Scary Stuff about Microwave Cooking

[johnnymk]

This may be hype or it may be true. Hard to tell....

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

[welfareloser]

that was awful. they had one or two valid points surrounded by a TON of crap.

there is more vitamin breakdown in microwaved foods, because vitamins are not stable in heat and excessive heating can occur in spots microwaving.

it is possible that complex molecules in food may be broken down into wierd things that could be dangerous by the violent heating of microwaves... they had one study that had evidence of "decreased leukocytes in test subjects' blood" after eating microwaved food... but this study had an n=8 and was apparently self-published, rather than published in a peer-reviewed journal.

everything else they pulled out of their @$$e$.

Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven

From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, we will conclude this article with the following:

1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term - permanent - brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].

2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food.

3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating microwaved foods.

4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body.

5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.

6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens.

7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumors]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in America.

8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood.

9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Grimm]

Microvaves are for reheating leftovers and quick snacks. Real cooking is done on a stove or in an oven.
So it's no big deal. If you are living your life so fast that you can't wait for 30 minutes to eat, you have some other issues that are going to cause you to have health problems.

[Kim]

I only use the microwave to pop popcorn. :o

[Markel]

I think they forgot the asterisk at the bottom of the report.


*
This study was commissioned by the Convection Range Appliance Producers.

[mojo]

Originally posted by welfareloser

1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term - permanent - brain damage by "shorting out" electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].
i dunno about you, but i spent the last 10 minutes staring at this part before realizing that i had zoned out. i didn't bother to read the rest because it was all kinda jumbled together.

[Markel]

Originally posted by mojo
i dunno about you, but i spent the last 10 minutes staring at this part before realizing that i had zoned out. i didn't bother to read the rest because it was all kinda jumbled together.

mojo - quick! get away from the microwave!

[whitak24]

i'm sorry, but when i see the address http://www.herbalhealer.com, i don't really even think i need to waste my time clicking on it.

ok, i realize that some of you probably swear by herbal suppliments. and i agree that some of them probably do some good. my problem is that ALL of the organizations that i've run into that promote that stuff are completely unscientific, irrational, alarmist, and basically try to create hype that plays off people's fear and convinces them to buy their overpriced products.

[ChrisMG187]

Looks like my brain is gonna be demagnetized. Is that like a hard drive becoming demagnetized?