Hidden hazards of Microwave Cooking

[Guest guest]

If you are into eating healthy you will be throwing your microwave

away, like I am.

Hidden Hazards of Microwave Cooking

 

A few excerpts form this link:

http://www.amaluxherbal.com/hidden_hazards_of_microwave_cooking.htm

 

* '...In America, neither universities nor the federal government

have conducted

any tests concerning the effects on our bodies from eating microwaved

foods.

Isn't that a bit odd?'

 

* '...every microwave oven leaks electro-magnetic radiation, harms

food, and

converts substances cooked in it to dangerous organ-toxic and

carcinogenic

products...'

 

* Microwaving milk and cereal grains converted some of their amino

acids into

carcinogens.

 

* Thawing frozen fruits converted their glucoside and galactoside

containing

fractions into carcinogenic substances.

 

* Extremely short exposure of raw, cooked or frozen vegetables

converted

their plant alkaloids into carcinogens.

 

* Carcinogenic free radicals were formed in microwaved plants,

especially

root vegetables.

 

* It's [Microwave sickness] first signs are low blood pressure and

slow pulse.

The later and most common manifestations are chronic excitation of the

sympathetic nervous system [stress syndrome] and high blood pressure.

 

-- This phase also often includes headache, dizziness, eye pain,

sleeplessness,

irritability, anxiety, stomach pain, nervous tension, inability to

concentrate,

hair loss, plus an increased incidence of appendicitis, cataracts,

reproductive problems, and cancer.

 

-- The chronic symptoms are eventually succeeded by crisis of adrenal

exhaustion and ischemic heart disease [the blockage of coronary

arteries and

heart attacks]. "

 

* Lymphatic disorders were observed, leading to decreased ability to

prevent

certain types of cancers.

 

* An increased rate of cancer cell formation was observed in the

blood.

 

* Increased rates of stomach and intestinal cancers were observed.

 

* Higher rates of digestive disorders and a gradual breakdown of the

systems

of elimination were observed.

 

* A breakdown of the human " life-energy field " in those who were

exposed to

microwave ovens while in operation, with side-effects to the human

energy

field of increasingly longer duration;

 

* A breakdown of the human " life-energy field " in those who were

exposed to

microwave ovens while in operation, with side-effects to the human

energy

field of increasingly longer duration;

 

* Ten Reasons to Throw out your Microwave Oven

 

1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes

long term -

permanent - brain damage by " shorting out " electrical impulses in the

brain

[de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].

 

2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-

products

created in microwaved food.

 

3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by

continually eating microwaved foods.

 

4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long

term,

permanent] within the human body.

 

5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is

reduced or

altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the

human body

absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.

 

6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free

radicals when

cooked in microwave ovens.

 

7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths

[tumors].

This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in

America.

 

8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to

increase in human blood.

 

9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system

deficiencies

through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

 

10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration,

emotional

instability, and a decrease of intelligence.

 

Do You Microwave Your Food? You're Zapping

Away Nutrients and Risking Your Health

http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/5/microwave_food.htm

 

Effects of Microwave Cooking

http://www.manbir-online.com/htm3/new.42.htm

 

The Hazards of Microwaving Your Food

http://www.health101.org/art_microwaving.htm

 

THE DANGERS OF MICROWAVE COOKING

http://www.besthealth.com.au/microwaveart.htm

 

Throw Away Your Microwave

http://healbuildings.com/Microwave_Ovens/microwave_ovens.html

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure I'd put much stock in this, if any. Notice, this site

doesn't site any credible sources directly, it just links to pop

health magazines which are not known for being scientifically

accurate. It makes the point that no universities or fed government

agencies have done research on the effects of microwaves. So where in

the hell did all these supposed facts come from?

 

Also, think about it logically. What a microwave essentially does is

make water molecules in food move really fast, creating friction,

heating your food. That's what heating is. a lot of things we use

emit radiation. the computer you're using right now. Your tv. Cell

phones. Granted you don't use these things to heat your food, but

your oven / stove top are emitting radiation too.

 

And look at this " The use of artificial microwave transmissions for

subliminal psychological control, a.k.a. " brainwashing " , has also

been proven. We're attempting to obtain copies of the 1970's Russian

research documents and results written by Drs. Luria and Perov

specifying their clinical experiments in this area. "

 

This is a crock. No such subliminal psychological control mechanism

has ever been " proven " . I'm a psych major and I never even heard

this rumor. \if something this huge had ever been supported by real

scientific evidence my professors would never shut up about it.

 

What Dr. Mercola says about microwaving food destroying some

nutrients is true. But it is every bit as true about cooking, period.

That is why some people become raw foodists. Processing food can

diminish some important nutrients and cooking is a process.

 

Sorry but these health magazines aren't very reliable, mostly they

just want to catch your eye which a horror story just like the

news " something in your home right now will kill you! " so that they

can sell vitamins and health products.

, " Kem Sha-tres "

[Guest guest]

> What Dr. Mercola says about microwaving food destroying some

> nutrients is true. But it is every bit as true about cooking,

> period.

> That is why some people become raw foodists. Processing food can

> diminish some important nutrients and cooking is a process.

 

True enough, Dave! And despite that - and the 'dangers' of cooking over

open flames (heavens, is nothing safe anymore?) - most of us still

continue to cook most of our food ;=) and some of it in a microwave when

convenient. It's important not to make every modern convenience an

enemy, or one can never survive *emotionally* in the world we live in, I

suspect. And for that emotional health it is soooo important not to be

afraid of everything and not to believe every unsupported scaremongering

article that comes across cyberspace. So thanks for putting it in

perspective ;=)

 

Best,

Pat ;=)

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