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The appropriate progression for Mr. McKinley’s post-bariatric surgery diet usually involves a clear liquid diet for days 1-2 post-surgery, a full liquid diet for days 3-17, a pureed diet for days 14-24, a soft diet for days 21-42, and finally, a regular diet after 42 days (or 6 weeks).1,3,7 Each phase (excluding the clear liquid diet) can include food items from previous phases. Items that are avoided throughout every phase include simple carbohydrate foods (to prevent dumping syndrome) and the…

Presently, The Body Shop, Innisfree and L’Occitane are currently the global natural cosmetic brand in Indonesia that can be found easily inside the Mall. While local cosmetics brands are currently leaded by Mustika Ratu and Martha Tilaar (Department of Commerce United States of America, 2016). As the popularity of natural cosmetics growing, local natural cosmetic brands also keep emerging i.e. The Bath Box, Gizi Indonesia, Skin Dewi, Klen and Kind, Utama Spice Bali, Sensatia, Organic Supply,…

Organic Acids An organic acid is an organic compound with acidic properties. The most common organic acids are the carboxylic acids, whose acidity is associated with their carboxyl group –COOH. Sulfonic acids, containing the group –SO2OH, are relatively stronger acids. Alcohols, with –OH, can act as acids but they are usually very weak. In general, organic acids are weak acids and do not dissociate completely in water, whereas the strong mineral acids do. Lower molecular mass organic acids such…

The History of Pizza There is much iteration of just how pizza became the food that we know and love today. One story says that pizza has been around since the Stone Age when people would bake crude bread on the stones of a fire and after the cooking of this bread they would top it off with different seasonings and toppings. They would use this bread as a plate to sop up broth or gravies (Stradley, p. 1). Another story says that pizza was founded in Naples, by the Greeks, in the 1700s. The story…

Bacteria! They're everywhere, and they are usually harmful. But did you know that some bacteria are actually good for you?.. Good bacteria, called Probiotics, are friendly to the human body, and actually are very important to have inside of us. While many of us have heard of probiotics some people are still unsure or even confused as to exactly what they are and what they do. I have been asked number of times to provide some clarity on this subject. The following is a Q & A of the most common…