are ALL microwave meals bad for you?

Question

even the healthy eating ones due to all the salt??

Answer 1

No not all of them

Answer 2

I'm sure there are exceptions but yes, most microwave food is bad for you.

IF you want to save time in the kitchen, you can dedicate one or two days a month to prepping some huge batches of food, then portion them up to suit your needs in either zipper bags or disposable plasticware, label and file them in the freezer. This way you can save all your resources. Buy a lot of what you find on sale, knowing you can buy bulk quantities without it going to waste. Make one large mess to cook everything at once, and combine steps to prep everything...it becomes kind of like an assembly line. If you plan carefully, you can actually keep a pretty clean kitchen as you go by using the same pots, pans, strainers, etc over and over.

Whenever I make something like spaghetti sauce or taco meat, I make a huge huge batch. It is a little more work up front but then the next ten or so times I make any Italian or Mexican flavored dish, I have a jumpstart. On spaghetti night, all I have to do is thaw out the sauce (that morning) and then cook the pasta and toss a salad. BAM!

There are a lot of different tricks to make this go smooth, and whole websites dedicated to what is called once a month cooking, batch cooking, freezer cooking, investment cooking. These all describe the same thing. You don't have to cook a whole month's worth of food. You don't have to plan it all out to the letter with a menu for every night. Try it sometime. If you have any questions, I can try to give you more details, just email me.

Answer 3

They aren't all they great for you because it is processed food. Although, it is a small serving so if you are trying to loose weight it is possible by eating the Healthy Choice or Smart Ones branded microwave meals. I ate them every day for lunch and dinner for 4 months and lost 28 lbs. (with some help of Weight Watchers). So bottom line is, I wouldn't say that they are exactly "nutritional" but they aren't bad for you either . IMO it's better than eating french fries or other junk food.

Answer 4

I don't think they are all "bad for you" per say, but there are many healthyer foods out there. Even microwaving regular food isn't good because the radiation takes some of the nutrients out of it. We always eat fresh foods, and are really healthy for it so that's what I recommend. Eat plenty of fruit and veg. If you have a steamer steam your veg rather than boil it because you lose less nutrients. If you dont then boil it rather than eat it raw because boiling it breaks down some of the stuff your body finds it hard to digest.

Answer 5

Actually my nutritionist last week claims that microwave cooking is advantageous because is preserves vegetable nutrients instead of boiling them away and because of the high frequency it actually kills some harmful bacteria in food before you eat it (if it has been sitting cold and needs a reheat).
Thus NO microwave meals are bad for you - they just may make some foods mushy.

Answer 6

Most are, and yes it is often because of the salt. Fat can be a problem too. If it has more than 30% of the daily recommended fat or salt intake, don't eat it.

Answer 7

not all of them are bad for you. eating one for lunch or something will be fine. I ate weight watchers meal for lunch for months. I am healthy and fine. Lost weight to.. Just look on back of them and see whats all in it. If your looking to lose weight with microwave meals, just make sure you are drinking lots of water.

Answer 8

Compared to cooking fresh food they are bad. A microwave meal never seems to fill you up either.

Answer 9

i does no longer recommend it. Microwave nutrients are ok as quickly as in awhile, once you're in a pinch for time, yet maximum of them are loaded with preservatives and sodium, and not many nutrients. a lot of human beings have faith that preparing nutritious nutrients is time eating, yet truly it is not. you additionally could make a wholesome stir-fry for dinner in actually minutes. choose a grain (cooked wheat pasta, cooked brown rice, quinoa), a protein (grilled hen, shrimp, tofu, beans) and cooked greens of your selection. in basic terms combine them at the same time and drizzle with slightly olive oil and a few spices, and additionally you have a wholesome, homecooked meal in minutes. additionally, this makes great leftovers day after today for lunch or dinner (you are able to %. it up in a tupperware and take with you for lunch on the bypass). additionally, issues like sandwiches on finished grain breads or wraps or salads make great, wholesome lunches that are additionally basic to take with you to artwork or college or everywhere. you're doing great which contain your weightloss so a strategies, yet i think of which you will discover you would be much extra helpful as quickly as you initiate preparing extra of your person, nutritious nutrients. consistent with threat you additionally could have somewhat exciting with it too! stable good fortune!

Answer 10

they are not always the best choice.....in a pefect world everyone would have time to cook a wholesome home cooked meal.....but that is just not the case these days....with everyone in such a big damn hurry, health and good eating habbits get thrown out the window in a cheeseburger wrapper.

Answer 11

No, ofcourse not - they have meals for all diets.

The ones without salt to keep it for longer will probably cost more though.

Just go straight to the more expensive ranges and look for "no added salt".