Allergy is considered a disease in our time, expressed in increased sensitivity to certain substances, products, materials. The most common types of allergies are: pollen, dust, food, medicine, animal dander, insect bites.
To alleviate the condition of the body, with a worsening of allergies, there are two ways: by taking medication or by following a hypoallergenic diet. The diet will be just as effective, regardless of the type and severity of allergies, whether they are sudden or chronic, in the form of atopic dermatitis. Allergy is a serious disorder of the body, and requires a visit to a doctor.
Recommendations for a hypoallergenic diet are just a small part of what you must do on your own.
Hypoallergenic diet menu
A person who adheres to such a diet is able to eliminate the food that elicits allergic reactions.
According to research by nutritionists, all products were divided into three groups: low-allergenic, medium-allergenic and high-allergenic.
Allowed and healthy foods for allergies:
- all types of cereals, except maize,
- biscuit,
- all types of dried fruit,
- unleavened dough products,
- vegetables and fruits that are green or yellow. These are asparagus, cucumbers, apples, cabbage, green, yellow cherries, gooseberries, pears,
- compotes, jellies and green fruit jellies,
- Red meat,
- dairy products,
- butter.
Food to eat with caution:
- fruits and vegetables which are orange or red, and also jellies, juices and compotes thereof,
- grenades,
- chicken and eggs,
- strawberries, raspberries, strawberries,
- fish and caviar,
- nuts
- horse meat,
- melons,
- black and red currants.
Strictly forbidden foods for all types of allergies:
- all citrus fruits other than lemon,
- mushrooms,
- milk,
- honey,
- shop with confectionery,
- chocolate, coffee, cocoa,
- lamb, veal, turkey and rabbit meat,
- olive oil,
- some smoked meat,
- celery acid,
- smoked, canned, salted, pickled and spicy foods,
- alcohol.
Of course, you can not eat a kilo of cucumbers or apples at once, which is allowed in the diet. Even an absolutely healthy body can react to such a load completely unexpectedly and expressed in terms of allergies. Moderation should be in total. And the best solution would be fractionated meals, in order to track the occurrence of a possible allergy.
Trial menu of a hypoallergenic diet for 7 days
First day
- Breakfast: cottage cheese with the addition of sour cream and sugar, tea.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, a slice of boiled beef, green apple, kefir.
- Dinner: buckwheat porridge, stewed vegetables, jelly.
Second day
- Breakfast: oatmeal with the addition of butter and dried fruit, green or black tea, to choose from.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, boiled pork, compote.
- Dinner: rice porridge, steamed chop, yellow apple, kefir.
Third day
- Breakfast: sandwich with cheese and butter, tea, yogurt.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, a slice of beef, compote.
- Dinner: mashed potatoes, braised pork, banana.
Fourth day
- Breakfast: cooked pasta with the addition of butter, tea, pear.
- Dinner: vegetable soup with meat, dried fruit compote.
- Dinner: vegetable stew, apple, tea.
The fifth day
- Breakfast: dry biscuits with butter, tea, banana and pear salad with yogurt.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, steamed beef chop, banana, compote.
- Dinner: wheat porridge with stewed vegetables, tea.
Sixth day
- Breakfast: cottage cheese pots, too.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, a slice of boiled beef, compote.
- Dinner: buckwheat porridge, yogurt, banana.
Seventh day
- Breakfast: bread with butter and cooked meat, pear, tea.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, steamed chop, banana, compote.
- Dinner: oatmeal, fresh vegetable salad with herbs, kefir.
Advice from professional nutritionists
Be sure to be aware of the fact that every day for lunch you need to eat soups for housing and municipal services to function properly. The basis should always be based only on vegetable broth, as meat broth can cause allergic reactions.
As snacks it is allowed to use cottage cheese, yogurt, fruits, vegetables, and tea can be drunk with the addition of lemon.
If you endure this type of food for at least a week, you will immediately feel a surge of additional strength. First, thanks to a healthy and balanced diet, the body will be able to cleanse itself of toxins and toxins. Second, by removing possible allergens from the diet as much as possible, it becomes easier to monitor the dynamics of allergies and draw conclusions for yourself.
Adults can follow this diet for a maximum of three weeks, and children for a maximum of 9 days. If at the end of the diet it is noticed that the state of health has improved, you should gradually add previously forbidden foods. This should be done at three-day intervals for each new product, as an allergic reaction may not occur immediately. This diet is also called non-specific.
In case there is no improvement, it is necessary to gradually exclude moderate allergenic and then low allergenic foods. You can only limit the diet under the supervision of a specialist. For a more accurate identification of allergies, doctors are advised to write down your diet in a diary and how the body responds to each product.
You should eat taking into account all the body's needs for vitamins and minerals. You can not overeat, because the extra food particles will not be digested, but will only poison the body.
Protein-rich foods should be combined with vegetables, in which case the fibers they contain will block the penetration of allergens into the bloodstream.
This type of diet food is suitable for absolutely all adults, children and even nursing mothers.