Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Microwave Cooking Research http://mosquito.homeip.net/drupal/book/print/23 I tried to find any definitive research carried out in 2003 on microwave cooking, but none surfaced. I did, however, find a whole bunch of news article links, some referring to (though the original scientific publications are harder to track down) German and Russian research on microwave as far back as the 40s, Russian banning of microwave oven in the 70s, microwave study in 1988, and a controversial Swiss study in 1991 by a food scientist named Hans Ulrich Hertel that led to a lawsuit (Hertel v. Switzerland) with a gag order that wasn't lifted until 1998... Lift of Gag Order on Hertel v Switzerland (court judgement abridged version) Don't be alarmed by the foreign language on the cover, you'll want to skip to page 4 (p 10 in the document) on the "Case of Hertel" where the document is presented in English-Romansch(?) halves. Notable summary of the conclusion drawn by Hertel & Blanc's 1991 study: "... a significant relation was established between the absorption of microwave energy by the food and its transfer to the volunteers? blood. Thus this energy could be inductively transmitted to human beings by means of the food, a phenomenon governed by the laws of physics and confirmed in the literature [references to: Alfred Pitz, Zellphysiologie des Krebses, Akademie f?r Naturheilkunde, Munich, 1975; G?nter Helmdach, Die heutige Technik zerst?rt sich selbst, Forschungsstelle f?r Dendro?kologie, Auf der Brede 49, D-5608 Radevormwald, 1989]. The measurable effects on human beings of food treated with microwaves, as opposed to food not so treated, include changes in the blood which appear to indicate the initial stage of a pathological process such as occurs at the start of a cancerous condition." Articles that have a lot to say about what microwave oven does to your food, and what that ingested food does to your body. http://www.health-n-energy.com/microwav.htm (Research) Throw away your microwave? (similar article to above) Article: The Hidden Hazards Of Microwave Cooking This "re-e-print" article contains interview with Hans Hertel and talks about how Hertel set up the small 8-person study in secluded living to test the direct effect on blood after ingesting microwaved food. Similar article with nicer layout, plus some microwave research conclusion at end on three categories of effect: Category I, Cancer-Causing Effects Category II, Nutritive Destruction of Foods Category III, Biological Effects of Exposure Follow-up article on gag order removal Danger of Microwave to Food and Water Except chapter from The Handbook on Rife Frequency Healing (don't know what that is). She distinguishes three categories of microwave effect: microwave on food, ingested microwaved food on body, and microwave on body. World Foundation for Natural Sciences A good word about microwave cooking: EUFIC: Vitamins and Minerals not lost in microwave? Summary of microwave effects on food, taken from Dr. Nenah Sylver's site, which summarizes from the report of a William P. Kopp in the May/June 1966 issue of Perceptions: "In most research [conducted by the Russians], the foods were exposed to microwave propagation at an energy potential of 100 kilowatts per cubic centimeter per second, to the point considered acceptable for sanitary, normal ingestion [emphasis added]." Under these "acceptable" conditions, Microwaved meats contain d-nitrosodiethanolamine, a well-known carcinogen. Cancer-causing agents are created in the protein-hydrolysate compounds in milk and grains. The molecular composition of proteins and natural sugars is unnaturally altered. Even brief exposures of raw, cooked or frozen vegetables to microwaves enhance the production of alkaloids (such as caffeine, morphine and strychnine) that are harmful to the human body. (hmmm, maybe I don't need coffee after all...) The availability of vitamin complexes A, B, C and E, and essential minerals, is vastly reduced. The microwaves in the food bind with atmospheric radioactivity, creating additional harmful radiation. Evidently, it's up to you to decide whether you want to believe in these reports and articles, as there is no definitive conclusion (objectively speaking) on the causality of microwave to cancer development in humans. As for me, personal circumstances are prompting me to settle for a lesser evil: the versatile toaster oven! Just got one from Costco and will be using that from now on if I can help it. It's got a "warming" feature I could probably use to warm milk. *chuckle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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