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 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 allergy manifestation. The duration of the general nonspecific diet is from a couple of weeks to two months.
The classic hypoallergenic method is based on the rule of exclusion of products considered to be highly allergenic:
- citrus;
- dairy;
- fish;
- eggs;
- nuts;
- 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 the diet during the period of allergy manifestation. Among the permitted ingredients are various green fruits, vegetables, gluten-free cereals, dairy products.
What it is?
Using a hypoallergenic diet consists ofin the rejection of certain products that cause allergiesin humans. An allergy can be caused by a substance in one or more foods.
It is necessary to give up products gradually. 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 that is included in several foods, it will be difficult to identify it through the use of a special diet.
Grocery list
There is a classification of hypoallergenic products according to the degree of the body's reaction. 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 (poultry, beef);
- offal can be included in food (liver, tongue, kidneys);
- certain low-fat varieties of fish products (cod, sea bass);
- barley, semolina, rice, rolled oats are used in recipes from cereals;
- it is allowed to use sunflower, olive, butter;
- the list of vegetables in the diet is made up of cucumbers, zucchini, rutabagas, 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 fruits are represented by a list of apples, pears, prunes;
- the menu includes apple and pear compotes, weak tea, still mineral water.
Foods that can cause mild to moderate allergies are used in the diet as part of a hypoallergenic diet.
The gradual exclusion of products helps to get rid of allergies, if the result was not achieved by refusal of highly allergenic components in the menu:
- cereals (wheat, rye);
- buckwheat;
- corn grits;
- pork meat, lamb;
- from vegetables Bulgarian pepper, legumes, potatoes;
- fruit peaches, apricots, currants, cranberries, lingonberries, watermelon, banana;
- infusions, decoctions of herbs.
The list of products that cannot be used with a hypoallergenic diet, which are excluded immediately when drawing up the menu:
- milk and whole milk products;
- cheese;
- eggs;
- fish caviar, fish, seafood;
- smoked, salted, pickled products;
- citruses, fruits, colored red, orange;
- from dried fruits: dried apricots, dates, raisins, figs;
- spices;
- from vegetables: tomatoes, red peppers, pumpkin, beets, eggplant, carrots, sorrel, celery;
- mushrooms;
- honey;
- nuts;
- confectionery with chocolate, caramel;
- juices, jelly, carbonated drinks;
- coffee, cocoa;
- products containing food components of non-vegetable origin.
If the rejection of products belonging to one of the groups with an average or high allergy reaction has not shown a result, 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 menu for a week for a hypoallergenic diet. To simplify life during the period of dieting, a pre-compiled menu, containing a list of dishes for each day, helps.
In the sample menu for a week, the rules of a hypoallergenic technique are applied, based on the use of products that are least likely to cause allergies.
The hypoallergenic diet consists of the dishes presented on the menu for the week:
First day
- For breakfast, it is useful for children and adults to serve oatmeal porridge with added fruits, allowed hypoallergenic rules, tea.
- At lunchtime, the menu includes soup with cabbage, boiled beef fillet, apple jelly.
- Dinner of porridge cooked in rice, steamed cutlet, kefir 0-1%.
Second day
- The first meal is represented by a cheese sandwich, plain yogurt, tea.
- Lunch of lean soup, compote.
- For dinner, the menu offers boiled potatoes, beef goulash, fruit.
Third day
- Breakfast of 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.
Fourth day
- For breakfast, cornmeal porridge, fruit salad, tea.
- The lunch menu consists of borscht in broth cooked from vegetables, steamed cutlet and compote.
- For dinner, you can serve porridge with meat, vegetable stew, tea.
The fifth day
- Millet porridge breakfast, tea.
- At lunchtime, 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 porridge, boiled meat, 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;
- 200g 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-curd mixture in the apple left after cutting out 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 suitable:
- cauliflower 0. 3 kg;
- hercules 50g;
- water 1l;
- two quail eggs;
- diluted milk mixture 100g;
- butter.
Boil cauliflower, rub the vegetable until puree. Cook rolled oats in vegetable broth for 10 minutes. Pour in 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 preference:
- turkey fillet;
- buckwheat;
- onion.
Leave the buckwheat in boiling water for an hour. Boil the turkey fillet, fry the prepared meat with onions. Combine buckwheat with meat mixture.
Dinner Vegetable Casserole:
- 3-4 potatoes;
- broccoli 300g;
- cheese.
The volumes 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 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.
For the cake, ingredients that do not require baking are used:
- biscuit biscuits;
- cottage cheese;
- fruit puree (for example, applesauce);
- bananas.
Layer the biscuits, the cottage cheese and fruit puree mixture in a blender, and add the banana slices.
Feature of a hypoallergenic diet for children
Due to the peculiarities of the organism of children, the hypoallergenic technique has a number of nuances.
The diet for children takes into account the restrictions on the foods that are more likely to lead to allergies:
- egg (mainly yolk);
- milk (cow);
- confectionery products 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. The children's doctor claims that avoiding exotic foods in the diet helps to 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, a baby may develop an allergy to any food, so nutrition 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 children 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:
- conduct an analysis to identify the source of atopic dermatitis;
- exclude the component completely from the diet if it is a source of dermatitis;
- With a hypoallergenic diet, you need to divide the food into 5-6 servings per day.
For atopic dermatitis, the following list of products is allowed:
- dairy products;
- gluten-free cereals (buckwheat, rice, corn);
- apples of a green hue, preferably baked;
- dill, parsley;
- soaked boiled potatoes;
- black bread.
It is desirable to exclude:
- egg yolk;
- honey;
- coffee, cocoa, chocolate;
- nuts;
- mustard;
- mushrooms;
- garlic;
- red and orange fruits, vegetables.
- fish and seafood.
As the symptoms of dermatitis decrease, there is a gradual introduction of one of the excluded hypoallergenic products.