Food Chemistry and Food Microbiology

History of Nutrition & Natural Healers and Fermented Foods

Nutrients are important which can be given to the body by the food in form of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins. It is difficult to set in terms of order of events shows the development of nutrition. Fermentation was used olden days as a food preservation process where as sugars were break down by yeasts and bacteria. As such, Pickling is the other food preservation process, by using an acid such as vinegar or salty water to preserve the food.