How to prove that $\det(A)\geq 1$?

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Given $A \in M_n(\mathbb{R})$ with $A+A^t=2I_n$ prove that $\det(A)\geq 1$.

This is what I tried to do:

$$A+A^t-2I_n=0 \Rightarrow \det(A+A^t-2I_n)=0$$

and then I considered $f:\mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ with $f(x)= \det(A+A^t+xI_n)$.

It is known that $f(x)=x^2+\mathrm{Tr}(A+A^t)x+ \det(A+A^t)$.

So this means $f(-2)=0$ but I don't know what to do next.. Thanks in advance!