Microwaving Your Food Isn't Safe

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Microwaving Your Food Isn't Safe

_http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/Newsletters/05_Mar.htm#Microwaving_ _

by Larry Cook

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(http://www.xpeditionsmagazine.com/magazine/articles/kathy/microwave.html) If

you have ever wondered whether or not microwaved food is safe, here's an

experiment you can do at home. Plant seeds in two pots. Water one pot with

water that has been microwaved, the other with regular tap. The seeds that

received microwaved water won't sprout. If microwaved water can stop plants

from

growing, think of what microwaved food can do to your health!

 

In 1989, Swiss biologist and food scientist Dr. Hans Hertel studied the

effects of microwaved food. Eight people participated in the study. For eight

weeks, they lived in a controlled environment and intermittently ate raw foods,

conventionally cooked foods and microwaved foods. Blood samples were tested

after each meal. They discovered that eating microwaved food, over time,

causes significant changes in blood chemistry:1 a decrease in hemoglobin and

cholesterol values, in the HDL (good cholesterol) versus LDL (bad cholesterol)

ratio and in white blood cells, weakening the immune system, and an increase in

leukocyte levels, which tends to indicate poisoning and cell damage. [_Click

here to read about the study._ (http://www.all-natural.com/microwa1.html) ]

 

Overall, the study suggested that eating microwaved foods can cause

degenerative diseases and/or cancer.2 " The measurable effects on man through

the

ingestion of microwaved food, unlike untreated food, are blood alterations,

that

can also be found at the beginning of a pathological condition, also

indicative of a beginning cancerous process, " wrote Dr. Bernard Blanc, who

assisted

in the study.3 Microwave ovens " cook " food by forcing the atoms, molecules and

cells within the food to reverse polarity billions of times per second,

causing friction-the more the friction, the more the heat. This oscillation

tears

and deforms the molecular structure of food. New compounds are formed,

called _radiolytic_

(http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary & va=radiolytic) [chemical

decomposition by the action of radiation] compounds, which

are not found in nature. Interestingly, microwaves are actually used in

gene-altering technology to deliberately break cells and neutralize their

" life-force " so they can be manipulated. Microwaves destroy the life-force that

gives

food its vitality and nourishment. When this life-force dissipates,

microorganisms start breaking food down and it begins to rot.

 

In early 1991, a lawsuit was filed against an Oklahoma hospital because a

patient died form receiving a microwaved blood transfusion. Hospitals routinely

heat blood for transfusion, but not in a microwave.

 

The effects of microwaving breast milk have also been researched. John

Kerner, M.D. and Richard Quin, M.D. from Stanford University said that

" Microwaving human milk, even at a low setting, can destroy some of its

important

disease-fighting capabilities. " 4 After more research, Kerner wrote in the April

1992 issue of Pediatrics that " Microwaving itself may in fact cause some injury

to the milk above and beyond the heating. " And a radio announcement at the

University of Minnesota said that " Microwaves are not recommended for heating a

baby's bottle. Heating the bottle in a microwave can cause slight changes in

the milk. In infant formulas there may be a loss of some vitamins. In

expressed milk, some protective properties may be destroyed. " 5 Another study in

Vienna warned that microwaving breast milk " can lead to structural, functional

and immunological changes, " and that microwaves transform the amino acid

L-proline into D-proline, a proven toxin to the nervous system, liver and

kidneys.6

 

In Russia, microwave ovens were banned in 1976 because of their negative

health consequences and many studies were conducted on their use. Here are some

of their findings on microwaving food:

 

1. Microwaved foods lose 60 ~ 90% of the vital-energy field and microwaving

accelerates the structural disintegration of foods.

 

2. Microwaving creates cancer-causing agents within milk and cereals.

 

3. Microwaving alters elemental food-substances, causing digestive

disorders.

 

4. Microwaving alters food chemistry, which can lead to malfunctions in the

lymphatic system and degeneration of the body's ability to protect itself

against cancerous growths.

 

5. Microwaved foods lead to a higher percentage of cancerous cells in the

bloodstream.

 

6. Microwaving altered the breakdown of elemental substances when raw,

cooked, or frozen vegetables were exposed for even a very short time and free

radicals were formed.

 

7. Microwaved foods caused stomach and intestinal cancerous growths, a

general degeneration of peripheral cellular tissues, and a gradual breakdown of

the digestive and excretive systems in a statistically high percentage of

people.

 

8. Microwaved foods lowered the body's ability of the body to utilize

B-complex vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotropics.

 

9. The microwave field next to a microwave oven caused a slew of health

problems as well.

 

Aside form these studies, many people find that microwaving their food

doesn't help them feel good. Stephanie Relfe, Kinesiologist, found herself

feeling

" grey and rather low " one day and discovered that she had inadvertently

eaten microwaved food at a restaurant.8 In her practice, she found that all of

her patients gave body signals of having allergic reactions to microwaved

foods. Another Kinesiologist, David Bridgeman, said, " Of all the people I test

for

allergies, 99.9% so far show severe sensitivity to any microwaved food. "

 

In conclusion then, the safest way to heat your food is to use your stove

top and throw away your microwave!

 

Endnotes:

1 The Swiss Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and

Industry complained quite loudly about the findings, which caused a court

order to ban Hans Hertel from talking about his findings about the dangers of

microwaved food to the public. In 1998, the European Court of Human Rights

held that there had been a violation of Hertel's rights in the 1993 decision,

lifted the gag order and sentenced Switzerland to pay compensation of F 40,000.

See " H.U.H. against Switzerland " at

[http://www.dhcommhr.coe.fr/eng/huhvch.shn.html link no longer exists]

 

2 The World Foundation for Natural Science : " Are Microwave Ovens a Source

of Danger?, " Microwave Oven Critique "

_http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html_

(http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html) , and " The Hidden

Hazards of Microwave Cooking, " http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html,

from

Nexus Magazine [has been taken off the web by Nexus].

 

3 The World Foundation for Natural Science : " Are Microwave Ovens a Source

of Danger? " , " Microwave Oven Critique "

_http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html_

(http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html)

 

4 Science News, 4/25/1992 issue and " The Hidden Hazards of Microwave

Cooking, " _http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html_

(http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html) , from Nexus Magazine

 

5 Health, Wealth & Happiness, " MICROWAVED FOOD: It's Like Eating Nuclear

Waste!. " _http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html_

(http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html)

 

6 Lubec, G. et al. (1989): Amino acid Isomerisation and Microwave Exposure.

? The Lancet, 2 (8676): 1392-93; and The World Foundation for Natural Science

: " Are Microwave Ovens a Source of Danger?, " Microwave Oven Critique "

_http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html_

(http://www.naturalscience.org/en/frames.html) , and " The Hidden Hazards of

Microwave Cooking, "

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html, from Nexus Magazine [has been

taken off the web

by Nexus] and " Healing with Whole Foods " by Paul Pitchford, pg. 20.

 

Written by Larry Cook (406-556-8089) Reprint from Natural Life News & y

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Thank you for this article... I have been looking for exactly this

kind of info on microwaving food recently!