When you have health, you have everything, goes the popular saying.  Good health allows you to enjoy what you have in life, and gives you the strength and wisdom to pursue your goals.  Many sick people would gladly give up their fortune just to take away the pain and misery that diseases bring.  They wish that they should have known better when they had the chance.

To strive to be healthy and free from illness, you have to be knowledgeable about how your body works.  This knowledge makes you aware of the things you should do to enhance your body’s defenses against diseases, and more importantly, avoid having these diseases.

Having no time to read and learn about health is not an excuse anymore in this digital age.  If you are too busy to read books, you can listen to audiobooks.

The advantage of audiobooks is that you can use them while commuting, driving, walking to the office, or doing any other unavoidable activities that otherwise waste your time.  All you need is an ipod or an mp3 player and the ability to download these audiobooks into your device. Audible.com, the most popular online audiobook download store, even has a special offer where you can get any of these audiobook for $7.49 or you can join Audible and get 2 free downloads .

Below are top health books or audiobooks that will provide you with invaluable knowledge to keep yourself healthy and vibrant as you age – so that you can have “everything”.

This easy to understand, lighthearted book takes you on a tour of the human body and all its functions.  You will also learn how they could go wrong - especially when diseases strike, and how to prevent these from happening.  It gives you advice on how to keep your body running long and strong.  This is no boring anatomy lecture, but an engaging, humorous take on how to prevent conditions that threaten the quality of your life.

This time, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz zero in on what happens when the body ages, again in their humorous and engaging style.  Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz contends that aging isn’t a decline of the body’s system, but a very purposeful process.  The very systems and biological processes that cause people to age are actually designed to help people when they're a little bit younger.  The book teaches you to reprogram your systems to work the way they did when they were younger.  It teaches you “die young” at any age – living a vibrant life all of your days.

You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Most people think of the aging of their bodies the same way they think of the aging of their cars. But according to Drs. Roizen and Oz, that's a mistake....

3. You: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
By: Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

The “You” series by Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz is highly recommended because it presents health topics in an entertaining, humorous way.  In this book, they tackle dieting – battling one enemy that is a cause of many life-threatening diseases – fat.  The book teaches you how your body uses and stores food, gives you a plan to help you lose up to 2 inches from your waste in 2 weeks, and motivates you to perform this activity that will make you feel and look better and live healthier.

4. Ageless Face, Ageless Mind: Erase Wrinkles and Rejuvenate the Brain (Unabridged)
By: Nicholas Perricone, M.D.
Dr. Perricone, one of the most famous dermatologists in the world, examines the process of aging and the causes of wrinkles, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and more.  He then recommends revolutionary strategies and technologies to control and prevent the harmful effects of these age-related conditions.  Dr. Perricone bases his recommendations on the latest medical findings and states that you can rebuild your body through diet, supplements, and cutting edge therapies. 

5. Healthy at 100 (Unabridged)
By: John Robbins

In this widely acclaimed health book, John Robbins brings the traditions of ancient and vibrantly healthy cultures together with the latest findings in medical science to provide you with clues on how to increase not only your lifespan but also your healthspan.  Through his research, Robbins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and joy.

6. Ultralongevity: The Seven-Step Program for a Younger, Healthier You
By: Mark Liponis

In this book, the author states that heart disease, cancer, diabetes, ulcers, and even aging itself are all diseases of the immune system.  He then suggests a simple program that you can follow to have the healthiest immune system possible.  This results in a life that is longer, happier and healthier.  You will also learn from the author his program on how to keep your brain sharp, be more physically fit, and more resistant to infections and disease, and feel and stay younger.

7. The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life
By: David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker

David Zinczenko is the editor-in- chief of Men’s Health, a popular fitness magazine.  In his book, he presents an easy and effective program that is helping thousands of people lose weight, flatten their guts, banish post-pregnancy bellies, stop back pain, and become healthier than they ever thought possible.

What's more, once on this revolutionary new diet you'll look and feel better than ever without deprivation dieting, counting calories, measuring foods, worrying about confusing phases, or ever feeling hungry! In fact, you can eat more and weigh less by planning your meals and snacks around the 12 key foods that help burn fat and build muscle.  And it works on both men and women.

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8. Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond
By: Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, M.D. This award-winning book is a hilarious but scientifically serious take on how to turn back your biological clock - ow to become functionally younger every year for the next five to 10 years, and continue to live with vitality and grace into your 80s and beyond.  He doles out advice that includes quit eating crap, connect and commit, and exercise six days a week for the rest of your life.  And he proves it through his 70-year old star patient who turned his life around age-wise.  If you follow the book’s simple rules, you'll probably find yourself in the best shape, in mind, body, and spirit, of your life.

9. Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth about Exercise and Health
By: Gina Kolata

Gina Kolata, science reporter to The New York Times, takes you on a fascinating journey into fads, fictions and genuine innovations that have defined the world of physical fitness.  She regards prevailing assumption about fitness skeptically.  She challenges ideas like the best way to exercise for maximum effect, the “fat-burning zone”, why some people won’t become fit in spite of exercise, and if there are really foods, drinks or supplements that can help you exercise longer or harder.  It’s an eye-opener, and keeps you from falling victim to money-making fitness fads.

10.  Skinny Bitch (Unabridged)
By: Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin tell you in their brazen, tactless, no-holds-barred manner why you should be thin and how.  It’s a wake-up call.  Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there is solid guidance.

Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables and encourages women to get excited about feeling "clean and pure and energized".

11. The South Beach Heart Program: The Four-Step Plan that Can Save Your Life (Unabridged)
By: Arthur Agatston, MD

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in many countries.  For those who are concerned about their heart, this book by the renowned cardiologist Dr. Agatston presents an aggressive prevention approach to treating heart disease.  His South Beach Diet program has helped thousands of people to lead a healthier, heart-disease free life.  Through this book, Dr. Agatston champions a revolution in cardiac care that will empower people to save their own lives.

12. Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right (Unabridged)
By: Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
This book should be read by all parents who want their kids to grow up healthy.  Dr. Fuhrman demonstrates how the current epidemic of adult cancers and other diseases is most closely linked to what we eat in the first quarter of life. He explains how a nutrient-rich diet increases a child's resistance to common childhood illnesses like asthma, ear infections, and allergies, and how it can prevent him from developing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune disorders in the future.

Disease-Proof Your Child provides nutrient-rich dietary recommendations for children, and even offers guidelines and recipes that get even the pickiest eaters to enjoy healthy food.