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Why You Should Avoid Cooking With a Microwave Oven

The Hidden Risks and Downsides of Microwave Cooking You Need to Know

By Brian KaPublished about a year ago 4 min read
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Cooking your food with a microwave oven is a convenient way to cook food, but it also come with many risks that mainstream will not tell you about. Here we list major reasons why you should avoid using a microwave oven by any means necessary. But first, it will be helpful if you understand the basic science behind it.

How Microwaves Work

Microwave uses electromagnetic power that travels at the speed of light. The magnetron within the microwave oven generates wave vitality. This wave power converts polarity of molecules from positive to negative. This polarity changes millions of times every second. These microwaves bombard food molecules and makes the polarized molecules to radiate harmful radiation at the frequency of millions per second. This friction heats up food and also causes ‘structural isomerism’, that is, structural damage in your meals.

The Effects of Microwaves on Food

Microwaves lessen the nutritional value on foods up to 90%. It reduces vitamin B 12, which is required for red blood cell formation. The flavonoid content in food also decreases by 97% when cooked in a microwave oven. Flavonoids contain anti cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties. There may be substantially lower in vitamin C, vitamin E, vital minerals and lipotropic factors. Glucosides, nitrilosides, alkaloids present from the vegetables are damaged drastically after your food has been microwaved.

What Happens When You Microwave Infant Formulas

Heating breast milk in microwave oven destroys the enzymes that support food digestion, absorb nutrients and protect babies from pathogens. Infant milk formulas lose some of their vitamins when heated in microwaves. The amino acids in baby formulas are converted to synthetic isomers that aren’t active biologically. Amino acids like L-proline convert to d-isomer, which is harmful to your nervous system and kidneys.

Cancer

Microwave radiation has been linked to cancer in several studies. It’s important to note that the amount of radiation emitted by microwaves would take many years of exposure for it to significantly increase your risk of cancer. However, if you want to be on the safe side, it’s best to avoid microwave ovens altogether.

The 19th issue in the Journal Franz Weber wrote an article which stated that microwave oven cooked meals had cancerous effects on your blood. The violent deformations that could occur in human body when exposed to microwaves, were also discovered within the foods molecules cooked in microwaves. Studies have been conducted on foods that have been heated in microwaves showed that quite a few foods molecules ended up being converted to carcinogens. The glucoside and galactoside present in frozen foods gets converted to carcinogenic substance. Plant alkaloids in vegetables converts to carcinogens. Milk and cereals heated in microwaves also had some of their amino acids converted into carcinogens.

What Happens To Plastic When You Heat It with a Microwave

The hazards of heating plastic with a microwave oven can’t be ignored. The cancer causing compounds from the plastic containers and plastic wraps percolate into the foods cooked in microwave oven. Bisphenol A can be a chemical toxin present in plastic bottles that will percolate into foods and will cause cancer, early puberty, obesity and diabetes.

Health Effects of Eating Food Cooked in a Microwave

The radiations lower the immune process of humans and regular eating of microwave oven cooked foods causes memory loss, emotional troubles and lowers IQ. Microwave oven cooked foods can lead to minimization of hormone production.

The Russians detected microwave oven sickness that had affected thousands of workers exposed to microwaves in the 1950s. The German, Swiss and Russian scientific studies have proven the risks of microwave ovens. The use of microwave ovens had been banned in Soviet Russia in 1976. There is certainly an ongoing debate concerning the risks of microwaves as kitchen appliances.

Conclusion

You’ve got to carefully weigh the pros and cons of using microwave ovens and do what is best for your health. It is possible to use conventional ovens or air fryers to heat and cook foods. The conventional methods, that is, like cooking on gas stoves will usually have an upper hand than microwave cooking. You’re the best judge when it comes to what is good and bad for yourself and your family. With correct research, combined with the information that we have provided, we hope you will realize the health hazards of microwaves and use alternative methods of cooking to keep you and your family healthy.

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