Although he readily displays the image of a “bon vivant”, Philippe Katerine no longer has the leisure to eat certain rich and delicious foods. At the microphone of Mouloud Achour this Tuesday, January 7 in the show Clique (Source1)the singer of “La Banana” and “Nu” said he had come a long way, and had struggled to write his latest album, “Zouzou”, released on November 8.
“I almost died”
“When I started this album, I was brooding and I wrote depressing songs, I had to have emergency surgery, I almost died”, said the 56-year-old singer. “A week later [l’écriture de la chanson ‘Chez Philou’]I was on the pool table, because I had kidney stones. In fact, my blood was totally infected, so I was going to go to the big white country ehcompletely”, continued Philippe Katerine, who had already said he had open heart surgery at the age of 8.
The singer specifies, with the humor and derision that we know from him, that to have calculations, there is no need to be good at mathematics, you just need to eating too much salt and too much sugar in high doses. And the artist specifies having already had it in the past, at 18 years old.
Dietary restrictions received with philosophy
Fortunately, this time again, the singer escaped: “You don’t have to hang around, because my blood is totally infected. Afterwards, they put a probe in to clean it all up.”, he clarified. Unfortunately, this health concern required significant changes in Philippe Katerine’s diet: “Less saltless of everything, we will say things honestly”, laments the singer. And he adds, with a touch of sadness: “No cold cuts, it’s over. Cheese, for my Philippe? Finished”.
However, it seems that the artist took the matter philosophically, as usual, believing that “it’s like everything, we adapt, and we realize that there are many advantages to disadvantages”.
Other dietary advice in case of kidney stones
In a dedicated patient file (Source 2), the French Association of Urology (AFU) above all advises people prone to urinary or kidney stones to drink water and non-alcoholic drinks regularly and sufficiently, to reach a urine volume of 2 liters per day.
Regarding the recommended diet, “it is not a diet, but an adjustment to your eating habits”, assures the AFU, simply specifying that “THE excess calcium, salt, sugar, animal proteins, oxalate and uric acid promote the formation of stones”. This is why cold meats and cheeses should be consumed in great moderation. It is also advisable to limit your salt consumption, which includes not adding salt at the table.
