As you can easily guess from the name of this diet, not intended for weight loss, its purpose is to reduce your contact with food allergens. The allergy, perhaps, of all the widespread diseases is the most mysterious ailment. No one knows for sure why the allergic reaction begins, and the agent itself can be calculated, sometimes, it is very difficult.
Allergies can begin on pollen, pet hair, dust, medications, and, of course, food products. With any origin of the allergy, a nonspecific menu of a hypoallergenic diet is prescribed, as long as there is the same pathogen, it may take several weeks.
Principles of compilation
Adults adhere to this diet for 3-4 weeks, for children it is usually enough to have a hypoallergenic diet for a week. During the diet, all food allergens are excluded - those from which the allergy is most easily developed. There are more than enough of these in our diet:
- milk products;
- seafood (if you grew up in a place where fish and seafood are not traditionally eaten);
- smoked products;
- mushrooms;
- spices, sauces, pickles;
- citrus;
- red vegetables, berries and fruits;
- honey, beekeeping products;
- sour vegetables and fruits (sorrel, sauerkraut);
- products containing dyes, preservatives, flavors;
- soda;
- coffee, cocoa;
- chocolate;
- alcohol;
- exotic products;
- beans, potatoes, bell peppers;
- cereals;
- fat meat.
A sample menu of hypoallergenic diet always excludes these products, in case if your allergenic pathogen is not known. After your condition stabilizes (in adults it can take a month), the doctor will prescribe you an introduction to the diet of prohibited foods. Every three days you will add one product to an allergen, sooner or later, the culprit will come to light.
Of course, this diet will not be a verdict forever. In adults, usually, any allergy manifests after the combination with the product of an allergen, that is, if you are allergic to wool, this does not mean that the diet is not needed. Therefore it is very important to hold out on such prohibitions. Diversify food and "brighten up" the month on the taboos in the menu should help recipes to hypoallergenic diet.
In any diet, improvisation is encouraged. If you are banned from almost all types of meat and poultry, the dietary chicken will probably be abandoned, so you can cook chicken soup. If you live in a "fish" area and seafood is the most familiar food for you and your ancestors, safely eat fish in soups, salads and second courses.
Recipes
Chicken soup with spinach
Ingredients:
- chicken - 1 carcass;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- spinach - 1 bunch;
- sour cream - 50 g;
- vegetable oil - 15 g;
- water 1.6 liters;
- salt.
Preparation
Chopped chicken, cook, ready broth to drain. Spinach let in water and wipe it through a sieve, then mix it with sour cream and onions fried in a pan, pour ½ part of broth, bring to a boil. The chicken is laid out in a plate, poured hot broth, there is added a mixture of spinach and onions.
Fish broth with meatballs
Ingredients:
- broth from fish - 2 l;
- fillet of pike perch - 200 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- soy flour - 30 g;
- water 30 g;
- parsley - 1 bunch;
- salt.
Preparation
Pike perch fillet and onions through a meat grinder, add water, soy flour. Mix everything. Formed meatballs lowered into boiling broth (previously strained) from fish and cook for 15 minutes. Finished meatballs served in broth with the addition of green parsley.