Guest of "Sans Rendez-vous", the health program of Europe 1, the sports doctor and cardiologist Alain Ducardonnet details his method to allow everyone to question their state of health and target what, on a daily basis , makes it possible to improve it or, on the contrary, to harm it.
What if, in this particularly worrying time of the health crisis, you took the time to ask yourself questions about your own health and your lifestyle?
This is the reflective path offered by sports doctor and cardiologist Alain Ducardonnet, in his book
Make an appointment… with you!
, published in Recherches Midi.
He invites his readers to block a niche in their agenda, on a regular basis, to question their physical capacities, their eating habits, and, possibly, to initiate a series of small changes in their daily life.
With one goal: to stay healthy as long as possible.
A balance sheet with oneself
To initiate this process, Alain Ducardonnet describes in his book ten successive meetings to take with oneself, and centered around a particular questioning.
The first, for example, is to imagine what we could look like ten years from now, depending on our lifestyle.
"It is important to project
yourself
into
your
physical and mental image", explains the doctor at the microphone of
Sans Rendez-vous
on Europe 1. "We imagine what our life is going to be like, what we are going to do with it. Do you prefer to enjoy everything and the rest is equal? Or, to make sure that you are in good shape, not to have illnesses in order to be able to take care of your children, for example? ”he asks .
It is a form of introspection centered on the body, but also on the elements of our daily life that can influence our resistance to the vagaries of life.
"When you think you're in good health, you imagine that you don't need to take stock. It's not just a physical inventory, but also how we live: nutrition, physical activity, stress, sleep, etc. "
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"Guide your life" to anticipate health problems
The second appointment invites you to look at family health history.
"It is in our interest to ask this question. It is important to know your genetic background and the diseases that have affected your family. You can, for example, take care of your diet if you risk diabetes", explains our guest.
"It is about orienting our life, our vigilance in relation to what could happen."
Without necessarily a question of engaging in extensive genealogical research: "When we speak of antecedents, it is a question of health problems in the direct line, those of the father, the mother, uncles, aunts , brothers and sisters. "
For other generations, such as those of grandparents, lifestyles are often too far removed from our own for it to be wise to take them into account, specifies Alain Ducardonnet.
Complement conventional medicine with "lifestyle medicine"
Other meetings offer to look into his consumption of tobacco and alcohol, or to take stock of his relationship with food or sport, notably through questionnaires.
"This book does not question conventional medicine and its treatments", insists Alain Ducardonnet.
"But there is also a way of life medicine, which allows you to see, in what you do every day, what is good or bad for your health."
This, of course, does not prevent turning to the Faculty for more in-depth examinations from time to time, especially after 45 years.
"The right assessment will be the one that your attending physician will advise you. He knows you, he will be able to ask the right questions to know what type of examination should be done," concludes Alain Ducardonnet.