Allergy is considered a disease of our time, expressed in increased sensitivity to certain substances, products, materials. The most common types of allergies are: pollen, dust, food, drugs, animal dandruff, insect bites.
There are two ways to alleviate the condition of the body by exacerbating allergies: by taking medication or by 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 disorder in the body and requires a visit to the doctor.
Hypoallergenic diet recommendations 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 provokes allergic reactions.
According to the research of nutritionists, all products are divided into three groups: low allergic, medium allergic and high allergic.
Allowed and healthy foods for allergies:
- all cereals except maize,
- cracker,
- all kinds of dried fruit,
- unleavened dough products,
- vegetables and fruits that are green or yellow. These are asparagus, cucumbers, apples, cabbage, greens, yellow cherries, gooseberries, pears,
- compotes, jellies and green fruit jellies,
- red meat,
- dairy products,
- butter.
Foods to be consumed with caution:
- fruits and vegetables that are orange or red, as well as jellies, juices and compotes thereof,
- grenades,
- chicken and eggs,
- berries, raspberries, berries,
- fish and caviar,
- nuts
- horse meat,
- melons,
- black and red blackcurrant.
Strictly forbidden foods for all types of allergies:
- all citrus fruits except lemon,
- mushrooms,
- milk,
- honey,
- confectionery shop,
- chocolate, coffee, cocoa,
- lamb, beef, turkey and rabbit meat,
- olive oil,
- all kinds of smoked meats,
- sorrel celery,
- smoked, canned, salted, marinated 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. There must be moderation in everything. And the best solution would be a partial diet to be able to track the appearance of a possible allergy.
Sample 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 piece of boiled beef, green apple, kefir.
- Dinner: buckwheat porridge, stewed vegetables, jelly.
Second day
- Breakfast: oatmeal with added butter and dried fruit, green or black tea of your choice.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, boiled pork, compote.
- Dinner: rice porridge, steamed cutlet, yellow apple, kefir.
Third day
- Breakfast: sandwich with cheese and butter, tea, yogurt.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, veal slice, compote.
- Dinner: mashed potatoes, stewed pork, banana.
Fourth day
- Breakfast: boiled 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 salad, banana and pears with yogurt.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, stewed beef cutlet, banana, compote.
- Dinner: wheat porridge with stewed vegetables, tea.
Sixth day
- Breakfast: cottage cheese casserole, tea.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, a slice of boiled beef, compote.
- Dinner: buckwheat porridge, yogurt, banana.
Seventh day
- Breakfast: bread with butter and boiled meat, pear, tea.
- Dinner: vegetable soup, steamed cutlet, banana, compote.
- Dinner: oatmeal, fresh vegetable salad with herbs, kefir.
Advice from professional nutritionists
Remember to pay attention to the fact that every day at lunch you need to eat soups for the proper functioning of housing and communal services. The base should always be based only on vegetable broth, as meat broth can cause allergic reactions.
As snacks is allowed to use cottage cheese, yogurt, fruits, vegetables, you can drink tea with the addition of lemon.
If you endure this type of food for at least a week, you will immediately feel a surge of extra strength. First, thanks to a healthy and balanced diet, the body will be able to cleanse itself of toxins and toxins. Second, by eliminating as many allergens as possible from your diet, it will be easier to monitor the dynamics of allergies and draw conclusions for yourself.
Adults can follow this diet for no more than three weeks, and children - a maximum of 9 days. If at the end of the diet it becomes noticeable that the health condition has improved, then you should gradually add previously forbidden foods. This should be done at three-day intervals for each new product, because the 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 then low-allergenic foods. You can limit the diet only under the supervision of a specialist. To more accurately identify allergies, doctors recommend that you keep a diary of your diet and how the body responds to each product.
You need to eat, taking into account all the body's needs for vitamins and minerals. You cannot overeat, because the excess food particles will not be absorbed, but will only poison the body.
Protein-rich foods should be combined with vegetables, in which case the fiber they contain will block the penetration of allergens into the blood.
This type of diet food is suitable for absolutely all adults, children and even nursing mothers.