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Microwaves: to use or not to use?

1/5/2013

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Everyone is so busy and time saving devices have become big business. we are often so busy that we accept information as fact and don't question the authorities on matters such as safe technology, safe fuels, safe foods and safe medicine....
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In general, people believe that microwave ovens don't have a negative affect on them or the foods they cook. Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic energy, like light waves or radio waves. In our modern world, microwaves are used to relay telephone signals, television programs and computer information around the world or to and from satellites in space. But microwaves are most familiar to us as a way of cooking food.

Every microwave oven contains a megnetron, a tube in which electrons (particles of matter) are affected by magnetic and electric fields, producing micro-wavelength radiation. This radiation interacts with the molecules in food.

All wave energy changes polarity from positive to negative with each wave cycle. In microwaves, these polarity changes occur millions of times a second. As the microwaves generated from the magnetron bombard the food, the cause the molecules to rotate at the same frequency.
Put simply, all this agitation creates molecular 'friction', which heats up the food. This unusual form of heating also causes substantial damage to surrounding molecules, often tearing them apart or forcefully deforming them. 


Here is some of the damaging evidence regarding the microwave oven:
  • Heating a baby's bottle in the microwave can cause slight changes in the milk and loss of some vitamins in infant formulas. It also converts certain amino acids (building blocks of protein) making them biologically inactive and unavailable to the body. One amino acid in particular- Proline, is converted into a poison that is toxic to the baby's nervous system and kidneys. In expressed breast milk, some protective properties may be destroyed.

  • In 1991 there was a lawsuit in the United states where a hospital used a microwave oven to warm blood needed in a transfusion. The microwave had altered the blood and killed the patient soon after the transfusion. 

  • Food scientist Dr Hans Hertel, along with Dr Bernard Blanc, studied the affects of food heated in the microwave on blood components of individuals. There was a significant decrease in all haemoglobin (oxygen carrying element of blood cells) and a change in cholesterol values, especially the ratio of HDL to LDL. Lymphocytes (part of the immune system) showed a distinct short term decrease, in other words microwaved food compromises the immune system.

  • By using plastic in a microwave you compound the negative effects of microwave-cooked food with the toxins leached from the plastic, including pthalates (Xenoestrogens), which exhibit hormone-like behaviours.


So in short, whenever and wherever you can use traditional methods to heat and cook your food or milk for your baby. And if using a microwave is totally necessary, cook for as little time as possible and opt for using glass bowls to heat your food in. 


Extract adapted from 'Changing Habits Changing Lives' By Cindy O'Meara


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29/5/2019 06:12:44 pm

Thanks for the wonderful tips you mentioned above. I have a friend who happens to be a frequent user of microwave for the food that she eats on an everyday basis. I might trey to show her this article so that she will know the danger of using microwave oven too much. Please always remember that plastics will always be plastics. It can be harmful to our body, that's why we need to keep ourselves away from the danger we might get from availing too much convenience!

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4/7/2021 08:18:55 pm

Well, I think there are two sides to everything. Along with convenience and speed, health still needs attention. If we know how to process, the notes may not affect much.

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6/11/2021 04:32:34 pm

You've probably heard a lot about microwaves and critics seem to be on the fence about their use. That is because there are many benefits that they offer, but some potential risks as well. As more of society becomes used to them, more of these pros will outweigh the cons. You're still getting the same high-quality food preparation with no shrinking or shrinking of your food like you would if placed in an oven for example.

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    April is an Accredited Nutritionist and Natural Health practitioner. She believes in a Holistic approach when supporting peoples health, using Food and nutrients as the centrepont in her treatment plans. She has a passion and flare for cooking and creating recipes, which means following her treatment protocols is both enjoyable and practical. 
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