Nutraceuticals in 21st Century

Abstract

Almost ten thousand years before, when human beings were living in jungles, they use to go from one place to other in search of foods which were nothing else but fruits vegetables or roots. Because of these uncooked or raw foods humans were healthy having good longevity. Thereafter, due to fire in jungles, some such roots got roasted and found tasty by him or her. This habit has developed, inquisitiveness towards the testing of new foods from the nature. After this knowledge, things have changed drastically and many recipes were developed by him/her which were not only simple foods but were medicinal foods, sometimes.