Everyone needs food, that is just the fact and let just face it bravely. The problem is this: most of your, probably even favorite, foods come from the industry. This means, many of them have been manufactured with any chemical compound that often acts as additive. From the point of view of the industry, this additive compound is everything that is necessary. They need something to make the food
Dietary Supplements and the Chemical Compound Inside
Almost everyone of you is familiar with dietary supplements. In fact, many, if not most already, may have already consumed or using any supplementary product as your daily intakes. As familiar you are with the dietary products themselves, certainly you also are equally familiar with the chemical compound usually found or used as one of the ingredients of your dietary supplement products. Of this
The Chemical Compound in Many Cosmetic Products
Living in the great advancement of technological era is not without its cost. When everything around you suddenly turns to either electronic and or plastic, at that same moment, some of the most dangerous chemical compound products emerge and you just have to live with them all. Take cosmetic products, for example. Almost all of these cosmetic products contain one chemical compound and even, most
Different Types of Bonds in Chemical Compound
Almost every student, at least one who ever follows chemistry subject, knows what a chemical compound is. To say in the simplest and most common definition, a compound, chemically speaking of course, is that of a chemical substance, and a pure one that is, which has two, or could be more of, different chemical elements. These elements, which are bonded together to make the chemical compound, can
TETRACYCLINE SIDE EFFECTS
Tetracycline is defined as an antibiotic which is able to fight bacteria in the body. Commonly, people use tetracycline to treat several kinds of bacterial infections such as gonorrhea, urinary tract infections, chlamydia, and acne. Before taking this antibiotic or using this medication, you need to find out whether you have any allergic to tetracycline or other similar medicines. You are not
The Maillard Reaction
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I just watched Julie & Julia the other night. Such a delightful movie, it surely is! Someone once said cooking is chemistry in action. Well, cooking is chemistry indeed! We have acids and bases (e.g., vinegar and lye), we have phase changes (ice freezing, butter melting—oooh butter! You can never have too much butter!), we have stirring, mixing, whipping, you name it.