Many mistakenly believe that milk is a completely harmless product that is useful to adults and children.
A common problem in young children is allergies. It can begin suddenly, and many reasons can provoke it, the main of which are: food, milk, in particular. It can be harmful to adults if there is an allergic reaction to milk protein. And for the fair sex, who decided to lose weight, this food product should be excluded from the diet.
A milk-free diet for weight loss and a baby diet against allergies will help to cope with these problems.
General recommendations
A milk-free diet is perfect for people who want to lose weight, because various fats that are rich in dairy products are excluded from the diet. Of course, it will be difficult to replace this product with another, especially if it is included in the category of loved ones, but soy milk or almond milk can be taken instead.
For snacks, fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, raisins, any nuts are suitable.
However, do not overdo it with the duration of the diet, a milk-free diet for weight loss should have a duration of 1 to 2 weeks, since milk is a source of healthy proteins and calcium. The only exception is the presence of an allergy to dairy products.
Exemplary diet -free milk-free diet for weight loss
Fighting overweight is one of the main reasons for refusing dairy products.
A sample menu is not a reference, and, choosing a set of products and dishes, you should proceed from your individual preferences.
Sample menu of a dairy-free diet for the day:
Breakfast :
- omelet with vegetables;
- fruit puree (bananas, strawberries with soy milk);
- fruit juice, coffee or tea.
Lunch :
- soup of lean meats or fish;
- vegetable salad (cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, olive oil);
- peach or nectarine;
- tea.
Dinner :
- fish or meatballs;
- baked potatoes in the oven;
- lettuce;
- fruit juice.
About soy products, recipes
Increasingly, people are switching to soy products, a dairy-free diet is becoming more popular.
How can soy milk be used?
- For breakfast cereals.
- To make a cappuccino: brew coffee. Bring the milk to a boil, beat for 30 seconds to a good foam, transfer the foam to coffee and sprinkle cocoa on top.
- Soy yogurt before use is better to beat with a whisk. You can add to the first hot, but not boiling dishes, so that it does not become grainy.
- Sauce for ice cream or pancakes. Heat half a glass of soy cream, add 1 tbsp. l sugar and a bar of dark chocolate.
- Fruit dessert: cook applesauce and mix with whipped soy yogurt.
Dairy-free diet for a child: general recommendations
Allergies can begin at any age, but often they begin in children from the first months of their lives. Many factors contribute to the occurrence of this nonspecific reaction, for example, uncomfortable clothing, water, food, animal hair, plant pollen, etc. It happens that milk protein, which is necessary for a child, provokes allergies, especially at this age, so this is a huge problem for parents .
An allergic approach requires an integrated approach. But food comes first. Often, the exclusion of the main allergen from the diet contributes to the rapid weakening of allergic reactions.
Children's milk-free diet and the main recommendations for it:
1. To exclude dairy products (cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, ice cream, etc.) from the diet , as well as other products (if any) that cause the baby’s allergy.
2. Include more meat in the diet: this product will make up for the lack of protein.
3. Use calcium tablets, or soy or rice milk, which will replenish the calcium content in the body.
4. Go to dairy and sour milk mixtures (for infants).
5. If possible, prepare meals in a double boiler.
Sample milk-free diet menu for a child
This menu is not a reference for each child, since it should be based on his age, individual preferences and concomitant diseases.
Dairy-free diet for a child (approximate menu):
- Breakfast : Hercules porridge cooked on water with fresh fruits (or mashed potatoes from them), raisins, nuts; fruit compote.
- Lunch : pea soup; mashed potatoes with a slice of lean meat; green tea.
- Dinner : casserole of carrots and semolina; cocoa drink brewed on water.
Dairy-free diet for a child
Meat stew
Boil 0.5 kg of lean meat, cut into pieces. Cut the onion head, a small grated carrot, a small grated beet, 2-3 medium-sized potatoes. Preheat 1 tbsp. l of vegetable oil in a pan, lay out the meat, then transfer the potatoes, fry a little and stew for 5 minutes under the lid, pour onions, a minute later - carrots, a minute later - beets and pour water so that it covers the contents, cover, reduce heat and simmer until tender.
Fish soup
Heat in a pan 1 tbsp. l vegetable oil. Pour diced onion heads, add salt and pour a liter of hot water. Wait for boiling. Add black pepper on the tip of the knife, grated carrots and 2-3 potatoes, diced. Cover for half an hour. At this time, clean the fish, remove the bones and ridge and add the fish to the soup. Cook until ready to fish.
Dairy-free diet: recipes without milk
Chocolate cake without milk and eggs
Mix 2 tbsp of sugar, 6 tbsp. l cocoa, 3 tbsp. flour, 2 tsp vanilla sugar, 2 tsp baking powder (or 2 tsp. soda, slaked with vinegar). In another bowl, mix 2 tbsp of water, 150 g of vegetable oil, 1 tbsp. l vinegar. Mix dry and liquid mixture and pour into a greased form, bake from 45 minutes to an hour. When the cake has cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Muesli
Take half a glass of raisins and dried fruits, pour a glass of boiling water, wait 15 minutes. Drain, rinse, chop dried fruits, dry everything on a towel. Peel a glass of nuts. Mix nuts, 1 tbs peeled seeds with 6 tbsp Hercules and add a pinch of salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, half a glass of vegetable oil and honey (if honey is solid, melt in a water bath). Put the mixture on a baking sheet, bake for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. You can bake first 15 minutes, get a pie, sprinkle with coconut flakes (100 g) and bake the remaining 25 minutes, stirring so as not to burn. At the end, add dried fruits with raisins.
Greek potatoes
Peel and dice 1-1.5 kg of potatoes. Heat 2 tbsp in a pan l vegetable oil, lightly fry the potatoes, stirring. 2 tooth. chop the garlic, mix with an incomplete glass of olives and add to the potatoes. Put out for 5-7 minutes. Cut 2-3 pcs of tomatoes and also add to the potatoes, sprinkled with 1 tsp. dry oregano (or cilantro), mix. Cover, turning down the heat. The dish will be ready in about half an hour. Add spices, salt to taste.
Rice with mushrooms
Cook the meat or mushroom broth. Slice 300 g of mushrooms. Finely chop the onion (1 arrow) and garlic (1 clove). On mushrooms, put mushrooms with onions and garlic, simmer until the liquid evaporates. Add 1 tbsp of rice, pour 2 tbsp of broth. Chop a small bunch of parsley, pour with salt and pepper to taste in rice, cover, reduce heat and leave for 20 minutes.
Canned soup
Peel and wash 8 potatoes, 1 carrot, onion and a bunch of parsley. Rinse half a glass of pearl barley or rice. Open a jar of canned salmon or saury, get rid of bones, clean salmon from the skin. Cut the potatoes into cubes or cubes, pour them with rice into a saucepan, pour 2 liters of water and boil. Grate the carrots, finely chop the onion, spasser everything in a pan. In a saucepan, throw fish with juice, carrots with onions and chopped parsley. Cover, reduce heat. Cook for 15-20 minutes.