Is the food consumed by cooking in Microwave Ovens harmful in the long run?

Answer 1

No. Safe as houses. However it is always best to let the item sit for a couple of minutes to ensure the cooking process is finished. xB

Answer 2

And just where did you get that idea? Nonsense - cooked food is cooked food. The method of cooking has little to do with it's nutritional value. And no, the "radiation" used by a microwave is not imparted to the food thus making the food radioactive. The microwave oven uses radio waves at a certain frequency and power that heats the food being cooked. That's all it does - heats the food.
A microwave oven deserves a place in every home kitchen, and you'd be surprised at how many five-star, gourmet restaurants all over the world use commercial microwave ovens.

Answer 3

I found a couple interesting Dr. Mercola articles via Kishore Balakrishnan’s Blog:
http://www.mercola.com/article/microwave/hazards.htm
http://www.mercola.com/article/microwave/hazards2.htm

These articles claim that microwave cooking makes food more carcinogenic, decreases food value by destroying nutrients, and creates unnatural substances that shouldn’t be consumed by humans. Listed side effects of eating microwaved food include long-term brain damage, altered hormone production, tumors/cancer, a weakened immune system, memory loss, and decreased intelligence.

Sounds like the same list of negative side effects of other things I’ve stopped putting in my mouth — animals, dairy, eggs, caffeine, fluoride — so perhaps it’s time for me to reevaluate my microwave oven usage as well. I actually don’t think it would be that hard for me to do without.

Answer 4

no...the food cooked in a microwave oven i not at all harmful...many people are under the impression that eating food cooked in a oven causes cancer and other diseases..but this is not at all true.nfact it is just a myth or misconception.in fact the microwave just releases the heat radiations to the food thru which the food just gets heated and the bacteria gets destroyed.and so it is not at all harmful..................

Answer 5

Microwave ovens are secure and handy for heating and cooking a sort of ingredients and pose no well being disadvantages, says the international well being agency. mutually as microwave cooking can smash extra of the supplementations & minerals in food than properly-known cooking.

Answer 6

The food cooked in microwave ovens is really bad for health
in the long run. The best choice is to avoid it.

Answer 7

I don't think so, however, I know that if your microwave is old you buy a new one because the lineing gets to be old too and it leak out some things that is harmful, My father would have heart promlems whenever he was near the microwave.

Answer 8

No, if you don't eat it before the molecules stop vibrating. Let microwaved food stand for a minute or five after cooking.

Answer 9

Nope. Radiation doesn't stay in the food. The food itself may be harmful though, if you eat predominantly microwave food which has little nutrition and too much sodium...

Answer 10

It should be totally safe, because the mechanism works on the principle of the frictional heat generated by the tiny water molecules present in food.