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Food products are natural antiseptics.

Over the many years of its existence, mankind has learned to choose among the variety of food offered by nature, precisely the one that not only does not harm the body, but also will help protect the body from the harmful effects of various microorganisms that randomly find themselves in the gastrointestinal tract. We are talking about food of plant origin - natural antiseptics, known from time immemorial and widely used in human nutrition. A feature of these products is their specific taste - a pungent, pungent, bitter or tart odor that irritates the sense of smell, due to the presence of a number of chemicals in their composition: glycosides, tannins and phytoncides. Such food products have a bacteriostatic effect, that is, they are able to act depressingly on the growth and reproduction of microorganisms.

Foods with bacteriostatic action (contain glycosides):

Almond nut,
Red pepper,
Radish,
Radish,
White mustard (seeds),
Mustard green (young leaves of white mustard before flowering),
Watercress,
Ramson (leaves, bulbs),
Rucola.

Bacteriostatic vegetables (contain essential oils):

Cardamom (seeds),
Sage (leaves),
Turmeric (rhizomes),
Ginger (rhizomes),
Coriander (seeds),
Cilantro (young green coriander),
Dill (seeds),
Dill (greens),
Fennel (seeds),
Fennel (greens),
Chervil (greens),
Basil (leaves),
Rosemary,
Oregano (greens),
Horseradish (root),
apanese horseradish (root) - Wasabi,
Celery (leaves).

Antiseptic products (contain phytoncides):

Onion,
Garlic,
Citrus peel.

Plant foods containing tannins:

Tea leaves (green tea, black tea),
Cinnamon,
Vanilla,
Hazelnut,
Walnut,
Astringent berries (blackthorn, blueberry, lingonberry, blueberry, dogwood, mountain ash, bird cherry, feijoa, etc.),
Astringent fruits (persimmon, pear, quince, etc.).

In addition to its beneficial effect on pathogenic microorganisms, food products containing plant antiseptic substances can irritate and injure the intestinal mucosa, maintain inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, and provoke constipation. For this reason, their use in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, stomach ulcer, intestinal ulcer, colitis, dysbiosis) is unacceptable.