what do you think of microwaves?

Question

I mean, I've met alot of people that say are bad. && That they take all of the nutrients of the food (the MICRO-WAVE the nutrients in the food, duh.) but alot of people still use a microwave even if they know how bad they are..

So anyways, I have a few questions, please answer!

1) Do you use a microwave?
2) Do you know how bad microwaves are?
3) Do you cook more than 75% of your food in a microwave?

Answer 1

A microwave oven is a misnomer. It doesn't cook or bake like a regular oven can. The reason for this is that it works by exciting the water molecules in a particular substance and thus heating it up. Since water cannot go beyond a certain temperature, it can never break down molecules and re-combine them to form more complex flavors. A microwave oven doesn't take out all the nutrients out of food, it's just that what I said above applies. You are used to tasting it a certain way, and a microwave oven basically steam cooks it from the inside out. Try it. Steam cook some broccoli and microwave some broccoli. It will taste the same. And to answer your questions:
1) I do use a microwave.
2) Microwaves are bad to anything that has water in it, especially humans since we are 90% water.
3) I do not cook my food in a microwave, I re-heat my left-overs and make the occasionally microwaveable pop-corn.

Answer 2

Yes, I use a microwave. But the myth that microwaves "take nutrients out of food" is just that: a myth. Spread by people who don't understand what microwaves are.

A microwave is just energy--like the heat eneregy (infrared) that a conventional oven/stove uses, except at a different frequency. But it does exactly the same thing--add energy to the food in a way that causes it to heat up. Nothing mysterious about it if you understand basic physics.

Answer 3

1. yes i do use a microwave
2. yes i do know how bad microwaves are.
3. no i do not cook anything in the microwave except popcorn and instant soup.

when i am on my cordless phone talking, i can not get near my microwave, nothing be static.

Answer 4

1) Yes
2) Not really sure
3) No

Microwaves are excellent for heating foods quickly, and heating them from the insides. I tried making a pizza pocket in the oven once, the inside remained cold, the outside was dry, and it would take a long time to heat it until it was fully warn in the inside, microwave takes care of that in a minute

Answer 5

I do use my microwave for a lot of things. I doubt I use it for 75% of my cooking, but it is nice to have.

Answer 6

Try being a student and NOT having a microwave

Answer 7

1) Very little
2) No
3) No - I only use it to heat water and make microwave popcorn.

Answer 8

1. yes
2. no
3. no

It makes life much easier in reheating with a mircrowave. Remember those days when it took 15 minutes to heat up soup?

Answer 9

1. yes
2. yes
3. yes

lazy person and college student's dream come true

Answer 10

yes
no
yes