Do you believe that MICROWAVE OVEN is not healthy to use?

United Arab Emirates
January 17, 2007 2:15pm CST
Do you believe it is unhealthy to use microwave oven in ccoking or heating cooked food? Especially if it is for daily basis? I read some article before regarding the disadvantages of it. What can you say about it?
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• India
22 Jan 07
some hardcore evidences:: In Comparative Study of Food Prepared Conventionally and in the Microwave Oven, published by Raum & Zelt in 1992, at 3(2): 43, it states "A basic hypothesis of natural medicine states that the introduction into the human body of molecules and energies, to which it is not accustomed, is much more likely to cause harm than good. Microwaved food contains both molecules and energies not present in food cooked in the way humans have been cooking food since the discovery of fire. Microwave energy from the sun and other stars is direct current based. Artificially produced microwaves, including those in ovens, are produced from alternating current and force a billion or more polarity reversals per second in every food molecule they hit. Production of unnatural molecules is inevitable. Naturally occurring amino acids have been observed to undergo isomeric changes (changes in shape morphing) as well as transformation into toxic forms, under the impact of microwaves produced in ovens. One short-term study found significant and disturbing changes in the blood of individuals consuming microwaved milk and vegetables. Eight volunteers ate various combinations of the same foods cooked different ways. All foods that were processed through the microwave ovens caused changes in the blood of the volunteers. Hemoglobin levels decreased and over all white cell levels and cholesterol levels increased. Lymphocytes decreased. Luminescent (light-emitting) bacteria were employed to detect energetic changes in the blood. Significant increases were found in the luminescence of these bacteria when exposed to blood serum obtained after the consumption of microwaved food." The Swiss clinical study Dr. Hans Ulrich Hertel, who is now retired, worked as a food scientist for many years with one of the major Swiss food companies that do business on a global scale. A few years ago, he was fired from his job for questioning certain processing procedures that denatured the food. In 1991, he and a Lausanne University professor published a research paper indicating that food cooked in microwave ovens could pose a greater risk to health than food cooked by conventional means. An article also appeared in issue 19 of the Journal Franz Weber in which it was stated that the consumption of food cooked in microwave ovens had cancerous effects on the blood. The research paper itself followed the article. On the cover of the magazine there was a picture of the Grim Reaper holding a microwave oven in one of his hands. Dr. Hertel was the first scientist to conceive and carry out a quality clinical study on the effects microwaved nutrients have on the blood and physiology of the human body. His small but well controlled study showed the degenerative force produced in microwave ovens and the food processed in them. The scientific conclusion showed that microwave cooking changed the nutrients in the food; and, changes took place in the participants' blood that could cause deterioration in the human system. Hertel's scientific study was done along with Dr. Bernard H. Blanc of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University Institute for Biochemistry. In intervals of two to five days, the volunteers in the study received one of the following food variants on an empty stomach: (1) raw milk; (2) the same milk conventionally cooked; (3) pasteurized milk; (4) the same raw milks cooked in a microwave oven; (5) raw vegetables from an organic farm; (6) the same vegetables cooked conventionally; (7) the same vegetables frozen and defrosted in a microwave oven; and (8) the same vegetables cooked in the microwave oven. Once the volunteers were isolated, blood samples were taken from every volunteer immediately before eating. Then, blood samples were taken at defined intervals after eating from the above milk or vegetable preparations. Significant changes were discovered in the blood samples from the intervals following the foods cooked in the microwave oven. These changes included a decrease in all hemoglobin and cholesterol values, especially the ratio of HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol) values. Lymphocytes (white blood cells) showed a more distinct short-term decrease following the intake of microwaved food than after the intake of all the other variants. Each of these indicators pointed to degeneration. Additionally, there was a highly significant association between the amount of microwave energy in the test foods and the luminous power of luminescent bacteria exposed to serum from test persons who ate that food. This led Dr. Hertel to the conclusion that such technically derived energies may, indeed, be passed along to man inductively via eating microwaved food. According to Dr. Hertel, "Leukocytosis, which cannot be accounted for by normal daily deviations, is taken very seriously by hemotologists. Leukocytes are often signs of pathogenic effects on the living system, such as poisoning and cell damage. The increase of leukocytes with the microwaved foods were more pronounced than with all the other variants. It appears that these marked increases were caused entirely by ingesting the microwaved substances. This process is based on physical principles and has already been confirmed in the literature. The apparent additional energy exhibited by the luminescent bacteria was merely an extra confirmation. There is extensive scientific literature concerning the hazardous effects of direct microwave radiation on living systems. It is astonishing, therefore, to realize how little effort has been taken to replace this detrimental technique of microwaves with technology more in accordance with nature. Technically produced microwaves are based on the principle of alternating current. Atoms, molecules, and cells hit by this hard electromagnetic radiation are forced to reverse polarity 1-100 billion times a second. There are no atoms, molecules or cells of any organic system able to withstand such a violent, destructive power for any extended period of time, not even in the low energy range of milliwatts. Of all the natural substances - which are polar - the oxygen of water molecules reacts most sensitively. This is how microwave cooking heat is generated - friction from this violence in water molecules. Structures of molecules are torn apart, molecules are forcefully deformed, called structural isomerism, and thus become impaired in quality. This is contrary to conventional heating of food where heat transfers convectionally from without to within. Cooking by microwaves begins within the cells and molecules where water is present and where the energy is transformed into frictional heat. In addition to the violent frictional heat effects, called thermic effects, there are also athermic effects which have hardly ever been taken into account. These athermic effects are not presently measurable, but they can also deform the structures of molecules and have qualitative consequences. For example the weakening of cell membranes by microwaves is used in the field of gene altering technology. Because of the force involved, the cells are actually broken, thereby neutralizing the electrical potentials, the very life of the cells, between the outer and inner side of the cell membranes. Impaired cells become easy prey for viruses, fungi and other microorganisms. The natural repair mechanisms are suppressed and cells are forced to adapt to a state of energy emergency - they switch from aerobic to anaerobic respiration. Instead of water and carbon dioxide, the cell poisons hydrogen peroxide and carbon monoxide are produced." The same violent deformations that occur in our bodies, when we are directly exposed to radar or microwaves, also occur in the molecules of foods cooked in a microwave oven. This radiation results in the destruction and deformation of food molecules. Microwaving also creates new compounds, called radiolytic compounds, which are unknown fusions not found in nature. Radiolytic compounds are created by molecular decomposition - decay - as a direct result of radiation.
• United Arab Emirates
29 Jan 07
It is a very comprehensive information and I thank you for it. Yet, it is very disturbing to know that lots of people like me used the microwave often than necessary. I have to lessen my usage of it. Thanks once again and I hoped other members learn from it too.
@lovedude (4447)
• India
27 Jan 07
yeah i guess its not good for health to use..
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@ownado (1679)
• Portugal
22 Jan 07
I don't know if it's healthy or not but still I use it sometimes, it's very useful to reheat a meal.
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@Lady_Vincy (1538)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I do not believe it. The microwave is one of the best inventions made. Without it, it would take so long to reheat food. It is no less healthy than any other form of heating food.
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@rajee2007 (331)
• India
23 Jan 07
Yes,Its correct!!!!!!!! eating a food cooked from microwave it is not good to health. but most of the people not worried about this, they prepare their food daily in microwave.................
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@moirax23 (317)
• Malta
22 Jan 07
I agree, it is unhealthy to use a microwave oven. I prefer to use other methods for thawing and as for re heating food I only do it from the fridge and into the oven. At school we've always learned that the microwave's radiation is unhealthy for our body and can cause cancer if it is not serviced regularly. I will not have a microwave at home.
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@anup12 (4177)
• India
18 Jan 07
I do not believe in that.I think microwave is a very handy item and it should be used everytime
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• United States
29 Jan 07
I have heard pro and con. I use it anyway. I basically cook in my oven and on the range, but I heat up frozen things in the micro. We have so many other things to worry about besides the micro. What about cell phones?
• Pakistan
2 Feb 07
ya it is harmful for health coz of all those radiations used to generate the heat n all
@uvacerba (427)
• Italy
18 Jan 07
according to me the best baking for the alimony is that one normal furnace the food takes the grease out of and kitchen in natural way ago the micronde however that the food is contaminated of little natural substances for the baking.
• India
17 Jan 07
Well i dont care about the disadvantages i cant survive without my microwave... Usae it daily to heat food and at times to cook also......
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@tamaco_uk (480)
• Cyprus
29 Jan 07
Can we do without it?? This is the question!!
• Philippines
2 Feb 07
i heard of tha a couple of times but i cant sem to stop using my microwave.. tis the most convinient & easy to use :)
@czyrus (35)
• Philippines
2 Feb 07
ah yes.. i guess it's not safe for our health... because microwave has radiation.. it can harm our precious health...
@czyrus (35)
• Philippines
2 Feb 07
of course, microwave ovens are really harmful, our government would never allow them to the market.that microwave cooking is not natural,nor healthy and is far dangerous to a human body than anyone could imagine.Microwaved food contains both molecules and energies not present in fooed cooked in the way humans have been cooking food since the discovery of fire.
@blanksolid (1631)
• Spain
27 Jan 07
I think that microwave is not dangerous for our health but also its too good, if i can i dont prefeer using it but really i dont find any disadvantage on him because i usually use it everyday, have a nice day on mylot and happy earnings also.
@csenguler (243)
• United States
25 Jan 07
well i dont have any problem with that. And I am studying sciences if there was something wrong i would probably be informed about it in advance. So there is no risk. have a lovely day....bye
• United States
27 Jan 07
we all have been using microwaves for years. there are some things you shouldnt put in the microwaves, but unless you put yourself in it, i think you will be alright.