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, that is, to identify the food products that lead to rashes and eliminate their harmful effects on the body.
Classic hypoallergenic diet
The classic diet is used during the period of manifestation of the allergy. The duration of the general non-specific diet is from a couple of weeks to two months.
The classic hypoallergenic method is based on the rule of exclusion of products considered highly allergenic:
- citrus fruits;
- dairy product;
- fish;
- egg;
- peanuts;
- honey;
- cocoa, chocolate, coffee;
- honey;
- red, orange fruits and vegetables.
There is a list of foods that can be consumed as part of the diet during the period of allergy manifestation. Among the allowed ingredients are various types of green fruits, vegetables, gluten-free cereals, dairy products.
What's this?
Using a hypoallergenic diet consists ofin the refusal of some 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 products. This hypoallergenic way of using the diet allows you to identify the product causing the allergy.
If the cause of the allergy is a substance found in multiple foods, it will be difficult to identify it through the use of a special diet.
Shopping list
There is a classification of hypoallergenic products based on the degree of reaction of the body. It is applicable to children and adults suffering from allergic reactions.
List of foods for a hypoallergenic diet:
- products of the fermented milk group (kefir, fermented cooked milk, cottage cheese);
- lean meats (poultry, beef);
- offal can be included in food (liver, tongue, kidneys);
- some varieties of low-fat fish products (cod, sea bass);
- barley, semolina, rice, oat flakes are used in cereal recipes;
- it is allowed to use sunflower, olive, butter;
- the list of vegetables in the diet consists of cucumbers, zucchini, turnips, squash, cabbage of various varieties); green salad, 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 list of apples, pears, plums;
- the menu includes compotes of apples and pears, weak tea, natural mineral water.
Foods that can cause mild to moderate allergies are used in the diet as part of a hypoallergenic diet.
The phasing out of food helps to get rid of allergies, if the result was not achieved by the rejection of highly allergenic components in the menu:
- cereals (wheat, rye);
- buckwheat;
- corn semolina;
- pork, lamb;
- from vegetables Bulgarian pepper, legumes, potatoes;
- fruit peaches, apricots, currants, cranberries, lingonberries, watermelon, banana;
- infusions, herbal decoctions.
The list of products that cannot be used with a hypoallergenic diet, which are immediately excluded when drawing up the menu:
- whole milk and dairy products;
- cheese;
- egg;
- fish caviar, fish, seafood;
- smoked, salted, pickled products;
- citrus, fruits, colored red, orange;
- from dried fruit: dried apricots, dates, raisins, figs;
- spices;
- from vegetables: tomatoes, red peppers, pumpkin, beets, eggplant, carrots, sorrel, celery;
- mushrooms;
- honey;
- peanuts;
- pastry with chocolate, caramel;
- juices, jellies, carbonated drinks;
- coffee, cocoa;
- products containing food components of non-vegetable origin.
If the refusal of products belonging to one of the groups with a moderate or high allergic reaction did not show a result, it is necessary to consult a doctor to identify the characteristics of the human body.
Diet and menu of the week
A list of foods that shouldn't cause an allergic reaction helps create a one-week menu for a hypoallergenic diet. To make life easier during the diet period, a pre-filled menu helps, containing a list of dishes for each day.
In the sample menu for a week, the rules of a hypoallergenic technique are applied, based on the use of products that are less likely to cause allergies.
The hypoallergenic diet consists of the dishes presented in the menu of the week:
The first day
- At breakfast, it is useful for children and adults to serve oatmeal porridge with added fruit, allowed hypoallergenic rules, tea.
- At lunch the menu includes cabbage soup, boiled beef fillet, apple jelly.
- Dinner based on porridge cooked in rice, steamed cutlet, 0-1% kefir.
Second day
- The first meal is represented by a cheese sandwich, white yogurt, tea.
- Lean soup lunch, compote.
- For dinner the menu offers boiled potatoes, beef goulash, fruit.
Third day
- Breakfast based on pasta, tea, fruit.
- For lunch, a vegetable and meat soup is served, compote.
- 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 vegetable broth, steamed cutlet and compote.
- For dinner, you can serve porridge with meat, vegetable stew, tea.
The fifth day
- Millet porridge breakfast, tea.
- At lunch the menu offers vegetable and beef soup, 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 lunchtime, meat soup, fruit, compote are served.
- 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 consists of a casserole with cottage cheese or fresh cottage cheese with sour cream according to taste preferences, tea.
- For lunch, you can eat lean soup, steamed cutlet, compote.
- In the evening the menu includes polenta, boiled meats, fruit, yogurt without additives.
To compose the menu, a general diet is used according to a hypoallergenic method called "table 5".
Recipes
Hypoallergenic diet recipes
Baked Apples Recipe:
- Green apple;
- 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 ricotta and sugar. Put the apple curd mixture into the remaining apple after cutting the pulp and core. Bake at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
For lunch, a recipe for a hypoallergenic soup that is good for health is suitable:
- cauliflower 0. 3 kg;
- hercules 50 g;
- water 1 liter;
- two quail eggs;
- diluted milk mixture 100 g;
- Butter.
Boil the cauliflower, rub the vegetable until a puree is obtained. Cook the oat flakes in the vegetable broth for 10 minutes. Pour the cabbage puree, both eggs. The diluted mixture and butter are added after bringing to a boil.
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 proportion, 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. Add the buckwheat to the meat mixture.
Vegetable casserole for dinner:
- 3-4 potatoes;
- broccoli 300 g;
- cheese.
The volumes of the recipe components 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 at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
For dessert, as part of a hypoallergenic diet, you can offer a recipe for a diet cake.
For the cake, ingredients that do not require cooking are used:
- biscuit biscuits;
- cottage cheese;
- fruit puree (for example, applesauce);
- bananas.
Place the biscuits, ricotta and fruit puree mixture in a blender and add the banana slices.
Characteristic of a hypoallergenic diet for children
Due to the peculiarities of the children's organism, the hypoallergenic technique has a number of nuances.
The children's diet takes into account restrictions on foods that are most likely to cause allergies:
- egg (mainly yolk);
- cow milk);
- confectionery products based on chocolate, cocoa;
- seafood products;
- gluten;
- red fruits and vegetables;
- proteins present in rice, oats, wheat, bananas.
It is advisable to exclude from the menu non-natural products for the area where the child lives. The children's doctor claims that avoiding exotic foods in the diet helps solve the problem of allergies in children.
Dietary rules for a nursing mother
A hypoallergenic diet for a nursing mother is the basis of nutrition during breastfeeding. The fact is that in the first years of life a child can develop an allergy 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 components in the diet of a nursing mother;
- the appearance of an allergic reaction in babies who feed on breast milk of a nursing mother.
Nutrition 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:
- conducting an analysis to identify the source of atopic dermatitis;
- completely exclude the component from the diet if it is a source of dermatitis;
- With a hypoallergenic diet, it is necessary to divide the food into 5-6 servings per day.
For atopic dermatitis, the following list of products is allowed:
- dairy product;
- gluten-free cereals (buckwheat, rice, corn);
- apples of green color, preferably baked;
- dill, parsley;
- soaked boiled potatoes;
- black bread.
It is appropriate to exclude:
- egg yolk;
- honey;
- coffee, cocoa, chocolate;
- peanuts;
- mustard;
- mushrooms;
- garlic;
- red and orange fruits, vegetables.
- fish and seafood.
As the symptoms of dermatitis subside, there is a gradual introduction of one of the excluded hypoallergenic products.