Do you realize there are about 100 trillion cells in your body? That's a lot of cells to manage! It's a good thing they are organized into systems that all work together. This book takes you on a journey inside your body to see many types of cells skin cells, blood cells, muscle cells, and more magnified hundreds or thousands of times larger than their actual size. You'll find out how groups of cells work together to keep your body running. Are you ready for this microquest?
Bacteria and viruses are all around you. If they get inside your body, they can make you very sick. Fortunately, your body is built to keep illness-causing invaders out. If some do get in, special cells inside your body come to the rescue. They track down and destroy anything that might cause you harm. See how the daring cell defenders that make up your immune system keep you healthy. Are you ready for this microquest?
A discussion of the structure and function of plant and animal cells, with illustrations, charts, graphs, and a timeline, covering terms and concepts associated with the subject.
You probably know that your body is made of different kinds of cells. But did you know that you started out as just one cell? So did all animals! Find out how a whole animal grows from that first cell. Through close-up color photos of cells and cell parts, you will learn what special talents your cellsand the cells of other animalshave. In fact, you might be surprised at how much you have in common with a frog, a mouse, or a chicken. Are you ready for this microquest?
You probably know that all living things need food to survive, including plants. So where do plants get their food? They make it themselves! This book takes you inside plant cells and shows you up-close photos of all the different cell parts. You'll also discover the secrets of how plants make seeds and how plant cells are strong enough to hold up giant redwood trees. You might be surprised to find out just how powerful plant cells are. Are you ready for this microquest?
• A man pulled from an explosion undergoes forty surgeries to treat burns on 80 percent of his body. • A girl rescued from a burning car receives donor skin grafts to heal injuries all over her body. • Scientists are working on a process to help burn victims regrow their own skin to quickly cover burns and other wounds. That’s powerful medicine. Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who lived through serious accidents and severe skin burns. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to aid their patients’ recovery and prepare them for the journey back to health. You’ll also learn tips on burn prevention, as well as facts about the skin’s many unique abilities.
Ye Ole Thinker Manual may help you live longer, improve your sex life, make you more independent, give you power and happiness, put self-respect, success, and truth back into your life, give you irreplaceable knowledge and tell you what's for supper! As a matter of fact, no matter what you want or need; you're more likely to get it if you're healthy. All Thinker lives are driven by the condition of their model. You cannot imagine what a powerful determinant health is, until you lose it. You may feel daring, carefree or even angry when you say "I don't care if what I eat is unhealthy; I have to die from something anyway." Are you willing to run around to the other side of that thought and look at it from a different angle? All Thinkers are destined to die at some point. But why spend the rest of your short life destroying the vehicle in which you travel? Healing is not rare. It happens every day. It's a fact that you create your own health (or lack of it) every day. Because we Thinkers, despite our delusions of grandeur, are vessels full of nothing but water, electricity, math, chemistry and bugs. You feel the way you feel because of them. Fortunately, you can control your water, electricity, math, chemistry and bugs by what you eat, drink, breathe, and think. If you want to make your life better in any way; eat, drink, breathe and think in better ways. Maybe you don't need to be afraid of what's going on inside of your model any more. Maybe it's time you peeked behind your walls of misconceptions, ignorance and stubbornness. Maybe it isn't really cute, popular or smart to ignore the incredible machine that allows you to live. Maybe it's time to grow up and stopping pleasuring yourself to death with food. Maybe it's time to change your deadly thoughts and habits. Maybe your young will thrive and excel when they are fed only nutrient-dense foods. Maybe the magic of food will work for you. Ye Ole Thinker Manual introduces you to The 100 Perfect Foods which will keep your model running like a well-oiled machine and help you in hundreds of ways without causing harm. The 100 Perfect Foods can be purchased from just 6-8 aisles in your local grocery store, are cheaper than unhealthy foods, and can easily be used to create thousands of yummy recipes. No dieting! No measuring! No calorie counting! No meetings! No weighing (you or the food)! No recipes! Ye Ole Thinker Manual will introduce you to the story of Lilly the Liver. She's brave, funny and fiercely dedicated. She embarks on a journey, alone and vulnerable, to save herself and her friends from certain death! On this journey, Lilly grabs the opportunity to make a big difference and ends up discovering a whole new world. You just will not believe the tasks she's capable of performing! You're gonna want her on your side! Ye Ole Thinker Manual proudly presents The Uncle Carb Radio Program hosted by Uncle Carb; that cantankerous and funny guy who bullies you into changing your deadly habits! He tells it like it is, gives you the information you need to save yourself and makes you chuckle and moan. In his live radio program, he talks with interesting characters such as Bulky Middleton, Husky Muffintop and Skip Breakfast! Join Uncle Carb as he wades through acid, fungi and stress hormones, at least! Ye Ole Thinker Manual gives you the confidence to believe in your own healing. There are no short cuts. It will require practice, patience and pondering. If you're interested in saving your own race; you'll have to start with yourself. It's tempting to look for someone else to save. And it might make you feel good or heroic. But it won't save you from a lack of self-interest. Save yourself! Live healthy every day. Or at least die tryin'.
