Allergy is considered a disease of our time, expressed in an increased sensitivity to certain substances, products, materials. The most common types of allergies are: pollen, dust, food, medicine, animal hair, insect bites.
To alleviate the condition of the body, with an exacerbation of allergies, there are two ways: by taking medications or following a hypoallergenic diet. The diet will be equally effective, regardless of the type and severity of allergies, sudden or chronic, in the form of atopic dermatitis. Allergy is a serious ailment of the body and requires a visit to the doctor.
The tips for a hypoallergenic diet are only a small part of what you are allowed to do on your own.
Hypoallergenic diet menu
A person who adheres to such a diet is able to eliminate food that causes allergic reactions.
According to the research of nutritionists, all products were divided into three groups: hypoallergenic, medium and highly allergenic.
Allowed and healthy foods for allergies:
- all types of cereals, except corn,
- cracker,
- all types of dried fruit,
- unleavened dough products,
- green or yellow colored vegetables and fruits. These are asparagus, cucumbers, apples, cabbage, greens, yellow cherries, gooseberries, pears,
- compotes, jellies and green fruit jellies,
- Red meat,
- dairy product,
- Butter.
Foods to be consumed with caution:
- orange or red fruits and vegetables, and also jellies, juices and compotes from them,
- grenades,
- chicken and eggs,
- strawberries, raspberries, strawberries,
- fish and caviar,
- peanuts
- horsemeat,
- melons,
- black and red currants.
Strictly prohibited foods for all types of allergies:
- all citrus fruits, except lemon,
- mushrooms,
- milk,
- honey,
- pastry shop,
- chocolate, coffee, cocoa,
- lamb, veal, turkey and rabbit meat,
- olive oil,
- any smoked meats,
- celery sorrel,
- smoked, canned, salty, pickled and spicy foods,
- alcohol.
Of course, you can not eat a pound of cucumbers or apples at once, which are allowed in the diet. Even an absolutely healthy body can react to such a load completely unexpectedly and expressed in the form of allergies. Moderation should be in everything. And the best solution would be split meals, so that you can monitor the onset of a possible allergy.
Sample menu of a hypoallergenic diet for 7 days
The 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 polenta, stewed vegetables, jelly.
Second day
- Breakfast: Oatmeal with added butter and dried fruit, green or black tea, your choice.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, boiled pork, compote.
- Dinner: rice polenta, steamed cutlet, 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: boiled pasta with the addition of butter, tea, pears.
- Dinner: vegetable soup with meat, dried fruit compote.
- Dinner: vegetable stew, apple, tea.
The fifth day
- Breakfast: dry butter biscuits, tea, banana and pear salad with yogurt.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, steamed beef cutlet, banana, compote.
- Dinner: wheat polenta with stewed vegetables, tea.
Sixth day
- Breakfast: cottage cheese casserole, tea.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, a slice of boiled beef, compote.
- Dinner: buckwheat polenta, yogurt, banana.
Seventh day
- Breakfast: bread with butter and boiled meats, pears, tea.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, steamed cutlet, banana, compote.
- Dinner: oatmeal, fresh vegetable salad with herbs, kefir.
Advice from professional nutritionists
Be sure to pay attention to the fact that every day for lunch you need to eat soups for the proper functioning of housing and communal services. The basis should always be based only on vegetable broth, as meat broth can provoke 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 resist 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. Secondly, by eliminating as much as possible the possible allergens from the diet, it will become easier to monitor the dynamics of allergies and draw conclusions on their own.
Adults can follow this diet for no more than three weeks and children for up to 9 days. If at the end of the diet it becomes evident that the state of health has improved, it is necessary to gradually add previously prohibited foods. This should be done at three-day intervals for each new product, because an allergic reaction may not appear immediately. This diet is also called non-specific.
In case there is no improvement, it is necessary to gradually exclude moderately allergenic and therefore low allergenic foods. You can limit the diet only under the supervision of a specialist. For more accurate identification of allergies, doctors are advised to write down their diet in a diary and how the body reacts to each product.
You should eat taking into account all the body's needs for vitamins and minerals. You can not eat too much, because excess food particles will not be digested, but will only poison the body.
Foods rich in protein must be combined with vegetables, in which case the fiber they contain will block the penetration of allergens into the bloodstream.
This type of diet food is suitable for all adults, children and even nursing mothers.