Alcoholic fermentation refers to the process in which microorganisms, like yeast, break down sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. This natural process is often used in making alcoholic beverages such as wine, beer, and spirits.
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Adults and children with an overgrowth of Candida (pathogenic yeast) in their gut can appear permanently tipsy or drunk due to the hijacking of glucose by Candida which digests it in a manner
called alcoholic fermentation.
Candida grows through a process
of alcoholic fermentation which creates a constant source of toxic alcohols and alcohol breakdown products that are absorbed directly into the blood stream.
It was not until the invention of the microscope, followed by the pioneering scientific work of Louis Pasteur in the late 1860's, that yeast was identified as a living organism and the agent responsible
for alcoholic fermentation and dough leavening.
All cultures used some type
of alcoholic fermentation, but these beverages were brewed with naturally occurring yeasts and retained many of the nutrients contained in the starting materials.
Alcoholic fermentation can serve as an alternative method to convert tofu whey into food products that can be consumed directly.
Vocabulary Words Include: Photosynthesis, Respiration, Chlorophyll, Chloroplast, Stomata, Glucose, Autotroph, Heterotroph, Pigment, Fermentation, Lactic Acid Fermentation, and
Alcoholic Fermentation.