We bought a microwave oven two years ago, mostly to prevent our oldest teen from using our rice cooker to heat/cook his friends' microwavable snacks.
I lost it when I opened the rice cooker, which we use almost daily, and found 12 cooked hot dogs inside. Son and his friends forgot. Not the first time either. Hence, the purchase.
I admit I still haven't used it myself. I don't really know what to do with it, to be honest. Yes, I'm an idiot.
Yes, and it gets more use than our main oven. It's a combi microwave/grill/oven, so everything from using it as a second oven when cooking meals, to heating soup, to making perfect toast. Wouldn't be without it.
Why on earth do you want a poll on this? Why not ask who has central heating or electricity? Can you not come up with something interesting? And of course I've got a bloody microwave.
Use it as a cooking aid rather than cook meals in. The only exception they are superb used for any thing steamed, like a steamed pudding and for cooking fruit. Items like sausages or any meal cooked in them tastes and smells disgusting
In Russia, microwave ovens were banned in 1976 because of their negative health consequences as many studies were conducted on their use. The ban was lifted after Perestroika in the early 90’s.
Here are some of their findings on microwaving food:
1. Microwaved foods lose 60 ~ 90% of their nutritional value and it also accelerates the structural disintegration of food.
2. Microwaving creates cancer-causing agents within milk and cereals.
4. Microwaving alters food chemistry which can lead to malfunctions in the lymphatic system and degeneration of the body’s ability to protect itself against cancerous growths.
5. Microwaved foods lead to a higher percentage of cancerous cells in the bloodstream.
6. Microwaving altered the breakdown of elemental substances when raw, cooked, or frozen vegetables were exposed for even a very short time and free radicals were formed.
7. Microwaved foods caused stomach and intestinal cancerous growths, a general degeneration of peripheral cellular tissues, and a gradual breakdown of the digestive and excretive systems in a statistically high percentage of people.
8. Microwaved foods lowered the body’s ability of the body to utilize B-complex vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotropics.
9. The microwave field next to a microwave oven caused a slew of health problems as well.
10. Heating prepared meats in a microwave sufficiently for human consumption created:
* d-Nitrosodiethanolamine (a well-known cancer-causing agent)
* Destabilization of active protein biomolecular compounds
* Creation of a binding effect to radioactivity in the atmosphere.
* Creation of cancer-causing agents within protein-hydrosylate compounds in milk and cereal grains.
11. Microwave emissions also caused alteration in the catabolic (breakdown) behaviour of glucoside – and galactoside – elements within frozen fruits when thawed in this way.
12. Microwaves altered catabolic behavior of plant-alkaloids when raw, cooked or frozen vegetables were exposed for even very short periods.
13. Cancer-causing free radicals were formed within certain trace-mineral molecular formations in plant substances, especially in raw root vegetables.
14. Due to chemical alterations within food substances, malfunctions occurred in the lymphatic system, causing degeneration of the immune systems’ capacity to protect itself against cancerous growth.
15. The unstable catabolism of micro-waved foods altered their elemental food substances, leading to disorders in the digestive system.
16. Those ingesting micro-waved foods showed a statistically higher incidence of stomach and intestinal cancers, plus a general degeneration of peripheral cellular tissues with a gradual breakdown of digestive and excretory system function.
17. Microwave exposure caused significant decreases in the nutritional value of all foods studied, particularly:
* A decrease in the bioavailability of B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotrophics
* Destruction of the nutritional value of nucleoproteins in meats
* Lowering of the metabolic activity of alkaloids, glucosides, galactosides and nitrilosides (all basic plant substances in fruits and vegetables)
* Marked acceleration of structural disintegration in all foods.
Read the full report by Larry Cook entitled “Micro-waved Food Isn’t Safe To Eat” here
Endnotes:
1 The Swiss Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and Industry complained quite loudly about the findings, which caused a court order to ban Hans Hertel from talking about his findings about the dangers of microwaved food to the public. In 1998, the European Court of Human Rights held that there had been a violation of Hertel’s rights in the 1993 decision, lifted the gag order and sentenced Switzerland to pay compensation of F 40,000. See “H.U.H. against Switzerland” at http://www.dhcommhr.coe.fr/eng/huhvch.shn.html
4 Lubec, G. et al. (1989): Aminoacid Isomerisation and Microwave Exposure. ? The Lancet, 2 (8676): 1392-93; and The World Foundation for Natural Science : ”The Hidden Hazards of Microwave Cooking,” http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html, from Nexus Magazine; and “Healing with Whole Foods” by Paul Pitchford, pg. 20.
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I've got a good microwave fish recipe that might help too.
I lost it when I opened the rice cooker, which we use almost daily, and found 12 cooked hot dogs inside. Son and his friends forgot. Not the first time either. Hence, the purchase.
I admit I still haven't used it myself. I don't really know what to do with it, to be honest. Yes, I'm an idiot.
Drowning man concussed by lifesaving microwave
Woking eh ... I am a Woking survivor myself ;-). Give my regards to The Stillage
Who is James Martin?
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I have one, just a basic microwave not a combi type, but don't use that much tbh, only for very basic stuff.
A toaster?
That's a bit extreme, believe it or not people managed for years without them, many still do!
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That's a little bit harsh
My microwave gets used everyday, not for cooking in, even though it has the functionality, just for heating up.
Why on earth do you want a poll on this? Why not ask who has central heating or electricity? Can you not come up with something interesting? And of course I've got a bloody microwave.
1 Porridge
2 Rustlers burgers
then more infrequently...
3 Ginsters pasties and slices. Fray Bentos steak puddings, various tinned meats and curries
Has it ever been proved these things are safe beyond any doubt?
I get by very well without one to be honest.
Food for thought