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Is microwave cooked food bad for you?

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  • K keencomputer

    What do you think?

    Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

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    Steve Echols
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    If it is, every college kid in the world is in big trouble! :) Roger nailed it.


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    • C Christian Graus

      Roger Wright wrote:

      The only reason I kept her around was that she was also a nymphomaniac.

      Seems like a reasonable trade off....

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      It worked out well enough. Last I heard, she married a Japanese guy who owned a chain of sushi restaurants. He doesn't speak a word of English, and she not a word of Japanese, but they managed to spawn 5 sub-processes together. I'm glad I wasn't a party to that... :-D

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      • K keencomputer

        What do you think?

        Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

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        Indivara
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        Depends on the food... and who cooks it ;P

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          It worked out well enough. Last I heard, she married a Japanese guy who owned a chain of sushi restaurants. He doesn't speak a word of English, and she not a word of Japanese, but they managed to spawn 5 sub-processes together. I'm glad I wasn't a party to that... :-D

          "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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          Roger Wright wrote:

          He doesn't speak a word of English, and she not a word of Japanese, but they managed to spawn 5 sub-processes together.

          Husband: More saki. Wife: Yes dear :)

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          • K keencomputer

            What do you think?

            Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

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            Chris Maunder
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            Yes. The ions in the food become radiated and then become misaligned to their natural harmonic frequency causing negative energy to be generated from the resultant bad magnetic field.

            cheers, Chris Maunder

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            • K keencomputer

              What do you think?

              Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

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              GuyThiebaut
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              I think only by it's nature that a good homemade vegetable soup is much healthier than a plastic packet full of goodness knows what - and it is unlikely that you are going to make that soup in a microwave.

              Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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              • K keencomputer

                What do you think?

                Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

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                ed welch
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                Yes. If a tonne of microwaved pot noodles fell on your head, it could seriously damage your health

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                • K keencomputer

                  What do you think?

                  Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com www.ias-research.com/blog

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                  hairy_hats
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                  The difference is that oven-cooked food has had time for the chemical reactions to take place which give food its "cooked" taste. Microwaved food tastes more like hot raw food. :D

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                    Crikey! Is that old bullshit still floating around? I had a girlfriend once who believed that microwaved food was radioactive. The only reason I kept her around was that she was also a nymphomaniac. Microwave ovens work on the principle of resonance. Water, being one of the most abundant substances in food, is a slightly polar molecule, thus it has magnetic dipoles which can be influenced by electromagnetic fields. The water molecule also has a resonant frequency of about 2.41 GHz, which happens to coincide with the frequency of RF energy emitted by a microwave oven. When food is cooked in a microwave oven, the water molecules vibrate in sync with the RF field generated by the magnetron tube in the oven. Heating occurs because of frictional collisions among the molecules - pure thermal energy, and exactly the same as that which cooks food in a conventional oven. The difference arises from the fact that the RF energy penetrates the food faster, causing more or less uniform heating throughout the bulk of the food, rather than having to wait for externally applied heat to penetrate the mass of the food. Yes, microwave ovens emit radiation - so do light bulbs. But there's a huge differnece between ionizing radiation and electromagnetic radiation. The former has the necessary energy to cause cellular damage and genetic mutations; the latter does not. Electromagnetic radiation may be harmful - the jury is still out on that question - but the damage done, if any, is thermal in nature, and not in any way mutative. Go ahead and enjoy your microwaved hot dog... it won't hurt you (though the saturated fats may kill you.)

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                    Brady Kelly
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                    What about solids with no water that get as hot as hell in a microwave? Specially, some ceramics, especially glazed. Are their frequencies similar to water, or do they just suck it up and get hot?

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                      Yes. The ions in the food become radiated and then become misaligned to their natural harmonic frequency causing negative energy to be generated from the resultant bad magnetic field.

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      In other words, it becomes uptight food with bad vibes?

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                      • G GuyThiebaut

                        I think only by it's nature that a good homemade vegetable soup is much healthier than a plastic packet full of goodness knows what - and it is unlikely that you are going to make that soup in a microwave.

                        Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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                        Brady Kelly
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                        My microwave scrambled eggs are sooo much nicer than my fried ones. It's much easier to get them nice and creamy.

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                        • H hairy_hats

                          The difference is that oven-cooked food has had time for the chemical reactions to take place which give food its "cooked" taste. Microwaved food tastes more like hot raw food. :D

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                          Brady Kelly
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                          Not in the least. Try bacon, boerewors, eggs, fish, the list goes on. With other foods, cooking instructions - when read - advise on leaving microwaved food to stand a little before eating. That's not so that it deradiates, but so that those chemical reactions still occur.

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                            What about solids with no water that get as hot as hell in a microwave? Specially, some ceramics, especially glazed. Are their frequencies similar to water, or do they just suck it up and get hot?

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                            leppie
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                            Brady Kelly wrote:

                            or do they just suck it up and get hot?

                            Only cheap ones do that ;P

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                              Brady Kelly wrote:

                              or do they just suck it up and get hot?

                              Only cheap ones do that ;P

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                              Brady Kelly
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                              How disappointing. :(

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                                Not in the least. Try bacon, boerewors, eggs, fish, the list goes on. With other foods, cooking instructions - when read - advise on leaving microwaved food to stand a little before eating. That's not so that it deradiates, but so that those chemical reactions still occur.

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                                hairy_hats
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                                Try doing a roast chicken in a microwave.

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                                • B Brady Kelly

                                  What about solids with no water that get as hot as hell in a microwave? Specially, some ceramics, especially glazed. Are their frequencies similar to water, or do they just suck it up and get hot?

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                                  Metal oxides in the glaze are conductive.

                                  Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                                  • K keencomputer

                                    What do you think?

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                                    Giannakakis Kostas
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                                    It could be. As mentioned, the microwave oven emits RF radiation, which the molecules of water (H2O) absorb. This could lead to the molecules breaking up in negative OH ions. These stay in your food and have been linked for causing cancer. I have however no hard data to back this up.

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                                    • H hairy_hats

                                      Try doing a roast chicken in a microwave.

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                                      leppie
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                                      Steve_Harris wrote:

                                      Try doing a roast chicken in a microwave.

                                      No problem if your microwave has a grill function :) But I prefer roast from the oven or Weber.

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                                        Metal oxides in the glaze are conductive.

                                        Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                                        Brady Kelly
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                                        I suspected something like that. Metal salts are widely used in pigments.

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                                        • G Giannakakis Kostas

                                          It could be. As mentioned, the microwave oven emits RF radiation, which the molecules of water (H2O) absorb. This could lead to the molecules breaking up in negative OH ions. These stay in your food and have been linked for causing cancer. I have however no hard data to back this up.

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                                          Henry Minute
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                                          Giannakakis Kostas wrote:

                                          negative OH ions

                                          The instructions for my MicroWave clearly state that you shouldn't put metals in.

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