Seems, that it is a contemporary problem, but the ancient Greeks already had some knowledge of food allergies. Today, an allergy sufferer has two options: or use medications to alleviate the effects of 'inappropriate” eating or removing these foods from the menu altogether, to avoid undesirable effects. This may seem simple in theory, but in practice it often wreaks havoc on the kitchen and impoverishes the table. Getting information on proper nutrition, adoption of new ones, simplified eating habits and buying special products – here's how to adapt to living with a food allergy.
This page aims to provide the chef with many choices, so, that individual dishes are suitable for many types of allergies – simple or complex. The regulations provide for the use of available products, they are simple and designed for one or two servings, and not for a family meal.
The website was written by an author with extensive experience in nutritional research and the development of special diets, understanding the complexity of food allergies and knowing how to deal with it practically – in the kitchen.
Diet and proper nutrition
Patients suffering from allergies or intolerant to certain foods often notices, that doctors are reluctant to give detailed instructions, and nutritionists are more concerned with the theoretical side of the diet, than with the practical ways of preparing meals. As a result, a lack of knowledge about proper nutrition can lead to the development of bad ones, defective, incorrectly composed diets for allergy sufferers.
Healing diets (or diagnostic), excluding a number of major groups of foods of high nutritional importance (exclusive diets), should be carefully planned and compiled. If you need to use them for a long time, the deficiencies of certain ingredients can be reduced by taking appropriate supplementary preparations, such as vitamins and minerals. Adapting to an appropriately limited set of any foods, it's just, one of the aspects of the fight against allergies. Healthy, proper nutrition, despite the limitations, is extremely important, and meals should be planned comprehensively, so, to provide the body with all the nutrients necessary for health. One of the biggest dietary mistakes, committed in this century and with consequences for human health, is excessive salt consumption by the average person, sugar and fat, too little fiber and too much processed food versus fresh food. Most of us eat too much protein, which is a reversal of the trend from the beginning of the century – mainly because of poverty - eating too little protein.