is microwaved food healthy for us?

Answer 1

It can't possibly be. It's kinda like putting a Hungry Man Dinner in a nuclear bomb testing site to warm it, then eating it. ..

Answer 2

I once came across a study where it was discoverd that subjects fed on microwaved food persihed faster than those not.

checkout these facts:

-microwave cooking destroys at least some important nutrients in vegetables.
-re-heating human breast milk in a microwave even at low settings can destroy lysozyme, a compound that fights bacterial infections.

-microwaving destroys vitamin B-12. Six minutes of microwave cooking destroyed half the B-12 in meat and dairy, a much higher rate than from conventional cooking.

-microwaving converts some trans-amino acids into synthetic substances similar to unhealthy trans-fatty acids; one amino acid, L-proline, reportedly converted to a substance that’s reputed to be toxic to the nervous system and kidneys.

- microwaved food had a statistically higher incidence of stomach and intestinal cancers, digestive disorders, and lymphatic malfunctions causing degeneration of the immune system.

-microwaving milk and cereal grains and plants such as root vegetables reportedly created cancer-causing agents.

-microwaving vegetables, raw or cooked — even briefly — caused chemical alterations. Microwaving reduced availability of vitamins B, C, E and essential minerals in all foods tested, and destroyed the nutritional value of nucleoproteins in meats.

-in 1989, 8 volunteers from the Macrobiotic Institute at Kientel ate raw, conventionally cooked and microwaved food at regular intervals and significant changes were seen in their blood samples after eating microwaved food, including reduced hemoglobin and cholesterol values, especially the ratio of good vs. bad cholesterol. White blood cells for immune function showed a distinct short-term decrease. Also found were irregularities in the structure of the microwaved food — the creation of new compounds called “radiolytic” compounds that are unknown in nature.


http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/0601/sc0601-microwave.html

Answer 3

I don't think it is the microwave process that is unhealthy but food wrap (never ever microwave your food with plastic wrap on it!) and chemicals in microwave food.

Answer 4

Isn't it a part of the major food groups? hehe

Answer 5

Yeah, just dont warm it with those flimsy plastics or styrofoam

Answer 6

yeah! you could heat up a cold micro oven food and kill the bad becterias in it!

Answer 7

may be healthy
not to use as lots of electricity wasted

Answer 8

it do, but not much compare to other way of making like roast, gas etc,,,

Answer 9

of course not..i thought everybody knows..

Answer 10

very much ... better than boiled stuff.