What's wrong with microwave heating food?!
I know some people dislike using the microwave, I don't know why, does anyone know!? Is it considered bad for health at all!? Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
As far as I can tell there isn't a lot of evidence in the form of studies!. Here's some info from a site I found, it's link is at the bottom!.
"According to Dr!. Spreen!.!.!.
There are very few studies on microwave cooking and food quality!. There's a reason for that, which I'll get to in a second!. What studies exist are all bad news for microwaving - they universally describe some type of damage!. One study showed breakdown of vitamin B-12 to inactive degradation products in microwaved foods!. The magazine "Health & Healing Wisdom" reports that Russian research concerning neurological effects of altered magnetic states of microwaved foods caused the Russian government to outlaw all food microwave apparatus in 1976 (I don't know if that ban still exists)!. Another study showed depletion of antibodies and breakdown of enzymes when breast milk is microwaved!.
There's also a problem with release of potentially toxic molecules into the food from packaging designed to help brown food during microwaving!. This includes items such as pizza, French fries, waffles, popcorn and breaded fish - and these findings were determined by the FDA!
The most controlled (and scary) research was almost stopped from anyone knowing about it before being published!. Two Swiss researchers sequestered subjects under close scrutiny and blood tested them after randomly eating food that was either microwaved or conventionally cooked!. They found all sorts of potentially nasty stuff: (1) blood hemoglobin levels decreased significantly after ingesting microwaved foods, both total levels and the amount contained in each red blood cell; (2) White blood cell levels tended to increase for no other reason than foods were microwaved; (3) microwaves altered protein molecules; (4) LDL cholesterol (the 'bad' type) increased relative to HDL cholesterol (the 'good' type)!.
The problem was, they were immediately sued by the "Swiss Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and Industry," and one of the authors was convicted by the Swiss Federal Court of "interfering with commerce!." The fine was the equivalent of $65,000!. So, the message is you think twice before stepping on too many big-money toes!.
However you slice it, there appears to be a problem with those high frequency, alternating current (meaning abnormal for the human system) electromagnetic waves!.!.!.but it's sure an easy way to fix popcorn!
Good Health, Allan Spreen, M!.D!."
Don't know if that helps!.
EDIT:
Oh and if you'd like to know who this "Allan Spreen, M!.D" is, here's what I found out:
" Director, The Nutrition Physician
Dr!. Spreen is Director of The Nutrition Physician, a free nutrition information website dedicated to answering consumer questions about vitamins and nutrition!. In the past, he has been a featured nutrition expert for both America Online and iVillage!.com!.
Dr!. Spreen is a graduate of East Tennessee State University School of Medicine and also holds an M!.B!.A!. from University of Tennessee!. He practiced general medicine for 10 years in Jacksonville, FL before becoming a full-time diving coach for the 1996 U!.S!. National Diving Team and 1996 U!.S!. Olympics Diving Team!.
Dr!. Spreen has authored and co-authored several books including Smart Medicine for Healthier Living and Nutritionally Incorrect: Why the American Diet is Dangerous and How to Defend Yourself!."
here's the link
http://health!.discovery!.com/expert/qa/pa!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
"According to Dr!. Spreen!.!.!.
There are very few studies on microwave cooking and food quality!. There's a reason for that, which I'll get to in a second!. What studies exist are all bad news for microwaving - they universally describe some type of damage!. One study showed breakdown of vitamin B-12 to inactive degradation products in microwaved foods!. The magazine "Health & Healing Wisdom" reports that Russian research concerning neurological effects of altered magnetic states of microwaved foods caused the Russian government to outlaw all food microwave apparatus in 1976 (I don't know if that ban still exists)!. Another study showed depletion of antibodies and breakdown of enzymes when breast milk is microwaved!.
There's also a problem with release of potentially toxic molecules into the food from packaging designed to help brown food during microwaving!. This includes items such as pizza, French fries, waffles, popcorn and breaded fish - and these findings were determined by the FDA!
The most controlled (and scary) research was almost stopped from anyone knowing about it before being published!. Two Swiss researchers sequestered subjects under close scrutiny and blood tested them after randomly eating food that was either microwaved or conventionally cooked!. They found all sorts of potentially nasty stuff: (1) blood hemoglobin levels decreased significantly after ingesting microwaved foods, both total levels and the amount contained in each red blood cell; (2) White blood cell levels tended to increase for no other reason than foods were microwaved; (3) microwaves altered protein molecules; (4) LDL cholesterol (the 'bad' type) increased relative to HDL cholesterol (the 'good' type)!.
The problem was, they were immediately sued by the "Swiss Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and Industry," and one of the authors was convicted by the Swiss Federal Court of "interfering with commerce!." The fine was the equivalent of $65,000!. So, the message is you think twice before stepping on too many big-money toes!.
However you slice it, there appears to be a problem with those high frequency, alternating current (meaning abnormal for the human system) electromagnetic waves!.!.!.but it's sure an easy way to fix popcorn!
Good Health, Allan Spreen, M!.D!."
Don't know if that helps!.
EDIT:
Oh and if you'd like to know who this "Allan Spreen, M!.D" is, here's what I found out:
" Director, The Nutrition Physician
Dr!. Spreen is Director of The Nutrition Physician, a free nutrition information website dedicated to answering consumer questions about vitamins and nutrition!. In the past, he has been a featured nutrition expert for both America Online and iVillage!.com!.
Dr!. Spreen is a graduate of East Tennessee State University School of Medicine and also holds an M!.B!.A!. from University of Tennessee!. He practiced general medicine for 10 years in Jacksonville, FL before becoming a full-time diving coach for the 1996 U!.S!. National Diving Team and 1996 U!.S!. Olympics Diving Team!.
Dr!. Spreen has authored and co-authored several books including Smart Medicine for Healthier Living and Nutritionally Incorrect: Why the American Diet is Dangerous and How to Defend Yourself!."
here's the link
http://health!.discovery!.com/expert/qa/pa!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Eating the food from the microwave is not believed to be bad for you!. The thing is, a lot of the food that comes already prepared is processed things like frozen foods that are easily heated in the microwave are bad for you!. Heating the food in the microwave is safe it does not infuse the toxic waves into the food!. However, it is said that being too close to the microwave while it is running can be bad as the waves are not good for your body!. It has been under debate for years!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i always heard it zaps the nutrients out somehow!. --like if you cook something on the stove you get more of the nutrients when you eat it then when you cook the same thing in a microwave!. i believe it--at least i've always assumed it was true--but i don;t know the specific explanation!. i think if you're just re-heating something now and then it;s not a big deal!. but maybe if you make all your meals that way it would be better to use the stove instead!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Some people think that microwaves will give you cancer or some such nonsense!. There's not a shred of proof that microwaves are bad or that they do anything bad to your food!. The way they work is by activating the water molecules in the food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
One thing people tend to forget is that microwaved food carries on cooking for about 1 min after the oven is turned off! So eating and tasting food before that time may not be good for you!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
its bad for you!.
cuz its not healthy!
and it looks gross!.
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cuz its not healthy!
and it looks gross!.
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