Nutrition
The Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders at Cincinnati Children's provides nutrition information and resources for patients with an eosinophilic disorder and their families.
Elimination Diet
An elimination diet involves avoiding a specific food that has been implicated in causing an eosinophil-associated gastrointestinal disorder (EGID). These foods are usually identified by skin prick or patch testing.
Six Food Elimination Diet
A six-food elimination diet involves avoiding all foods that contain the six most commonly implicated dietary antigens, i.e. milk, soy, wheat, eggs, fish (and shellfish) and nuts (peanuts and tree nuts), regardless of allergy testing results.
Attitude is Everything
It's natural to miss favorite foods for a short time. Try to focus on foods your child can eat!
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Elemental Diet
An elemental diet is a highly specialized, nutritionally complete, hypoallergenic formula. They are referred to as "elemental formulas" or "amino acid-based formulas" because the protein in the formula is present as amino acids rather than intact protein. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and the body breaks down proteins into amino acids during the process of digestion. Allergic reactions develop against intact or partially broken down protein, but not to amino acids.
Elemental formulas provide all of the calories, vitamins and minerals that a person needs as long as they are taken in the recommended amounts.
Types of Elemental Formulas
- Neocate Infant
- Neocate One Plus
- Neocate, junior plain and tropical flavor
- E028 Splash, grape, tropical fruit and grapefruit pineapple
- EleCare, plain or vanilla flavored.
**Testing and treatment for food-related allergies should be guided with the supervision of a trained physician in the field.
