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 purpose of a hypoallergenic diet is to eliminate the causes of the disease, namely to identify the food products that lead to redness and eliminate their harmful effects on the body.
Classic hypoallergenic diet
The classic diet is used during the period of manifestation of allergies. The duration of the general nonspecific diet is from two weeks to two months.
The classic hypoallergenic method is based on the rule of excluding products that are considered very allergic:
- citrus;
- dairy;
- fish;
- eggs;
- arra;
- honey;
- cocoa, chocolate, coffee;
- honey;
- red fruits and vegetables, orange.
There is a list of foods that are allowed to be consumed as part of the diet during the period of allergy manifestation. 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 refusing 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 products. This hypoallergenic way of using the diet allows you to identify the product that is causing the allergy.
If the cause of the allergy is a substance contained in some foods, it will be difficult to identify it through the use of a special diet.
List of foods
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 a hypoallergenic diet:
- products from the fermented milk group (kefir, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese);
- lean meats (chicken, beef);
- offal may be included in food (liver, tongue, kidneys);
- some types of low-fat fish products (cod, sea bass);
- barley, oatmeal, rice, oatmeal are used in cereal recipes;
- allowed to use sunflower, olive, butter;
- the list of vegetables in the diet consists of cucumbers, zucchini, rutabagas, squash, cabbage of different varieties); lettuce, dill, parsley, spinach;
- from fruits and berries, green apples, pears, currants and white cherries, berries can be included in the diet;
- dried fruits are represented by a list of apples, pears, prunes;
- menu includes apple and pear compote, weak tea, 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 was not achieved by rejecting highly allergic ingredients in the menu:
- cereals (wheat, rye);
- buckwheat;
- corn kernels;
- pork, lamb;
- from vegetables Bulgarian pepper, legumes, potatoes;
- fruit peaches, apricots, currants, blueberries, blackberries, watermelons, bananas;
- infusions, decoctions of herbs.
List of products that can not be used with a hypoallergenic diet, which are immediately excluded when designing the menu:
- milk and whole milk products;
- cheese;
- eggs;
- fish caviar, fish, seafood;
- smoked, salted, pickled products;
- citrus, fruit, red, orange;
- from dried fruits: dried apricots, dates, raisins, figs;
- spices;
- from vegetables: tomatoes, red peppers, squash, beets, eggplant, carrots, sorrel, celery;
- mushrooms;
- honey;
- arra;
- chocolate confectionery, caramel;
- juices, jellies, carbonated drinks;
- coffee, cocoa;
- products containing food ingredients of non-plant origin.
If the rejection of products belonging to one of the groups with a moderate or high allergic reaction has not shown results, you should consult a doctor to identify the characteristics of the human body.
Diet and menu for the week
A list of foods that should not cause an allergic reaction helps to create a one-week menu for a hypoallergenic diet. To simplify life during the diet period, a pre-compiled menu helps, which contains a list of dishes for each day.
In the sample menu for a week, the rules of a hypoallergenic technique apply, based on the use of products that are less likely to cause allergies.
The hypoallergenic diet consists of the dishes presented in the menu for the week:
First day
- For breakfast, it is useful for children and adults to serve oatmeal with added fruit, hypoallergenic rules allowed, tea.
- At lunch time, the menu includes cabbage soup, boiled beef fillets, apple jelly.
- Dinner with porridge cooked in rice, steamed kitten, kefir 0-1%.
The second day
- The first meal is represented by a cheese sandwich, plain yogurt, tea.
- Lunch with fat-free soup, compote.
- For dinner, the menu offers boiled potatoes, beef goulash, fruit.
third day
- Breakfast with pasta, tea, fruit.
- For lunch a soup of vegetables and meat, compote is served.
- In the evening, you can eat boiled fish, fruit, drink tea.
The fourth day
- For breakfast, cornmeal porridge, fruit salad, tea.
- The lunch menu consists of borscht in meat broth cooked from vegetables, steamed kitten and compote.
- For dinner, you can serve meat porridge, vegetable stew, tea.
The fifth day
- Breakfast millet porridge, tea.
- At lunch time, the menu offers soup with vegetables and beef, fruit, kefir.
- In the evening, porridge with meat, vegetables, jelly.
Sixth day
- For breakfast you can eat a sandwich with boiled meat, fruit, tea.
- At lunch time soup with meat, fruit, compote is served.
- Dinner on the menu includes porridge, salad with chopped cabbage with herbs, kefir.
The seventh day
- The first meal on the menu for a child and an adult consists of a casserole with cottage cheese or fresh cottage cheese with sour cream according to taste preferences, tea.
- For lunch, you can eat fat-free soup, steamed kitten, compote.
- In the evening, the menu includes porridge, boiled meat, fruit, yogurt without additives.
To design the menu, a general diet is used according to a hypoallergenic method called "table 5".
Recipe
Recipes for hypoallergenic diet
Baked apple recipe:
- green apples;
- 200 g of cottage cheese;
- sugar to taste.
Grind the apple pulp, removing the core in advance. The shape of the apple must be preserved. Combine with cottage cheese and sugar. Place the apple mixture with the cottage cheese on the remaining apple after cutting the pulp and core. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
For lunch, a recipe for a hypoallergenic soup that is good for health is appropriate:
- cauliflower 0, 3 kg;
- Hercules 50 g;
- water 1l;
- two quail eggs;
- diluted milk mixture 100 g;
- butter.
Boil the cauliflower, rub the vegetables until they become puree. Cook the oats wrapped in vegetable juice for 10 minutes. Add the cabbage puree, both eggs. The diluted mass and butter are added after boiling.
As the main dish of the general non-specific hypoallergenic menu, it is beneficial to eat turkey with buckwheat. The recipe consists of products in proportion, based on personal preferences:
- turkey fillets;
- buckwheat;
- onion.
Leave the buckwheat in boiling water for an hour. Boil the turkey fillet, fry the prepared meat with onions. Combine buckwheat with the meat mixture.
Casserole with vegetables for dinner:
- 3-4 potatoes;
- broccoli 300 g;
- cheese.
The volumes of the recipe ingredients can be changed according to the taste preferences. At the bottom of the mold put thinly sliced potatoes, the next layer is broccoli, sprinkle with cheese. Bake in the oven at 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:
- biscuits with biscuits;
- cottage cheese;
- fruit puree (for example, apple sauce);
- bananas.
Place the biscuits, curd and fruit puree mixture in a blender and add the banana slices.
Features of a hypoallergenic diet for children
Due to the peculiarities of the body of children, the hypoallergenic technique has a number of nuances.
The diet for children takes into account the restrictions on foods that are most likely to lead to allergies:
- eggs (mostly yellow);
- cow milk);
- chocolate-based confectionery, 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 where the child lives. The pediatrician claims that avoiding exotic foods in the diet helps solve the problem of allergies in children.
Diet rules for a nursing mother
A hypoallergenic diet for a nursing mother is the basis of nutrition during breastfeeding. The thing is that in the first years of life the baby can develop allergies to any food, so feeding 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 ingredients in the diet of a nursing mother;
- the occurrence of an allergic reaction in children who are breastfed by a breastfeeding mother.
Nutrition for atopic dermatitis
The presence of symptoms of atopic dermatitis is the basis for adhering to hypoallergenic dietary rules.
Before starting a diet with atopic dermatitis, you should:
- perform an analysis to identify the source of atopic dermatitis;
- completely exclude the ingredient from the diet if it is a source of dermatitis;
- With a hypoallergenic diet, you should divide the food into 5-6 portions per day.
For atopic dermatitis, the following list of products is allowed:
- dairy products;
- gluten-free cereals (buckwheat, rice, corn);
- green apples, preferably ripe;
- fennel, parsley;
- soaked boiled potatoes;
- black bread.
It is desirable to exclude:
- egg yolk;
- honey;
- coffee, cocoa, chocolate;
- arra;
- mustard;
- mushrooms;
- garlic;
- fruits, red vegetables and oranges.
- fish and seafood.
As the symptoms of dermatitis diminish, there is a gradual introduction of one of the excluded hypoallergenic products.