I was recently contacted by Dominic LoBianco to ask about guest writing for Sandi’s Allergy Free Recipes. Here is his great article.
Are you allergic and wondering how you can keep a healthy diet? You feel that’s unfair because the allergic condition has already restricted you to some food type?
It’s even worse that health experts advise you that to be healthy, you need to sacrifice some more food types which are among the little set of foods you’re allowed to eat making the set of your allowed food even thinner.
Well, this article will direct you on how you can keep a healthy diet despite your medical condition. What’s more, the article will touch on most of the common food allergies. Thus, be sure there’s something for you.
So, let’s get started.
Gluten
Studies have shown that if you are on a gluten-free diet you may suffer from nutritional deficiencies. Why this?
You see, if you’re on a gluten-free diet, you tend to choose processed foods labeled as “gluten-free” over nutritious foods. This is probably because the nutritious foods contain gluten and so it’s natural to avoid these nutritious foods with the goal of taking a gluten-free diet.
What’s more, many gluten-free versions of foods don’t contain B Vitamins like folate. Additionally, you may avoid eating bread which contains gluten but also a major source of B Vitamins. As such you may be deficient of the B Vitamins as you avoid gluten allergen.
What to Do
Gluten allergy is different from the other common food allergies. Therefore, for gluten allergy, the best course of action is to eat a gluten-free diet. Since it’s (gluten) not necessarily a nutrient, there are no alternatives to how you can include gluten in your diet.
Surely, this is sad news but no need to despair. You can make your meals enjoyable by exploring recipes included in a gluten-free guide cookbook. This will enable you to be creative with your cooking and also allow you to take in nutrients from other allowed foods.
Tree Nuts If you’re allergic to tree nuts, you are advised to avoid not only tree nuts but also other types of nuts. As such you may lack important fat and other nutrients contained in the tree nuts and other nuts.
What to Do
Your best alternative is to include protein foods and mostly those with high-quality fats and that are safe for your body. The protein food includes meat, fish, eggs among others. By doing this you will harness the proteins and fats that are essential for your health.
Dairy Milk
Being milk allergic means that you don’t drink milk frequently or you totally avoid it. And it is reasonable to do that. However, this comes with some disadvantages.
You miss high-quality protein, vital vitamins, and minerals like Calcium among others. Undoubtedly, this will greatly affect your fitness goals but don’t panic.
What to Do
Luckily, there are non-dairy substitutes for dairy milk that you may consider only if they are safe for you. However, you should read the packaging of the non-dairy milk alternatives before opting for one. This is because you need to ensure that the alternatives have close nutritional content as that of dairy milk.
Eggs
When it comes to Egg allergy, you may be affected by the white part of an egg or the yolk part. So, if you’re allergic to eggs you want to avoid eggs as much as possible. Consequently, you miss out the less-expensive, high-quality protein as well as other minerals found in eggs. But all is not lost.
What to Do
Egg substitutes are available but the problem is that they can contain egg. As such if you want alternatives to eggs it’s better to limit your search among egg replacements instead of egg substitutes. Additionally, egg replacements such as smashed ripened bananas can work for you.
Other Food Allergies
The four types of food allergies discussed in this article are one of the common food allergies. However, there are other less common ones such as allergies to bananas, peach, avocadoes, among others. In fact, any food can cause an allergy.
What to Do
So, if you have the less common allergies, find a food substitute or replacement that has the closest nutritional content as your food allergen.
Bottom Line You may be allergic to one type of food or allergic to multiple types of foods. Regardless, you can still achieve your fitness goals. With the advice from this kind of article as well as your doctor’s guidance, you can achieve that elegant, fit and vigorous body you crave.
