A rather difficult issue for parents is the baby's nutrition for allergies. This requires a very careful approach, since the diet should be carefully thought through. It's not enough just to restrict the baby in the diet, so you can simply worsen the state of his health. And all because food itself is not the cause of allergies, the reason is that the child's body can not fully process and assimilate food. And the reaction to this process is an allergy.
Fundamentals of therapeutic nutrition for allergies in a young child
There are quite a few ways to culinary food processing, with which you can make food for the baby less allergenic. For example, if raw potatoes, finely chopped, soaked for several hours in cold water, periodically changing it, you can remove most of the starch and nitrates from it. You should also do the groats: so that it cleansed of excess impurities, before cooking it, soak it for two or three hours.
When cooking meat, do not forget to drain the first broth, and from the already cooled broth you need to remove all the fat. It is desirable to cook more dishes for the child, cook, simmer or cook for a couple. Fried food is more dangerous for allergic people. Many fruit allergens are susceptible to destruction, if the fruit is baked or boiled, and if in raw form they are dangerous, then in the treated become harmless.
Do not be afraid that under such restrictions your child will be hungry or deprived of something "tasty". Remember that most of the prohibitions are only needed for a while, if by using a diet you can overcome allergies, the prohibited products will become much less with time.
To feed a baby suffering from allergies, the main thing is to eliminate the product that causes a negative reaction of the body. To find out how the body reacts to different dishes can be experienced. Parents are advised to write down a list of all the products that the child used throughout the day, in the so-called dietary diary. When a new product is introduced, it is necessary to note the volume of the portion and the time of use, and then track and record the body's response to it (eg, itching or rash).
New dishes for the child are best given in the morning, with no more than two teaspoons, so you have the opportunity to monitor the body's reaction all day. In case there was no allergic reaction, the next day the amount of the product can be increased and gradually, within a week, bring the volume of the dish to the norm corresponding to age. Products that are allergenic should be completely excluded from the diet for a period recommended by the pediatrician.
Nutrition for allergies of older children
Organizing a healthy diet for older children is a little more difficult, this requires a more rigorous approach from the parents. Products that cause allergies are prohibited for long term use. A diet consists of several stages.
The first stage, lasting about two weeks, falls on the period of acute allergy. At this stage of the diet, you must completely abandon the products that can be potentially dangerous and cause allergies. It is completely forbidden to consume broths, spices, fried, salted, spicy, smoked, pickled dishes. In limited quantities, cereals, flour products, dairy products, sugar and salt are not prohibited.
The second stage of the therapeutic diet begins when allergy manifestations disappear and it lasts two to three months. In this period, it is necessary to exclude from the diet of the baby allergens, as well as products, because of which the occurrence of a cross reaction is not excluded.
The third, restorative, stage of the diet can begin if the end of the third month completely disappears manifestations of allergies. You can gradually expand the diet of the child, gradually introducing allergic food, except for precisely installed allergens.
To re-enter into the diet dangerous products should be given in small doses (about 5-10 g) in the morning, strictly controlling the reaction of the organism and making precise entries in the diet diary. If everything went well, you can return to normal life.