I also got rid of mine a couple of years ago. When we bought this house it came with a BIG microwave above the stove, we took it out, and replaced it with an exaust fan! Every house need an exaust fan, it's healthy : )
The reason your tea doesn't taste right out of the microwave is that you need to use boiling water to make tea properly, and people rarely heat the water to the correct temperature in the microwave.
@liagarden You need about 96C or above to make tea, which is why proper tea can't be made at high altitude (the boiling point of water falls below the required temperature). My point was that people rarely heat water to the required temperature in a microwave, which would explain the point about tea made above.
Also, somewhat ironically, trying to boil a cup of plain water in a microwave is one of the few actual risks of microwave use (unlike the nonsense in the video), due to superheating.
cooking anything with heat changes the molecular structure u know this rite? all a microwave does is vibrate and thus heat up fats sugars and water using non leathal means of waves (same waves that radio station and tv stations are broad cast on).
The April 1992 Journal of Pediatrics reported that researchers at the Stanford University Medical Center discovered that the changes in human breast milk that was microwaved just enough to warm it included the destruction of 98% of its immunogloban-A antibodies and 96% of its liposome activity (which inhibits bacterial infections). That's the study no doubt.
@theCosmicQueen A lot of blogs and people parrot that "study" back, but noone is providing any references. Searching for any other (credible) information on the topic yields nothing.
Stop playing the paranoid everyone-is-in-on-it delusional game. I'm sick and tired of people and their stupid pseudoscientific nonsense beliefs.
watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU 1.How reliable is the source of the claim? 2.Does the source make similar claims? 3.Have the claims been verified by somebody else? 4.Does this fit with the way the world works? 5.Has anyone tried to disprove the claim? 6.Where does the preponderance of evidence point? 7.Is the claimant playing by the rules of science? 8.Is the claimant providing positive evidence? 9.Does the new theory account for as many phenomena as the old theory? 10.Are personal beliefs driving the claim
@theCosmicQueen Simply because it has the name "Stanford" on it does *NOT* mean that it automatically gets credibility. Yes, absolutely! If you actually *CARE* to read that so called "study" you would have discovered that it contains a few ridiculous claims. For one, it says that the radiation persists 15 minutes after you turn it off. That is impossible. Also, it makes claims how much radiation it has per cubic centimeter and the numbers are something like a 1000 times off.
@theCosmicQueen ... also, this is not how radiation levels are measured.
Google around to see what you can find about supposed microwave dangers. All you'll find is blogs that just parrot back the same summary and their unscientific conclusions. That study most definitely does NOT pass the scrutiny of science AT ALL !
You won't find any other "studies" either.
You might find this one person that feeds two plants water, where one plant does. That's also highly unscientific.
@theCosmicQueen The plant thing was completely shot down. Another guy did a little more scientific test, trying to get REPEATABLE DOUBLE BLIND TRIALS. Conclusion: microwaved water made absolutely no difference whatsoever.
Back to that Stanford "study". It wasn't "Stanford" that did that study. It were people using that title.
I found copies of it, but I couldn't the actual article on the Stanford site.
@a1mint no industry sellouts need apply, we are just moms trying to keep our kids and us safe, what is YOUR motivation? a little bit fast and loose with kids' lives, aren't you?
@theCosmicQueen *MY* motivation is science. Evidence based rational science. Not superstitions, assumptions, delusions, made up fantasies. The information is perfectly available, yet people think they know better.
Somebody obviously failed high school physics and chemistry here... Oh! It was the author of the video! I got a sinking feeling in my stomach that you'd done no research, or had the ability to understand research, when you dumped your "unhealthy" microwaves just because of a story a friend told you. It got worse from there. You've fallen for an urban myth. And you've fallen hard.
I have a problem with this video in that there seems to be a conflict of information.
Whilst it is true that microwaving alters the chemical structure in that you get the atoms rearranged slightly differently as in a stereo isomer. When it comes to water, it makes no difference that its 2 hydrogen atoms are rearranged differently to its parent oxygen atom. Chemically they are the same in every way from either direction.
Hence I have a problem with the science behind the plant experiment.
@jihadjared I see your bile loaded comment has been removed. You are a perfect example of people I come across all the time, people who think they are great scientists but in reality know very little. Don't try and blind me with your waacky science because your lame comment was laughable.
In my original comment I was actually talking about molecules but it seems that one went right over your head. Hahahaha. If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny!
@jihadjared I see your bile loaded comment has been removed. You are a perfect example of people I come across all the time, people who think they are great scientists but in reality know very little. Don't try and blind me with your waacky science because your lame comment was laughable.
In my original comment I was actually talking about molecules but it seems that one went right over your head. Hahahaha. If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny!
After you see such an effect - will you say that microwave oven food is ok for our body? For me such experiment made a big doubt about safety of microvawe oven.
I dont know if it really show the danger to humans, but do such an experiment:
1) take two young plants of same kind (for example two flowers).
2) then iggirate both of them - one with water boiled in microwave oven and second with water boiled on gas.
3) continue it for some time, maybe 15-30 days, and you will see that flower that irrigated with waterboiled in microwave oven will die and second flower will be ok.
like luke said before, this video is just dumb. Those who are making these vids obviously don't know the difference between radioactivity and radiation, or to be more simple, ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation. Don't listen to these dumb ppl, these are all fake not facts.
Problem with grilled stoves is that they shed electrons. You should avoid heaters and hair dryers for the same reason. Everything has negatives. That's life. The least problematic method to cook food I can think of is pressure cookers because they can cook food at lower temperatures. Of course the best is uncooked foods, but then you have to deal with bacterial type problems. Can't win. Still a great video.
you clearly didnt do much of your research on this topic. for example. your argument about the blood was wrong. what happened was a doctor desperate to quickly get blood to the body temperature of a patient used a microwave oven to heat the blood. the patient later died, not because the blood was messed up, but because it had been over heated.
Great video! I think you may have been imagining that tea tastes different when microwaved water is used. Check out my video on the effects of microwaves.
I'm sorry you are completely wrong. Microwave radiation is non-ionizing, it causes no molecular change at all. In fact some foods actually retain more nutrition content when cooked in the microwave due to the heating method. The sprout experiment you mention results in both microwaved and unmicrowaved water resulting in similar growth.
I can't stand microwave food becuase of the concept, it is an unnatural way to cook foods. Everything tastes horrible from the microwave
Healthchic, it's great your bringing up the topic of microwave ovens and their possible risks, but I haven't seen a solid journal study against these ovens and their impact on our health. Your argument would hold more weight if you can provide us with a link to a reputable journal that has thoroughly investigated this issue. I understand microwave ovens have been around since the 50's so I gather there must be something out there in the literature.
Gotta get rid of my microwaveoven... !!!.
JanHuniche 4 months ago
Yes, we've been taught not to think...just do.
I also got rid of mine a couple of years ago. When we bought this house it came with a BIG microwave above the stove, we took it out, and replaced it with an exaust fan! Every house need an exaust fan, it's healthy : )
eyeYQ2 4 months ago
*Any* heating will change the molecular structure of food!
Evilcyber 4 months ago
Microwave oven changes the foods DNA
baznet 5 months ago
@baznet ... No it doesn't. What kinds of drugs are you on?
Falinore 2 months ago
@Falinore Evidence:
Lai and Singh (1995, 1996, 1997a,b) showed that microwaves caused single and
double-stranded DNA breakage in living mice brains using a very advanced assay
of DNA strand breakage developed by Dr N.P. Singh at the University of
Washington. This is called the microgel electrophoresis or Comet Assay, Singh et
al. (1994). The Comet Assay involves migration of segments of DNA down an
electric field gradient. Both groups used 2.45GHz microwaves for exposure.
baznet 2 months ago
The reason your tea doesn't taste right out of the microwave is that you need to use boiling water to make tea properly, and people rarely heat the water to the correct temperature in the microwave.
ppybmjc 6 months ago
@ppybmjc Actually, you should use boiling water to make coffee, but just under boiling point to make tea.
liagarden 6 months ago
@liagarden You need about 96C or above to make tea, which is why proper tea can't be made at high altitude (the boiling point of water falls below the required temperature). My point was that people rarely heat water to the required temperature in a microwave, which would explain the point about tea made above.
Also, somewhat ironically, trying to boil a cup of plain water in a microwave is one of the few actual risks of microwave use (unlike the nonsense in the video), due to superheating.
ppybmjc 6 months ago
cooking anything with heat changes the molecular structure u know this rite? all a microwave does is vibrate and thus heat up fats sugars and water using non leathal means of waves (same waves that radio station and tv stations are broad cast on).
guerilla619 7 months ago
I appreciate that this video has sparked such interest and diverse opinions. Please keep your comments respectful and leave out the profanity.
thehealthchic 8 months ago
The April 1992 Journal of Pediatrics reported that researchers at the Stanford University Medical Center discovered that the changes in human breast milk that was microwaved just enough to warm it included the destruction of 98% of its immunogloban-A antibodies and 96% of its liposome activity (which inhibits bacterial infections). That's the study no doubt.
theCosmicQueen 9 months ago
@theCosmicQueen A lot of blogs and people parrot that "study" back, but noone is providing any references. Searching for any other (credible) information on the topic yields nothing.
Stop playing the paranoid everyone-is-in-on-it delusional game. I'm sick and tired of people and their stupid pseudoscientific nonsense beliefs.
a1mint 9 months ago
a1mint 9 months ago
@a1mint well, some people who are basically a nobody, think that stanford u is not a reliable source??? who the h*ll are you, anyway?
theCosmicQueen 9 months ago
@theCosmicQueen Simply because it has the name "Stanford" on it does *NOT* mean that it automatically gets credibility. Yes, absolutely! If you actually *CARE* to read that so called "study" you would have discovered that it contains a few ridiculous claims. For one, it says that the radiation persists 15 minutes after you turn it off. That is impossible. Also, it makes claims how much radiation it has per cubic centimeter and the numbers are something like a 1000 times off.
a1mint 9 months ago
@theCosmicQueen ... also, this is not how radiation levels are measured.
Google around to see what you can find about supposed microwave dangers. All you'll find is blogs that just parrot back the same summary and their unscientific conclusions. That study most definitely does NOT pass the scrutiny of science AT ALL !
You won't find any other "studies" either.
You might find this one person that feeds two plants water, where one plant does. That's also highly unscientific.
a1mint 9 months ago 2
@theCosmicQueen The plant thing was completely shot down. Another guy did a little more scientific test, trying to get REPEATABLE DOUBLE BLIND TRIALS. Conclusion: microwaved water made absolutely no difference whatsoever.
Back to that Stanford "study". It wasn't "Stanford" that did that study. It were people using that title.
I found copies of it, but I couldn't the actual article on the Stanford site.
End of: you need to scrutinize what you read.
watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU
a1mint 9 months ago 3
apparently no ones knows the electromagnetic spectrum.
Forman6 9 months ago
@Forman6 Apparently, noone here know a heck of a whole lot about science.
a1mint 9 months ago 2
Also, about that "sprout". That's not scientific.
Testable, repeatable, verifiable, peer reviewed, double blind trials.
Someone taking a gamble where a desired outcome is used is cherry picking.
a1mint 10 months ago
No, Microwaves do not pose any danger to foods.
a1mint 10 months ago
@a1mint no industry sellouts need apply, we are just moms trying to keep our kids and us safe, what is YOUR motivation? a little bit fast and loose with kids' lives, aren't you?
theCosmicQueen 9 months ago
@theCosmicQueen *MY* motivation is science. Evidence based rational science. Not superstitions, assumptions, delusions, made up fantasies. The information is perfectly available, yet people think they know better.
Question: do you vaccinate your children?
a1mint 9 months ago
Sorry this is false. Microwaves do not change the molecular structure of food. Check snopes.
rhodaqu 10 months ago
Somebody obviously failed high school physics and chemistry here... Oh! It was the author of the video! I got a sinking feeling in my stomach that you'd done no research, or had the ability to understand research, when you dumped your "unhealthy" microwaves just because of a story a friend told you. It got worse from there. You've fallen for an urban myth. And you've fallen hard.
MultiHooterman 10 months ago
I wonder what water turns into after being microwaved? Probably vodka.
vladimirtam 1 year ago
I have a problem with this video in that there seems to be a conflict of information.
Whilst it is true that microwaving alters the chemical structure in that you get the atoms rearranged slightly differently as in a stereo isomer. When it comes to water, it makes no difference that its 2 hydrogen atoms are rearranged differently to its parent oxygen atom. Chemically they are the same in every way from either direction.
Hence I have a problem with the science behind the plant experiment.
NeilAnthony69 1 year ago
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jihadjared 10 months ago
@jihadjared I see your bile loaded comment has been removed. You are a perfect example of people I come across all the time, people who think they are great scientists but in reality know very little. Don't try and blind me with your waacky science because your lame comment was laughable.
In my original comment I was actually talking about molecules but it seems that one went right over your head. Hahahaha. If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny!
NeilAnthony69 10 months ago
@jihadjared I see your bile loaded comment has been removed. You are a perfect example of people I come across all the time, people who think they are great scientists but in reality know very little. Don't try and blind me with your waacky science because your lame comment was laughable.
In my original comment I was actually talking about molecules but it seems that one went right over your head. Hahahaha. If it wasn't so tragic it would be funny!
NeilAnthony69 10 months ago
After you see such an effect - will you say that microwave oven food is ok for our body? For me such experiment made a big doubt about safety of microvawe oven.
I am electrical engineer ) But I am not a doctor.
shidunce 1 year ago
I dont know if it really show the danger to humans, but do such an experiment:
1) take two young plants of same kind (for example two flowers).
2) then iggirate both of them - one with water boiled in microwave oven and second with water boiled on gas.
3) continue it for some time, maybe 15-30 days, and you will see that flower that irrigated with waterboiled in microwave oven will die and second flower will be ok.
shidunce 1 year ago
like luke said before, this video is just dumb. Those who are making these vids obviously don't know the difference between radioactivity and radiation, or to be more simple, ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation. Don't listen to these dumb ppl, these are all fake not facts.
MrEzilkannan 1 year ago
Problem with grilled stoves is that they shed electrons. You should avoid heaters and hair dryers for the same reason. Everything has negatives. That's life. The least problematic method to cook food I can think of is pressure cookers because they can cook food at lower temperatures. Of course the best is uncooked foods, but then you have to deal with bacterial type problems. Can't win. Still a great video.
SounzNice 1 year ago
you clearly didnt do much of your research on this topic. for example. your argument about the blood was wrong. what happened was a doctor desperate to quickly get blood to the body temperature of a patient used a microwave oven to heat the blood. the patient later died, not because the blood was messed up, but because it had been over heated.
XysflightchampX 1 year ago
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jihadjared 10 months ago
@jihadjared I believe this discussion is over. (no duh)
XysflightchampX 10 months ago
Great video! I think you may have been imagining that tea tastes different when microwaved water is used. Check out my video on the effects of microwaves.
arooobine 1 year ago
I'm sorry you are completely wrong. Microwave radiation is non-ionizing, it causes no molecular change at all. In fact some foods actually retain more nutrition content when cooked in the microwave due to the heating method. The sprout experiment you mention results in both microwaved and unmicrowaved water resulting in similar growth.
I can't stand microwave food becuase of the concept, it is an unnatural way to cook foods. Everything tastes horrible from the microwave
lukebaldan 1 year ago 2
A microwave oven should be called a microwave radio frequency food irradiative poisoning device.
JosephStetson 1 year ago
wow really? i didnt even hear what you said because i got bored sorry lol
donalddds 2 years ago
Healthchic, it's great your bringing up the topic of microwave ovens and their possible risks, but I haven't seen a solid journal study against these ovens and their impact on our health. Your argument would hold more weight if you can provide us with a link to a reputable journal that has thoroughly investigated this issue. I understand microwave ovens have been around since the 50's so I gather there must be something out there in the literature.
NoirHammer 2 years ago