A hypoallergenic diet is recommended for all types of allergic reactions. The duration of such a therapeutic diet is determined by the degree of the allergic process.
The main goal of a hypoallergenic diet is to eliminate the causes of the disease, ie to identify food products that lead to rashes and eliminate their harmful effects on the body.
Classic hypoallergenic diet
The classic diet is used during the manifestation of allergies. The duration of a general nonspecific diet is from a few weeks to two months.
The classic hypoallergenic method is based on the rule of excluding products that are considered highly allergenic:
- citrus;
- milk products;
- fish;
- eggs;
- walnuts;
- honey;
- cocoa, chocolate, coffee;
- honey;
- red, orange fruits and vegetables.
There is a list of foods that are allowed to be consumed as part of a diet during the manifestation of allergies. Among the allowed ingredients are various green fruits, vegetables, gluten-free cereals, dairy products.
What is it?
The use of a hypoallergenic diet consists ofin rejecting certain products that cause allergiesin humans. An allergy can be caused by a substance in one or more foods.
It is necessary to gradually give up the product. This hypoallergenic way of using diet allows you to identify the product that causes allergies.
If the cause of allergy is a substance that is found in several foods, it will be difficult to recognize it by using a special diet.
Grocery list
There is a classification of hypoallergenic products according to the degree of reaction of the body. It is applicable for children and adults suffering from allergic reactions.
List of foods for hypoallergenic diet:
- products from the group of fermented milk (kefir, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese);
- lean meat (poultry, beef);
- viscera can be included in food (liver, tongue, kidneys);
- certain low-fat types of fish products (cod, sea bass);
- barley, semolina, rice, rolled oats are used in cereal recipes;
- it is allowed to use sunflower, olive, butter;
- the list of vegetables in the diet consists of cucumbers, zucchini, rutabaga, zucchini, cabbage of various varieties); lettuce, dill, parsley, spinach;
- from fruits and berries, green apples, pears, currants and white cherries, gooseberries can be included in the diet;
- dried fruit is represented by a leaf of apples, pears, prunes;
- the menu includes apple and pear compotes, weak tea, non-carbonated mineral water.
Foods that can cause mild to moderate allergies are used in the diet as part of a hypoallergenic diet.
Gradual elimination of food helps to get rid of allergies, if the result is not achieved by rejecting highly allergenic components in the menu:
- cereals (wheat, rye);
- buckwheat;
- corn grits;
- pork, lamb;
- from vegetables Bulgarian pepper, legumes, potatoes;
- fruits of peach, apricot, currant, cranberry, cranberry, watermelon, banana;
- infusions, herbal decoctions.
List of products that cannot be used with a hypoallergenic diet, which are excluded immediately when compiling the menu:
- milk and whole milk products;
- cheese;
- eggs;
- fish caviar, fish, seafood;
- smoked, salted, sour products;
- citrus, fruit, colored red, orange;
- of dried fruits: dried apricots, dates, raisins, figs;
- spices;
- from vegetables: tomato, red pepper, pumpkin, beet, eggplant, carrot, sorrel, celery;
- mushrooms;
- honey;
- walnuts;
- sweets with chocolate, caramel;
- juices, jellies, carbonated beverages;
- coffee, cocoa;
- products containing components of food of non-vegetable origin.
If the rejection of products belonging to one of the groups with a moderate or high allergic reaction did not work, you should consult a doctor to determine the characteristics of the human body.
Diet and menu for the week
A list of foods that should not cause an allergic reaction helps create a weekly menu for a hypoallergenic diet. To simplify life during the diet period, a pre-compiled menu containing a list of dishes for each day helps.
The rules of hypoallergenic technique, based on the use of products that are least likely to cause allergies, apply in the sample menu for a week.
The hypoallergenic diet consists of dishes presented on the menu for this week:
The first day
- For breakfast, it is useful for children and adults to serve oatmeal with the addition of fruit, allowed hypoallergenic rules, tea.
- During lunch, the menu includes cabbage soup, cooked beef fillet, apple jelly.
- Dinner from porridge cooked in rice, steamed cutlet, kefir 0-1%.
Other day
- The first meal is a cheese sandwich, plain yogurt, tea.
- Lent soup, compote.
- For dinner, boiled potatoes, beef stew and fruit are on the menu.
Third day
- Breakfast of pasta, tea, fruit.
- For lunch, vegetable and meat soup and compote are served.
- In the evening you can eat boiled fish, fruit, drink tea.
Fourth day
- For breakfast, corn porridge, fruit salad, tea.
- The lunch menu consists of borscht in soup cooked with vegetables, steamed cutlet and compote.
- For dinner, you can serve porridge with meat, vegetable stew, tea.
Fifth day
- Breakfast of millet porridge, tea.
- At lunchtime, the menu includes vegetable and beef soups, fruits, kefir.
- In the evening, porridge with meat, vegetables, jelly.
Sixth day
- For breakfast you can eat a sandwich with cooked meat, fruit, tea.
- Meat soup, fruit, compote are served during lunch.
- Dinner on the menu includes porridge, chopped cabbage salad with herbs, kefir.
Seventh day
- The first meal on the menu for a child and an adult is a casserole with fresh cheese or fresh cottage cheese with sour cream to taste, tea.
- For lunch you can eat lean soup, steamed cutlet, compote.
- In the evening, the menu includes porridge, cooked meat, fruit, yogurt without additives.
A general diet according to a hypoallergenic method called "Table 5" is used to compile the menu.
Recipes
Recipes for a hypoallergenic diet
Recipe for baked apples:
- green apple;
- 200 g fresh cheese;
- sugar to taste.
Grind the apple pulp, previously remove the core. The shape of the apple must be preserved. Mix with cottage cheese and sugar. Put the mixture of apple and cottage cheese in the apple left over after cutting the pulp and core. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
A recipe for a hypoallergenic soup that is good for health is suitable for lunch:
- cauliflower 0. 3 kg;
- hercules 50g;
- water 1l;
- two quail eggs;
- diluted milk mixture 100g;
- butter.
Cook the cauliflower, rub the vegetables until they become puree. Cook rolled oats in vegetable soup for 10 minutes. Pour in the cabbage puree, both eggs. The diluted mixture and butter are added after boiling.
As the main dish of the general non-specific hypoallergenic menu, it is useful to eat turkey meat with buckwheat. The recipe consists of products in proportions, based on personal preferences:
- turkey fillet;
- buckwheat;
- onion.
Leave the buckwheat in boiling water for an hour. Boil the turkey fillet, fry the prepared meat with onions. Mix the buckwheat with the meat mixture.
Dinner vegetable casserole:
- 3-4 potatoes;
- broccoli 300g;
- sir.
The volume of the components of the recipe can be changed according to taste preferences. Put thinly sliced potatoes on the bottom of the mold, the next layer is broccoli, sprinkle with cheese. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
For dessert, as part of a hypoallergenic diet, you can offer a recipe for a diet cake.
Ingredients that do not require baking are used for the cake:
- biscuit biscuits;
- cottage cheese;
- fruit puree (for example, apple sauce);
- bananas.
Arrange the biscuits, cream cheese and fruit puree mixture in a blender and add the banana slices.
Characteristics of hypoallergenic diet for children
Due to the peculiarities of the child's body, the hypoallergenic technique has a number of nuances.
The diet for children takes into account food restrictions that are more likely to lead to allergies:
- egg (mostly yolks);
- milk (cow);
- Confectionery based on chocolate, cocoa;
- fish products;
- gluten;
- red fruits and vegetables;
- proteins found in rice, oats, wheat, bananas.
It is advisable to exclude from the menu products that are not natural for the area in which the child lives. A pediatrician claims that avoiding exotic foods in the diet helps solve allergy problems in children.
Dietary rules for nursing mothers
Hypoallergenic diet for breastfeeding mothers is the basis of the diet during breastfeeding. The fact is that in the first years of life, a baby can develop an allergy to any food, so the diet should be strict, with the gradual introduction of new foods in very small quantities.
The need to use a diet according to hypoallergenic rules may arise when:
- the presence of allergies to various components in the diet of nursing mothers;
- occurrence of an allergic reaction in breastfed infants.
Diet for atopic dermatitis
The presence of symptoms of atopic dermatitis is the basis for compliance with hypoallergenic dietary rules.
Before starting a diet with atopic dermatitis you must:
- perform an analysis to determine the source of atopic dermatitis;
- completely exclude a component from the diet if it is a source of dermatitis;
- In a hypoallergenic diet, you must divide the food into 5-6 portions a day.
The following product list is allowed for atopic dermatitis:
- milk products;
- gluten-free cereals (buckwheat, rice, corn);
- green apples, preferably baked;
- dill, primrose;
- soaked boiled potatoes;
- black bread.
It is desirable to exclude:
- yolks;
- honey;
- coffee, cocoa, chocolate;
- walnuts;
- mustard;
- mushrooms;
- garlic;
- red and orange fruits, vegetables.
- fish and seafood.
As the symptoms of dermatitis decrease, one of the excluded hypoallergenic products is gradually introduced.