[Closed] Microwaving food - is it bad?

100% true!

With such an authoritative source, how could you doubt it?

Sounds like a microwave scare from the 70's.
They were probably talking about a microwave ready meal.

Why would a body not be able to handle microwaved food? Utter bollocks.

That said, most microwaved food isn't the best nutritionally.

if the internet says so...

Just use a homeopathic microwave and you'll be fine.

lol so as long as its not a ready meal it's fine!

but don't wear a tinfoil hat, 'cause, y'know, that stuff goes mental near a microwave.

That said, most microwaved food isn't the best nutritionally.

It's a pretty good way to cook veg, fresh or frozen - not any worse than steaming and a lot more convenient.

Its a new Dark Age this internet thing isn't it

Utter nonsense.

Probably spouted by someone who fell for this hoax:
http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp

Heavily processed microwave ready meals etc aren't great - but that's the nature of the food, not the cooking. It is perfectly possible to use microwaves to cook [i]good[/i] food.

That said, most microwave[s]d[/s] food isn't the best nutritionally.

You should only eat fruit, berries, nuts and raw meat in moderation.

Yeah, but you can microwave the fruit and berries if you fancy them hot 😀

Its just energy, heat that is used to cook the food.
Much work has been done to see if microwaves to effect the food nutrionally.

The risk is that people overcook their food in a microwave and that reduces the nutrients.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/Microwave-cooking-and-nutrition.shtml

It's thought that heating food in a microwave using plastic containers is a bad idea.

Its just energy, heat that is used to cook the food.

And microwaves are very energy efficient.

If this is the case how do I heat my rustlers pork rib burger to maintain its nutritional integrity?

Lol.. you aren't serious?

That said, most microwaved food isn't the best nutritionally.

Depends what you microwave, obviously. You can cook fresh veg pretty quickly in a microwave. Or you can simply reheat quality food from a previous day, which is what ours gets used for.

It's thought that heating food in a microwave using plastic containers is a bad idea.

By who ?

The best (reasonably quick) way of making mashed potato!

The best (reasonably quick) way of making mashed potato!

scrape it off the sides, bung in a bit of butter and horseradish, sorted 🙂

Or you can simply reheat quality food from a previous day, which is what ours gets used for.

But what you're eating isn't just quality food is it! It's quality food with added Bad MicroWaves in it. They leach out in your gut and kill all the good stuff in food and give you cancer and bad breath and probably leprosy....

Is there a mutant strain of tapeworm which feeds on excess microwaves or is it too soon for that?

Is there a mutant strain of tapeworm which feeds on excess microwaves or is it too soon for that?

I can sell you a replacement power cable for your microwave that guards against mutant tapeworm, only £350 per metre!

I can sell you a replacement power cable for your microwave that guards against mutant tapeworm, only £350 per metre!

Did you read it in an article by Paul Vadour?

[i]I can sell you a replacement power cable for your microwave that guards against mutant tapeworm, only £350 per metre!

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Careful here, there are different power cables for clockwise and anti clockwise microwaves. Make sure you get the right one.

Slowoldman - No, his cables weren't polarised - my cables have been fitted with a dual polarised filter to prevent microwave feedback in both the X and Y axis,

essentially, if you don't fit them then the microwaves can leak back into the power circuit and turn your whole house into a low level microwave emitter, resulting in your house carrying a permanent magnetic field, which has been proven* to cause serious health issues like persistent headaches and serious cases of pink aura!

The cost of the cable is easily offset by my customers annual savings on ear candling and reiki massage alone!

Careful here, there are different power cables for clockwise and anti clockwise microwaves. Make sure you get the right one.

We've already thought of this - we offer both varieties at time of purchase, but cables can be returned to us and we can offer to reverse the polarity for only £69.99 if you ever change microwaves in the future!

when you actually intended on having jacket potato

Spike it! I did hear a loud bang last year when being absent minded and found my microwave had been redecorated...

I am never again boiling potatoes for mash, microwaving them is so much better - and quicker than baking them in the oven.

cases of pink aura!

Now [i]everybody's[/i] gonna want a pink aura 🙄

Microwave mashed potato sounds good- how long do you put them in for (and for what amount)?

LMGTFY
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Vegetables/MicroMashedPotatoes.htm
🙂

any downsides to this BTW? Presumably nuking your spuds is more energy efficient that boiling them?

Presumably nuking your spuds is more energy efficient that boiling them?

well i know an old wives [s]tail[/s] [b]tale[/b] about merchant sailors doing this in front of a radar scanner before they went ashore....

How could a microwave "turn the content to fat"?

Microwave mash:

Stab potatoes
Stick in microwave for 8-25 minutes depending on quantity/power
Slice in half and scoop out innards
Mash as usual
Keep the skins and next time you're using the proper oven put them in with suitable seasoning to make potato skin crisps

Pros: No peeling, more flavour, less watery, more energy efficient
Cons: The crisps are very more-ish and may make you fat

If you have your proper oven on for something else then do them in that - the longer baking time and crisp skin adds yet more flavour.