how to stay fit during confinement

The tumultuous period that we are going through in the world reminds us that our Planet is small and that we all have the same organism, that the virus does not know skin colors, nationalities, sexes, ages, health status preexisting and weight level.

We must not delude ourselves, the virus will continue to develop in the future, perhaps with new pandemics ((epidemics globally) and new containments. We have entered 21e century, that of globalization with its benefits and new health risks.

We should conserve our health heritage as much as we can, take care of ourselves like others by improving our personal hygiene, which the Japanese have been doing for a long time and which allows them to behave better when faced with this type of coronavirus, the Covid-19. It will be necessary to change dogma vis-à-vis the failing cleanliness of the French and in particular, really, to provide means to the schools to be able to make apply decently the hygiene rules with children.

Containment and medical consultation: the importance of keeping in touch with your doctor

Go to your medical consultations even during confinement, it is authorized (fortunately) and an absolute necessity for some of you (I think of all those who suffer from chronic diseases like diabetes, thehypertension, theobesity, etc.). You must keep the medical link, this will allow you to stabilize your state of health which can quickly weaken in the absence of adequate supervision and this will avoid saturating the emergency services.

Be faithful to your treatments, do not interrupt them without medical advice even if certain messages can quickly panic (the Minister of Health Olivier Veran rightly called to be vigilant about takinganti-inflammatory which may precipitate towards cardiac and respiratory complications in certain cases of patients positive for Covid-19, but that doesn’t mean the heart should stopaspirin or that asthmatics should stop taking cortisone, such as patients with rheumatic diseases). Health professionals are doctors, your doctors, not the next-door neighbor or the facilitator of a blog sensational.

Stay active as confinement can make you idle

Regarding confinement, it encourages snacking, unless you move because swimming, running, jumping rope, can be complicated in an apartment!

The weight is likely to be felt and France, at the end of this state of isolation, could be “bigger”. People risk to decompensate psychically with this stress very anxiety-provoking and this moment when you are sailing by sight without real visibility on the future. So, we risk turning into a "couch potato" by watching Canal + or Netflix or playing ehealth games and even reading what is recommended by our President. Do your shopping in peace and not as if a bomb was going to fall on us. The mind-blowing haste seen in the media, where the shopping carts were filled for three months of siege, can worry about the mental state of some. The contents of some carts left stunned, ice, packages crisps and other ultra-processed foods. I understand that we are cracking but let's think a little about our races by privileging the primeurs of season, unprocessed frozen foods, basic products, even basic preserves. The pasta and rice, why not, but the sauces left very quickly, which gives rise to fears of a caloric bombardment on the plates of some.

Many will think that after all, as long as you are not sick, you should take advantage of it! Question yourself during this crisis to learn to respect your body and the cells that make it up even more. For smokers, delay as much as possible, do not drink sodas, or as little as possible, and even lessalcohol. Take advantage, if you have enough space, to cook recipes and get your kids involved.

For people confined alone, try to eat in a serene atmosphere

Everyone try to eat slowly without disruptive screens or signals of satiety. Also try to keep a schedule by not getting up at an hour. So stick to your hours sleep and do not shift otherwise you risk snacking and will have to account to your scale in a minimum of fifteen days.

The confinement risks being renewed, we must prepare ourselves psychologically. Make it a point to go out around your block but alone or with people only from your foyer. Respect others is to respect yourself.

Learn more about Dr Arnaud Cocaul

Dr Arnaud Cocaul is a nutritionist, specialized in the prevention of obesity and eating disorders in general. He intervenes in the media around subjects concerning nutrition, and favors an interface with the media. He gives lectures to the general public always in the spirit of being a smuggler and participated in the creation of a fun application (Serious game) for mobile, called KcalMe.

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