Microwave Cooking

[Nienke]

Can microwave cooking effect our health? FYI, here some reports:

http://www.macrobiotics.nl/encyclopedia/en....html#microwave

* Microwaved Foods Alters Blood Chemistry, Decreases Nutrients, and Produces Precancerous Effects

* Microwave Cooking Produces Immunological and Neurotoxic Effects

* Microwaving Weakens Breast Milk

* Microwave Packaging Carcinogenic

* Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Microwaved Food

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http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html

In Summary: Blanc and Hertel found that eating microwaved food:

* Increases cholesterol

* Increases white blood cell numbers

* Decreases red blood cell numbers

* Causes production of radiolytic compounds (compounds unknown in nature)

RUSSIANS BAN MICROWAVE OVENS

1. Heating prepared meats in a microwave sufficiently for human consumption created:

* d-Nitrosodiethanolamine (a well-known cancer-causing agent)

* Destabilization of active protein biomolecular compounds

* Creation of a binding effect to radioactivity in the atmosphere

* Creation of cancer-causing agents within protein-hydrosylate compounds in milk and cereal grains;

2. Microwave emissions also caused alteration in the catabolic (breakdown) behavior of glucoside - and galactoside - elements within frozen fruits when thawed in this way;

3. Microwaves altered catabolic behavior of plant-alkaloids when raw, cooked or frozen vegetables were exposed for even very short periods;

4. Cancer-causing free radicals were formed within certain trace-mineral molecular formations in plant substances, especially in raw root vegetables;

5. Ingestion of micro-waved foods caused a higher percentage of cancerous cells in blood;

6. Due to chemical alterations within food substances, malfunctions occurred in the lymphatic system, causing degeneration of the immune system=s capacity to protect itself against cancerous growth;

7. The unstable catabolism of micro-waved foods altered their elemental food substances, leading to disorders in the digestive system;

8. Those ingesting micro-waved foods showed a statistically higher incidence of stomach and intestinal cancers, plus a general degeneration of peripheral cellular tissues with a gradual breakdown of digestive and excretory system function;

9. Microwave exposure caused significant decreases in the nutritional value of all foods studied, particularly:

* A decrease in the bioavailability of B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotrophics

* Destruction of the nutritional value of nucleoproteins in meats

* Lowering of the metabolic activity of alkaloids, glucosides, galactosides and nitrilosides (all basic plant substances in fruits and vegetables)

* Marked acceleration of structural disintegration in all foods.

As a result microwave ovens were banned in Russia in 1976; the ban was lifted after Perestroika.

MICROWAVED PLASTIC WRAP HAS 10,000,000 TIMES FDA LIMITS OF CARCINOGENS!

... Claire tested four different plastic wraps and "found not just the carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the oil]...." Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and to breast cancer in women. ...

... An article in Options reported "her analysis found that DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200 parts and 500 parts per million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per billion." ...

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http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave.asp

Water boiled in a microwave can 'suddenly' explode.

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The microwaved water on plants is debunked on: http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp

Nienke

[Tammi]

I asked this question of a top Thai cancer specialist and he said no, microwaved food does not cause cancer.

But I will not microwave foods using cling film or plastics or packaging that foods come in. I use only Pyrex or similar.

[Losangels]

I often wonder the microwave made here in Thailand have the same safety standards with the ones made in the West.

My Samsung microwave lasted about three years before the interior paint inside started to peal off and the tiny pieces fell into the food/water I was cooking

Never had a problem with the the Panasonic I used for several years in the US

[Orion76]

Other studies have shown that microwaved food contains more nutrients than traditionally cooked food because of the significantly faster cooking time (sorry don't have a reference link handy).

One thing that is for sure is that a microwave is a good way to nuke the germs out of your food

[DrNox]

This is an very 'controversial' subject and the answer depend on how intensive you worry about your health. The problem is, that Microwaves affect the food on a molecular level. The device used to generate the the electromagnetic wave, the Magnetron uses alternating current what causes the molecules to spin and break a part. Science, today has no complete idea what this deformed molecules will do to a human body.

Yes, a microwave kill germs etc., but it also destroy and modify enzymes in the food. Same as enzymes altered in genetically modified food they get altered if microwaved. Beside this, the microwave it self may cause a higher health problem then the food it self. Just switch on your microwave and keep your head closed for a while. If the model is not a high quality product, but a standard shelf device, in a short while you will get problems with you vision and maybe headache. All microwaves leak, depend on the production quality, more or less electromagnetic energy. If from a 1000W device only 5% leaking you get 50 Watt straight. (A cell phone uses 2Watt), it is as if you do 25 phone calls at the same time, straight into your head. The same way this waves of electromagnetic energy heating your food, they also heating your body cells and since the head is always the body part most exposed (we have to look how the food look and smell, right!/) your brain is in danger. Remember where you went last night? ***Grin***

You probably can eat your whole life microwave food without getting anything that would be directly blamed on microwave food. But exactly that is the problem, we don't know what exactly modified enzymes do.

Just as example, Soy beens have an enzyme which is known to create allergies. Now in the preparation process this enzyme will be destroyed while cooking at 80 degree Celsius for a minute. If you take genetically modified soy beens you have to cook this beens with 230 degree Celsius for at least 40 minutes to destroy the very same enzyme. Surely, nobody is doing this.

For this one particular case scientist found out about. But what about the other thousands of case we don't know about.

I strongly believe those are the things causing most of the "society illnesses" we are facing.

To answer your question: You want get a "quick" sick and if you get something, it probably can't be traced to the microwave. But if you want to live healthy, there is no need for cooking with microwaves. It is not essential to our life. So, simple use a pot and a pan to heat your food as we did for centuries.

[Orion76]

But if you want to live healthy, there is no need for cooking with microwaves. It is not essential to our life. So, simple use a pot and a pan to heat your food as we did for centuries.

Ok... you are obviously not single