are 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, and 60% think our hearts are below our stomachs. 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 one of our biggest killers; 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.
