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| Microwaves - The Death of Your Food, and You! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 7 2007, 04:01 PM (289 Views) | |
| Denovissimus | Aug 7 2007, 04:01 PM Post #1 |
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Microwave ovens destroy the nutritional value of your food Monday, August 06, 2007 by: Mike Adams The rise of widespread nutritional deficiencies in the western world correlates almost perfectly with the introduction of the microwave oven. This is no coincidence. Microwave ovens heat food through a process of creating molecular friction, but this same molecular friction quickly destroys the delicate molecules of vitamins and phytonutrients (plant medicines) naturally found in foods. One study showed that microwaving vegetables destroys up to 97% of the nutritional content (vitamins and other plant-based nutrients that prevent disease, boost immune function and enhance health). In other words, eating raw broccoli provides you with natural anti-cancer medicine that's extremely effective at halting the growth of cancer tumors. But microwaving that broccoli destroys the anti-cancer nutrients, rendering the food "dead" and nutritionally depleted. There's even some evidence to suggest that microwaving destroys the natural harmony in water molecules, creating an energetic pattern of chaos in the water found in all foods. In fact, the common term of "nuking" your food is coincidentally appropriate: Using a microwave is a bit like dropping a nuclear bomb on your food, then eating the fallout. (You don't actually get radiation from eating microwaved foods, however. But you don't get much nutrition, either.) Why microwave users are so unhealthy Consumers are dying today in part because they continue to eat dead foods that are killed in the microwave. They take a perfectly healthy piece of raw food, loaded with vitamins and natural medicines, then nuke it in the microwave and destroy most of its nutrition. Humans are the only animals on the planet who destroy the nutritional value of their food before eating it. All other animals consume food in its natural, unprocessed state, but humans actually go out of their way to render food nutritionally worthless before eating it. No wonder humans are the least healthy mammals on the planet. The invention of the microwave and its mass adoption by the population coincides with the onset of obesity in developed nations around the world. Not only did the microwave make it convenient to eat more obesity-promoting foods, it also destroyed much of the nutritional content of those foods, leaving consumers in an ongoing state of malnourished overfeeding. In other words, people eat too many calories but not enough real nutrition. The result is, of course, what we see today: Epidemic rates of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, depression, kidney failure, liver disorders and much more. These diseases are all caused by a combination of malnutrition and exposure to toxic chemicals (plus other factors such as emotional trauma, lack of exercise, etc.). Microwaves make malnutrition virtually automatic, and being exposed to toxic chemicals is easy to accomplish by simply eating processed foods (which are universally manufactured with the addition of toxic chemicals that act as preservatives, colorings, flavor enhancers and so on). Microwaving is, technically, a form of food irradiation. I find it interesting that people who say that would never eat "irradiated" food have no hesitation about microwaving their food. It's the same thing (just a different wavelength of radiation). In fact, microwaves were originally called "radar ranges." Sounds strange today, doesn't it? But when microwaves were first introduced in the 1970's, they were proudly advertised as radar ranges. You blast your food with high-intensity radar and it gets hot. This was seen as some sort of space-age miracle in the 1970's. Perhaps someday an inventor will create a food heating device that does not radically alter the nutritional value of the foods in the process, but I'm not holding my breath on this one. Probably the best way to heat foods right now is to simply use a countertop toaster oven, and keep the heat as low as possible. The microwave does work as advertised, by the way. It makes your food hot. But the mechanism by which heat is produced causes internal damage to the delicate molecular structures of vitamins and phytonutrients. Minerals are largely unaffected, however, so you'll still get the same magnesium, calcium and zinc in microwaved foods as you would in non-microwaved foods, but the all-important B vitamins, anthocyanins, flavonoids and other nutritional elements are easily destroyed by microwave ovens. The microwave is the appliance of the living dead. People who use the microwave on a regular basis are walking down a path towards degenerative disease and a lifelong battle with obesity. The more you use the microwave, the worse your nutritional state gets, and the more likely you are to be diagnosed with various diseases and put on pharmaceuticals which, of course, will create other health problems that lead to a grand spiraling nosedive of health. Do yourself a favor: Toss your microwave, or donate it to some charity. It's much easier to avoid using the microwave if you don't have one around. It will clear up counter space, save you electricity and greatly enhance your dietary habits. When you need to heat something, heat it in a toaster oven or a stovetop pan (avoid Teflon and non-stick surfaces, of course). Better yet, strive to eat more of a raw, unprocessed diet. That where you'll get the best nutrition anyway. Buy yourself a Vita-Mix and blend up some smoothies. It's faster than microwaving foods are far healthier. (See my book Superfood Smoothies for recipes). I drink a superfood smoothie every morning, and I haven't used a microwave in years. Protecting health is our own responsibility, and it's up to us all to make informed decisions about how we buy, prepare and consume our foods. You have to save yourself. Click here to see my CounterThink cartoon on this topic. ### About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health author and technology pioneer with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guies, and books on topics like health and the environment, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a maker of super bright LED light bulbs that are 1000% more energy efficient than incandescent lights. He's also a noted pioneer in the email marketing software industry, having been the first to launch an HTML email newsletter technology that has grown to become a standard in the industry. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501©3 non-profit, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, Pilates and organic gardening. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal health statistics and mission statements are located at www.HealthRanger.org |
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| Denovissimus | Aug 7 2007, 04:04 PM Post #2 |
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I believe this 100%, of course. As does Michele, she's gotten rid of her microwave. I use microwaves a lot less than I used to. In fact I won't buy frozen foods in those trays meant for the microwave. I do have a toaster oven, and need to use it more for reheating items. It works wonders on pizza I tell you. I currently use the microwave at work, but really need to reexamine that, making sandwiches or wraps or something. |
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| Julesy | Aug 7 2007, 09:10 PM Post #3 |
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Boiling your veggies does the same thing. taking out nutrients |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 7 2007, 09:11 PM Post #4 |
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yeah when I moved into this apartment over a year ago I came without a microwave, I bought a toaster oven instead. however, I still used the microwave to heat up my lunch at that god awful job, even though I didnt want to there was just no other means to heat it up. There was an oven but obviously my time was very limited to sit there for a half an hour keeping an eye on my food in an oven. But I have been away from that job and free of microwave cooking for 3 months now. It was much easier than I thought to not use a microwave. The toaster oven is great. Food tastes so much better heated from an oven than from a microwave anyway. My mom has always had a microwave but it was not an appliance that was used everyday, all of the time. I strongly urge everyone to stop using microwaves. I want his supersmoothie recipes! And someone needs to point this out to Rachel Ray as she always cooks her veggies in the microwave on her 30 minute meal show. She is killing people! |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 7 2007, 09:12 PM Post #5 |
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it does to some extent, but not completely as a microwave does and boiling your veggies doesnt give you radiation poisoning either |
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| Julesy | Aug 7 2007, 09:13 PM Post #6 |
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frozen veggies are shit too. I wont throw out my microwave. its attached to the stove. ha! I reckon pretty much everything you eat nowadays is shit. unless you grow or raise it yourself I remember that big scandal about grilling meat and cancer. |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 7 2007, 09:38 PM Post #7 |
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yeah, pretty much everything is unless you eat organic. My next step when I get some extra money is to buy new pots and pans, NON STICK pots and pans whether that be cast iron or what have you. |
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| Julesy | Aug 7 2007, 09:45 PM Post #8 |
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I bet teflon is bad to cook with too Michele. |
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| Julesy | Aug 7 2007, 09:49 PM Post #9 |
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you get doses of radiation at the dentist office and that is for your head! also if you have to go to the docs to get xrays for something.
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 8 2007, 03:58 AM Post #10 |
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it is very bad, especially cooking it on high |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 8 2007, 04:00 AM Post #11 |
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even if you dont have a cell phone you are still being exposed to radiation from all the goddamn cell phone towers. In modern society these dangers cannot be avoided comepletely, but I believe the more you can limit your exposure, the healthier for you. |
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| Denovissimus | Aug 8 2007, 02:29 PM Post #12 |
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I read that if you have a bird in the kitchen and its exposed to the fumes of a teflon coated pan it will die! |
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| Julesy | Aug 8 2007, 02:31 PM Post #13 |
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oh Bollocks!! i had a canary in highschool and we lived in an apt and its cage was somewhere in around the kitchen and it never died. If you throw it into the pan while cookin...then it will die!
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| Jane | Aug 8 2007, 05:08 PM Post #14 |
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I only use the microwave to heat up soup and baked beans, so I don't use it every day. I prefer the taste of things done in the oven, I can't believe some people will cook bacon and meats in the microwave, it doesn't taste right at all! |
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| Denovissimus | Aug 8 2007, 06:01 PM Post #15 |
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I used to know a lady at work who would cook steak and chicken in the microwave. That would be my look to her each and every time.
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 10 2007, 01:13 PM Post #16 |
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I have read that too, that pets in general, if there are a few teflon pots burning for a long time at the same time and they are not covered that even a small dog or cat could die from it |
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| la anaconda de chocolatee | Aug 10 2007, 01:14 PM Post #17 |
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ewww! how the hell do you cook meat in the microwave?
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