Dangers of Microwave Ovens

Microwave ovens change the molecular structure of foods. Are you spending good money on quality food, only to have it denatured by popping it the microwave? Learn your options.

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[thehealthchic]

I appreciate that this video has sparked such interest and diverse opinions.  Please keep your comments respectful and leave out the profanity.

[a1mint]

@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]

@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.

[baznet]

@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.

[Falinore]

@baznet ... No it doesn't. What kinds of drugs are you on?

[JanHuniche]

Gotta get rid of my microwaveoven... !!!.

[eyeYQ2]

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 : )

[Evilcyber]

*Any* heating will change the molecular structure of food!

[baznet]

Microwave oven changes the foods DNA

[ppybmjc]

@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.

[liagarden]

@ppybmjc Actually, you should use boiling water to make coffee, but just under boiling point to make tea.

[ppybmjc]

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.

[guerilla619]

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).