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 foods 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 non-specific diet is a few weeks to two months.
The classic hypoallergenic method is based on the exclusion rule of products that are considered to be highly allergenic:
- Citrus fruits;
- Dairy;
- Fish;
- Eggs;
- Nuts;
- Honey;
- Cocoa, chocolate, coffee;
- Honey;
- red, orange fruits and vegetables.
There is a list of foods that may be consumed as part of the diet during the period of allergy onset. The allowed ingredients include various green fruits, vegetables, gluten-free cereals, dairy products.
What is it?
Using a hypoallergenic diet consists ofin rejecting certain products that cause allergiesin people. An allergy can be triggered by a substance in one or more foods.
It is necessary to gradually abandon products. This hypoallergenic type of diet will allow you to identify the product causing the allergy.
If the cause of the allergy is a substance that is contained in several foods, a special diet makes it difficult to identify it.
grocery list
There is a classification of hypoallergenic products based on the degree of reaction of the body. It is suitable for children and adults who suffer from allergic reactions.
List of foods for a hypoallergenic diet:
- Products from the group of fermented milk (kefir, fermented baking milk, cottage cheese);
- lean meat (poultry, beef);
- Offal can be included in food (liver, tongue, kidneys);
- certain low-fat varieties of fish products (cod, sea bass);
- Barley, semolina, rice, oatmeal are used in recipes made from cereals;
- sunflowers, olives, butter may be used;
- the list of vegetables in the diet consists of cucumbers, zucchini, turnips, squash, cabbage of various varieties); green lettuce, 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, plums;
- The menu includes apple and pear compote, weak tea, and still mineral water.
Foods that can cause mild to moderate allergies are included in the diet as part of a hypoallergenic diet.
Gradual elimination of food will help get rid of allergies, if the result was not achieved by rejecting highly allergenic ingredients in the menu:
- cereals (wheat, rye);
- Buckwheat;
- Corn grits;
- Pork, lamb;
- from vegetables Bulgarian pepper, legumes, potatoes;
- Fruit peaches, apricots, currants, cranberries, cranberries, watermelon, banana;
- Infusions, decoctions of herbs.
The list of products that can not be used with a hypoallergenic diet and that are immediately excluded when creating the menu:
- Milk and whole milk products;
- Cheese;
- Eggs;
- Fish caviar, fish, seafood;
- smoked, salted, pickled products;
- Citrus fruits, fruits, colored red, orange;
- from dried fruits: dried apricots, dates, raisins, figs;
- Spices;
- from vegetables: tomatoes, peppers, pumpkin, beets, eggplant, carrots, sorrel, celery;
- Mushrooms;
- Honey;
- Nuts;
- Confectionery with chocolate, caramel;
- Juices, jellies, carbonated drinks;
- Coffee, cocoa;
- Products that contain food ingredients of non-vegetable origin.
If the refusal of products belonging to one of the groups with a moderate or strong allergic reaction has not shown a result, then 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 allergic reactions will help create a week-long menu for a hypoallergenic diet. To make life easier during the diet, a ready-made menu that includes a list of dishes for each day will help.
In the sample menu for a week, the rules of a hypoallergenic technique are applied, based on the use of products that cause the least allergies.
The hypoallergenic diet consists of the dishes listed on the menu for the week:
First day
- For breakfast, it is useful for children and adults to serve oatmeal porridge with additional fruits, allowed hypoallergenic rules and tea.
- At lunchtime, cabbage soup, boiled beef, apple jelly are on the menu.
- Dinner with porridge cooked in rice, steamed schnitzel, kefir 0-1%.
Second day
- The first meal consists of a cheese sandwich, natural yogurt and tea.
- Lunch with lean soup, compote.
- For dinner, the menu offers boiled potatoes, beef goulash, and fruit.
third day
- Breakfast with pasta, tea, fruit.
- For lunch a soup made of vegetables and meat, compote is served.
- In the evening you can drink boiled fish, fruit and tea.
fourth day
- For breakfast cornmeal porridge, fruit salad, tea.
- The lunch menu consists of borscht in vegetable stock, steamed schnitzel and compote.
- For dinner, you can serve porridge with meat, vegetable stew and tea.
The fifth day
- Millet porridge breakfast, tea.
- At lunchtime, vegetable and beef soup, fruit and kefir are on the menu.
- In the evening porridge with meat, vegetables, jelly.
sixth day
- For breakfast you can have a sandwich with boiled meat, fruit and tea.
- Meat soup, fruit and compote are served at lunchtime.
- Dinner on the menu includes porridge, chopped coleslaw with herbs, and 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, depending on taste preferences, tea.
- For lunch, you can have lean soup, steamed schnitzel, and compote.
- In the evening, the menu includes porridge, boiled meat, fruit, and yogurt without additives.
To compose the menu, a general diet based on a hypoallergenic method called "Table 5" is used.
Recipes
Hypoallergenic diet recipes
Recipe for baked apples:
- green apple;
- 200 g of cottage cheese;
- Sugar to taste.
Grind the apple pulp, remove the core in advance. The shape of the apple must be preserved. Mix with cottage cheese and sugar. Pour the apple and quark mixture into the apple that is 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, health-promoting soup is suitable:
- Cauliflower 0. 3 kg;
- Hercules 50g;
- Water 1l;
- two quail eggs;
- diluted milk mixture 100g;
- Butter.
Boil the cauliflower, puree the vegetables. Cook oatmeal in vegetable stock for 10 minutes. Pour in the cabbage puree, both eggs. The diluted mixture and butter are added after boiling.
As the main course of the general non-specific hypoallergenic menu, it makes sense 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. Mix 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. Place thinly sliced potatoes on the bottom of the pan, 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 need to be baked are used for the cake:
- Biscuit biscuits;
- Cottage cheese;
- Fruit puree (for example, applesauce);
- Bananas.
Layer the biscuits, curd 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 diet for children takes into account the restrictions on foods that are more likely to cause allergies:
- egg (mainly yolk);
- Dairy cow);
- Chocolate and cocoa based confectionery;
- Fish products;
- Gluten;
- red fruits and vegetables;
- Proteins 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 eliminating exotic foods in the diet helps solve the allergy problem in children.
Diet rules for a nursing mother
A hypoallergenic diet for a nursing mother is the foundation of nutrition during breastfeeding. The thing is that a baby can develop an allergy to any food in the first few years of life, so the diet should be strict, with the gradual introduction of new foods in very small quantities.
The need for a diet according to hypoallergenic rules may arise if:
- the presence of allergies to various components in the diet of a nursing mother;
- the occurrence of an allergic reaction in children who ingest the breast milk of a nursing mother.
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 need to:
- conduct 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, you need to divide the food into 5-6 servings a day.
The following list of products is allowed for atopic dermatitis:
- Dairy products;
- gluten-free cereals (buckwheat, rice, corn);
- Apples of green color, 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 subside, one of the excluded hypoallergenic products is gradually introduced.