Allergy is considered a disease of our time, expressed in an increased sensitivity to certain substances, products and materials. The most common types of allergies are: pollen, dust, food, medicine, animal dander, insect bites.
To alleviate the condition of the body, with an exacerbation of allergies, there are two ways: taking medications or following a hypoallergenic diet. The diet will be just as effective, regardless of the type and severity of allergies, whether sudden or chronic, in the form of atopic dermatitis. Allergy is a serious disorder in the body and requires a visit to a doctor.
Recommendations for a hypoallergenic diet are only a small part of what you can do on your own.
Hypoallergenic diet menu
A person adhering to such a diet can eliminate foods that cause allergic reactions.
According to the research of nutritionists, all the products were divided into three groups: low allergenic, medium allergenic and highly allergenic.
Allowed and healthy foods for allergies:
- all kinds of cereals, except corn,
- cracker,
- all kinds of nuts,
- unleavened dough products,
- green or yellow vegetables and fruits. These are asparagus, cucumbers, apples, cabbage, greens, yellow cherries, currants, pears,
- compotes, jelly and green fruit jelly,
- Red meat,
- dairy products,
- butter.
Foods to be eaten with caution:
- fruits and vegetables of orange or red color, and also jelly, juices and compotes of them,
- grenades
- chicken and eggs,
- strawberries, raspberries, strawberries,
- fish and caviar,
- walnuts
- horse meat,
- melons
- black and red currants.
Strictly prohibited foods for all types of allergies:
- all citrus, except lemon,
- mushrooms,
- Milk,
- honey,
- shop confectionery,
- chocolate, coffee, cocoa,
- lamb, beef, turkey and rabbit,
- olive oil,
- any smoked meat,
- celery sorrel,
- smoked, canned, salty, pickled and spicy foods,
- alcohol.
Of course, you can not eat a kilogram of cucumbers or apples at a time, 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 fractional meals, 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 slice of boiled beef, green apple, kefir.
- Dinner- buckwheat porridge, stewed vegetables, jelly.
Second day
- Breakfast: oatmeal with the addition of butter and nuts, green or black tea, to choose.
- 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, a slice of veal, compote.
- Dinner: mashed potatoes, braised pork, banana.
Fourth day
- Breakfast: boiled pasta with the addition of butter, tea, pear.
- Dinner: vegetable soup with meat, compote of dried fruits.
- Dinner: vegetable stew, apple, tea.
The fifth day
- Breakfast: dry biscuits with butter, tea, banana and pear salad with yogurt.
- Dinner: vegetable broth, steamed veal 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
Be sure to pay attention to the fact that every day at lunch you should eat soups for the proper functioning of the apartment and communal services. The base should always be based only on vegetable broth, since meat broth can provoke allergic reactions.
As snacks, it is allowed to use cottage cheese, yogurts, fruits, vegetables, and tea can be drunk with the addition of lemon.
If you put up with these types of foods for at least a week, you will immediately feel a surge of additional strength. First of all, thanks to a healthy and balanced diet, the body will be able to cleanse itself of toxins and toxins. Second, by eliminating possible allergens from the diet as much as possible, 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 for a maximum of 9 days. If at the end of the diet it is noted that the state of health has improved, then gradually you should add previously prohibited foods. This should be done at three-day intervals for each new product, because an allergic reaction may not appear right away. This diet is also called nonspecific.
In the event that 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. For more accurate identification of allergies, doctors are advised to record your diet in a diary and how the body reacts to each product.
You should eat with all the vitamin and mineral needs of the body in mind. You cannot 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 fiber they contain will block the penetration of allergens into the bloodstream.
This type of dietary food is suitable for absolutely all adults, children and even nursing mothers.