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"Microwaves Are Bad For You: 5 Reasons Why Microwave Oven Cooking Is Harming Your Health"
(www.medicaldaily.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
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We should always doubt until we see evidence.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/microwave-ovens-and-health#nutrients
"Every form of cooking reduces the nutrient value of food.
The main contributing factors are temperature, cooking time, and method. During boiling, water-soluble nutrients may leak out of the food.
As far as microwaves go, cooking times are generally short, and the temperature is low. Plus, the food is usually not boiled.
For this reason, you would expect microwave ovens to retain more nutrients than methods like frying and boiling.
According to two reviews, microwaving does not reduce nutrient value more than other cooking methods"
there are plenty of contrary sources that raise questions about the safety of microwaves: https://naturalsociety.com/microwaves/
That's a chemtrail peddling quack site
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/natural-society/
> implying there are not chemicals being sprayed in to the atmosphere
Everything in the entire universe is made from chemicals. Turning on your kitchen faucet is "spraying chemicals into the atmosphere"
bro your 'source' has no credibility. Microwaves are only as bad as every other cooking method. Maybe different slightly, but they're all similar. Probably true that some raw foods are healthier but the rest of what you say is fake science
Do you have any "sources" that aren't conspiratorial pseudo-science?
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/natural-society/
This does not belong on Lemmy.
Do you have any arguments against what is being said rather than simply attack the source? What if what they are saying is correct?
The misinformation you are posting is unworthy of discussion. No one is in any way obligated to entertain your nonsense.
Why don't you open your mind and be skeptical with your sources?
Microwave radiation does not have any long-term effects on your health or food quality. Microwave ovens use non-ionizing radiation, which does not damage cells or DNA. Microwave radiation is also contained within the oven and does not leak out. Therefore, there is no risk of watching your food cook in your microwave.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/what-to-microwave-ovens-health
Microwave ovens do not expose tissues to microwaves, as they are shielded and contained within the oven. Microwave ovens use non-ionizing radiation, which does not cause deformities in molecules or cells.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26556835/
Microwaving food does not affect its nutritional value negatively, as long as it is cooked properly and with minimal water. In fact, microwaving food can preserve some nutrients better than other cooking methods, such as boiling or frying, because it reduces the exposure to heat and water.
https://www.drberg.com/blog/do-microwaves-actually-lower-your-nutrients-in-food
This is not unique to microwaving, as any cooking method that involves heat and water can have the same effect. In fact, microwaving food can preserve more vitamin C than boiling or frying, because it uses less water and shorter cooking times.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition
The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, which issued a press release in 1992 stating that Hertel’s study was not scientifically valid and that there was no evidence that microwaved food was harmful to health.
well, that's the point of the discussion because there is not consensus that is true:
"When theory and observation collide: Can non-ionizing radiation cause cancer?"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749116309526
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I guess there would be concern that they could if they leaked (microwave harm reduction as a related topic)
I think it's accepted that it does, along with cooking, but this was thought to be a trade off for killing possible diseases.
That would be true all else equal, but it's argued microwaves possibly create unique damage
Raw food advocates would argue against microwaves and other non-microwave cooking methods though
it's possible they could be correct but also possible this is a fallacy of appealing to authority
That paper is written by none other than Magda Havas, the person whom your article in question cited and is criticized for pseudo-science. Try linking to another more credible one next time.
fair, how about this one?
"Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355?via%3Dihub
I won't comment too much on this since it's straying further and further away from the original topic, which is microwaving food, not microwaving yourself. I'm also not familiar enough with biology and electromagnetism to give a conclusive argument to the paper. HOWEVER. Just a quick question to you, did you actually read through the paper and its citations, thought through its testing methodologies, and came to your own conclusion, or did you just search for "WiFi bad" and reply with any article or "scientific research" that pops up? Cause there is definitely no shortage of bullshit articles and even scientific studies online, as Abraham Lincoln once famously said:
If you're just going to post whatever pops up in the search engine without thinking through first, I doubt the discussion is going to be any more constructive and would be wasting everyone's time.