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Is microwave cooked food bad for you?

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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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    • 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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      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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      • L leppie

        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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        • B Brady Kelly

          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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            Lost User
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            Metal oxides in the glaze are conductive.

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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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                • L Lost User

                  Metal oxides in the glaze are conductive.

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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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                    • H hairy_hats

                      Try doing a roast chicken in a microwave.

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      Now that would be a bit of an impossible contradictory attempt, like boiling an egg on oil in a frying pan.

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                      • K keencomputer

                        What do you think?

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                        Brad Bruce
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                        The food itself isn't usually the issue. (Just stir it to avoid hot spots. ) It's the container. Most people microwave food in plastic containers. Heating the contents accelerates the rate at which chemicals can be released, leaching into your food. Most glass is safe. At work many people use glass plates instead of the containers the food comes in. (Even microwave meals, which I would HOPE have microwave safe plastics) I have seen glass with too much lead and ceramics with metal content crack and break in the microwave. The worst case is when it cracks, but doesn't fall apart until you pick it up and hot food falls all over 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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                          Zhat
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                          No! Now, if you'll excuse me, my other head is crying because it's hungry...Geez, I only have 5 hands and can't do everything at once. Now where did I put that popcorn?

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            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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                            Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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                            You forgot to mention realigning the deflector shield. Again. Iain.

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                            • C Chris Maunder

                              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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                              Roger Wright
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                              I guess that would go a long way to explaining Dato. Some kind of microwave oven accident in early childhood? Never operate a microwave oven without your tinfoil hat! :)

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