Frédéric Gérard Saldmann (born 5 May 1953) is a French

cardiologist Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular hear ...

and physician of

preventive medicine Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, consists of measures taken for the purposes of disease prevention.Hugh R. Leavell and E. Gurney Clark as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental hea ...

at the

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. He has treated many actors, businessmen and politicians, including French President

François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...

. Through his consulting firm Sprim, he has advised

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and

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on diet and

gluten-free A gluten-free diet (GFD) is a nutritional plan that strictly excludes gluten, which is a mixture of proteins found in wheat (and all of its species and hybrids, such as spelt, kamut, and triticale), as well as barley, rye, and oats. The inclus ...

products. He is the author of twelve books on preventive medicine.

Early life

Frédéric Saldmann was born on 5 May 1953 in

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...

, France. His polish grandfather worked in the textile industry. His parents owned a clothing store in Le Havre. Saldmann studied cardiology at the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

Career

Saldmann started his career as a cardiologist. He subsequently became a physician of preventive medicine in private practice on the

Place des Vosges The Place des Vosges (), originally Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in the ''Marais'' district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It was a fashionable ...

. He later joined the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital. In 1988, he founded Dietetica, a small business on healthy nutrition. Saldmann is a physician at the

in Paris where he specializes in preventive medicine. He has treated businessmen like

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and Bernard Tapie; politicians like Jack Lang and

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; author

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; designer

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; filmmaker

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; comedian

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; and actors like

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, and

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. He has also treated French President

at the

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. Saldmann is the founder of Sprim, a consulting firm through which he has advised

and

on diet and gluten-free products. Additionally, he is the author of twelve books on preventive medicine. For example, in ''Le grand ménage'', he recommends peeing and pooing as soon as the need comes, as well as burping after each meal, farting, perspiring and practicing sphincter muscle contractions while sitting . In ''La vie et le temps'', he argues that 21

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s a month lowers the risk of

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by a third. Saldman acted as a physician in ''

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'', a 2014 film about the affair of the Gang of Barbarians, directed by

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. He was also played by

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's ''

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''.

Personal life

Saldmann was married four times and has six children. He resides in central Paris with his wife Marie. They also own a former monastery in

Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.

Selected works

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References

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