Allergy has long been a disease of the century. From this scourge suffer and children, and adults, and the elderly. And even living in an ecologically clean region with clean water and air does not guarantee that the allergy will bypass you and your family members.
What is an allergy?
Allergy is a disease that is characterized by an increased sensitivity of the body to various substances-allergens. It is manifested by unusual and unpleasant reactions in contact with allergens. These substances are divided into species. The most common allergens are contained in the air in the form of the smallest dust or gas. There are also food-allergens that provoke similar reactions, and skin allergens that cause the disease in contact with the skin. There is an allergy to medicines, bites of some insects, the smell and wool of pets, dust mites and much, much, much more ...
Diet for allergy sufferers
It does not matter what type and type you are allergic, diet for children and adults with allergies is mandatory! Of course, the most important hypoallergenic diet for children with food allergies, because it simultaneously performs two functions: therapeutic and diagnostic. It is when you exclude certain foods from your baby's diet that you determine the one that gives the reaction.
A child suffering from allergies should be immediately transferred to a non-specific hypoallergenic diet. Its main principle is the division of all products into three groups: low allergenic, medium allergenic and highly allergenic. The most low-allergenic are products such as sour milk, lean meat, codfish and sea bass, offal, bread, greens, green vegetables, cereals, butter, dried fruit, water and loose tea. The average allergenicity are wheat, buckwheat and corn, yellow fruits, potatoes, legumes and decoctions of herbs. The most dangerous foods for allergy sufferers are the following:
- whole milk, cheeses;
- any eggs;
- seafood;
- smoked products;
- canned food and pickled products;
- sauces, condiments, spices;
- red vegetables;
- red fruits, citrus fruits;
- nuts, honey, sweets;
- mushrooms;
- products with dyes, fragrances, preservatives.
A daily menu for children with a hypoallergenic diet should not include high-allergenic foods! It is also advisable to exclude products with moderate allergenic activity. Carefully approach the choice of foods that will eat a baby, suffering from allergies. Useful yogurt, the healing properties of which have long been proven, is one that you prepared yourself, because the store product contains so much "chemistry" that all useful properties are reduced to nothing.
As for the gluten-free diet for a child, it is likely to have to be met throughout life. It assumes a complete rejection of products that contain gluten in their composition, that is gluten. These products include wheat, barley and
When allergic and atopic dermatitis in children, the diet should be selected individually, because any, even the most low-allergenic products, can give an unpredictable reaction.
Features of cooking for children with allergies
It is believed that the emergence of allergies is associated with the appearance on our tables of a wide variety of products. If we proceed from this, the prescriptions for a hypoallergenic diet for children should be the simplest. The fewer products are included in the children's dish, the simpler the cooking technology, the better for the baby. Single-component cereal, steamed and steamed steaks, baked vegetables, freshly prepared soups without frying should prevail in the baby's menu.