I believe that it is now accepted that steaming your veg is
preferrable (nutritionally) to boiling it to death. That accepted,
where do we stand with microwaving veg?
Yesterday I cut up a little hard cabbage and gave it 1 minute full
power 1000w. Added a little butter and pepper and it was lovely.
Crunchy, but cooked. However, did I knock lots of nutritional value
out of it by microwaving it, rather than steaming it?
Not the most exciting question ever posted I know, but I would be
interested in your (sensible) opinions:-)
Regards
Jonny

Hi...I put one serving of a veggie, usually brocolli, into small desert
bowl, annd about 3 tbsns water, and mike on HI for about 2min 30 secs.
Comes out fabulous, green, pour the water off ,but it isn't green!
Apparently mo loss of nutrition. BUT!!!!!!! How can we continue to
cook with Mikes, when I saw on TV that CANCER is the number ONE KILLER
of people under 85 years old??
I'm somewhat concerned, and I still have 7 years befor I hit 85!

Mike

Mike, your post implies that there is a connection between microwave
cooking and cancer. Are you serious? I'm unaware of any research that
points to such a thing.

aem

I don't remember where I read it, but microwaving food in any kind of
plastic container is supposed to release some kinds of chemical in the
plastic and let it go into the food. I don't remember just what it is
supposed to cause, but what ever it was it wasn't good. Anyone else read
that?

Dwayne
"aem" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Mike, your post implies that there is a connection between microwave
> cooking and cancer. Are you serious? I'm unaware of any research that
> points to such a thing.
>
> aem
>

> wrote in message
> BUT!!!!!!! How can we continue to
> cook with Mikes, when I saw on TV that CANCER is the number ONE KILLER
> of people under 85 years old??
> I'm somewhat concerned, and I still have 7 years befor I hit 85!
>
> Mike

By the time you hit 85, anything can cath up with you. Eating veggies helps
prevent cancer so keep nuking and eating them.
>

>=2E..microwaving food in an=ADy kind of plastic container is supposed to
release some kinds of chemi=ADcal in > the plastic and let it go into
the food....

Well, I'd think there would be wide publicity about that if it were
true, but in any case the remedy seems simple. Keep eating those
veggies, but zap 'em in a pyrex or corningware dish instead of plastic.


Personally, I zap most frozen veggies, but steam or stirfry most fresh
ones. As to boiling, that still works well for some things, such as
corn on the cob, of course, and green beans, French style.

In article . com>,
says...
> Mike, your post implies that there is a connection between microwave
> cooking and cancer. Are you serious? I'm unaware of any research that
> points to such a thing.
>

If I recall my classes correctly, aren't microwaves the non-ionizing
type of radiation while X, gamma etc. are?

That being said - the most they've found thus far with RF exposure is
non-cancerous tumors. That being with HEAVY exposure.

Of course guys on Navy ships have been killed by radar. That's 1cm or
lower radar and at the power levels used it's enough to cook a human
being.

In article .com>,
says...
> >=2E..microwaving food in an=ADy kind of plastic container is supposed to
> release some kinds of chemi=ADcal in > the plastic and let it go into
> the food....
>
> Well, I'd think there would be wide publicity about that if it were
> true, but in any case the remedy seems simple. Keep eating those
> veggies, but zap 'em in a pyrex or corningware dish instead of plastic.
>
>
> Personally, I zap most frozen veggies, but steam or stirfry most fresh
> ones. As to boiling, that still works well for some things, such as
> corn on the cob, of course, and green beans, French style.

Plastic leaches out chemicals even when not microwaved. It's all part of
the out gassing process. But there is a strong correlation between the
use of plastic IV tubing and lowered sperm production, in fact the
component of the plastic causing the problem is known to cause such
problems and is present in many things, including lipstick.

I wish I could remember the name of it, naptha something.

In article >,
Tony P. > wrote:

> In article . com>,
> says...
> > Mike, your post implies that there is a connection between microwave
> > cooking and cancer. Are you serious? I'm unaware of any research that
> > points to such a thing.
> >
>
> If I recall my classes correctly, aren't microwaves the non-ionizing
> type of radiation while X, gamma etc. are?
>
> That being said - the most they've found thus far with RF exposure is
> non-cancerous tumors. That being with HEAVY exposure.
>
> Of course guys on Navy ships have been killed by radar. That's 1cm or
> lower radar and at the power levels used it's enough to cook a human
> being.

And there was the famous (or not so famous?) story of the guy standing
on a roof between a news truck and its satellite who got a wicked
headache. He was directly in their microwave beaming path. I think it
did kill him.

Priscilla

--
"It is very, very dangerous to treat any human, lowest
of the low even, with contempt and arrogant whatever.
The Lord takes this kind of treatment very, very personal."
- QBaal in newsgroup alt.religion.christian.episcopal

Tony wrote:

> there is a strong correlation between the use of plastic IV tubing and
> lowered sperm production, in fact the component of the plastic causing the
> problem is known to cause such problems and is present in many things,
> including lipstick.

So guys who wear lipstick are likely to have lowered sperm production?

That's reason enough for ME to swear it off! :-)

Bob

In article >,
says...
> Tony wrote:
>
> > there is a strong correlation between the use of plastic IV tubing and
> > lowered sperm production, in fact the component of the plastic causing the
> > problem is known to cause such problems and is present in many things,
> > including lipstick.
>
> So guys who wear lipstick are likely to have lowered sperm production?
>
> That's reason enough for ME to swear it off! :-)
>
> Bob

It is present in almost every plastic used, including water bottles,
juice bottles, food packages, etc.

The primary purpose is to help plastics keep their elasticity.