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The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
phantom
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Date: April 27, 2012 06:32AM Steamed broccoli loses 11% of antioxidants.
Microwaved broccoli loses 97% of antioxidants. I'm intuitively envisioning something like an exponential curve that illustrates the further we steer from nature, the worse our suffering may become. [www.apparentlyapparel.com] Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
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Panchito
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Date: April 27, 2012 10:03AM keep in mind how the microwave works. I think the mistery of microvawe is the temperature. With macrowave, the waves go throw the brocoly and heat the water inside all through out. Meanwhile steam uses a gradient and heats up the brocoly from the outer layer. It also depends on how long you microvawe the brocoly. The water inside the cells can reach temperatures way beyond boiling (212F) meanwhile steam brocoly always never goes over 212F. At above 300F there are maliard reactions and above 400F there is decomposition. So microvawe brocoly goes through a lot more changes than steamed Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
eaglefly
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Date: April 27, 2012 02:55PM I stopped microwaving ANY food long ago.
Radio waves are meant for.....radio. Not cooking our food. Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: April 27, 2012 03:07PM Never owned one, never will. It's one of those odd fancy kitchen appliances I find completey superfluous. My silly parents have one though, eating dinner at their place is like a science experiment! Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: April 27, 2012 04:12PM Panchito, what did you mean by 'maliard?' Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
Panchito
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Date: April 27, 2012 04:37PM banana who Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Panchito, what did you mean by 'maliard?' oops. I misspell it MAILLARD! [en.wikipedia.org] Did you know your face is emitting electromagnetic waves? Life would would stop on earth without the heating waves from the sun. It is amazing how the properties of waves change with frequency. Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: April 27, 2012 06:14PM Thanks. I never heard of the term. I dislike them intensely. In my current apt. there is one included but I have used it maybe 10-20 times in three years. Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
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Panchito
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Date: April 27, 2012 06:23PM I have one too. It works as a filling space fixture with clock. You could use it to heat water but if you use smooth glass container, then it can blow up in your face (water can superheat and explodes). So, better to keep it as a clock. Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: April 27, 2012 06:25PM An air tight environment to store dehydrated stuff maybe? Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
Panchito
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Date: April 27, 2012 06:30PM Maybe I could use to keep the mosquitos away from the wheat grass tray! Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
phantom
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Date: April 27, 2012 07:07PM But what about the wheatgrass? :O
I dumped mine about eight years ago. That noisy, crusty dehydrator of mine? It's totally worth the wait. <3 Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
pborst
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Date: April 27, 2012 10:35PM I don't do a lot of it, since I'm over 90 percent raw. But among cooking it isn't the most harmful method. [www.sciencedaily.com] Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
phantom
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Date: April 28, 2012 08:16AM I'm not so sure about the integrity of the article (not the poster, love you Paul!  ). Some fairly differing opinions can be found at nutritiondata.com... Grilling creates carcinogenic compounds, and microwaving creates an insane amount of free radicals.
From what I understand, the higher the temperature, the less natural things remain and the more unnatural things are created. Ideally, if you must cook, boil and then consume the broth... Isn't that what tea is? 
[nutritiondata.self.com] Edit: Baking is also bad news and frying is the pits! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/28/2012 08:18AM by phantom. Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
fresherthanlife
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Date: April 28, 2012 08:26AM Microwaves create just that..."micro waves" of radiation! You have to stand at least 6 feet away from one to be at a level where the waves won't be picked up by equipment, so what does that tell you? [fresherthanlife.com] Re: The truth about microwave ovens.
Posted by:
jalanutan
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Date: April 29, 2012 06:32AM I believe that mico waves travel in a straight line, so unless the oven is VERY leaky, then there shouldn't be a problem. Regarding the destruction of nutrients, it's believed that micro waves destroy more nutrients than infared heat (std ovens etc). Ostensibly, infared heat vibrates the water molecules, while micro wave heat spins them. The idea is that the spinning wrecks havoc on the neighbouring nutrient molecules, while the vibrating does less damage. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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