Microwave ovens emit two types of radiation: high frequency radio waves and 60 Hz magnetic fields. They affect the water molecules in food, which begin to vibrate, which produces heat. In this way, the food is heated or baked. Dr. Alin Popescu, specialist in sports medicine, claims that this type of heating damages the substances in food, reduces their nutritional value and obviously affects the health of those who consume those foods. “Heating the meat in the microwave causes a cancer-causing agent. Heated milk and cereals are harmful by hydrolysis of the proteins found in them, and the microwaves used to defrost frozen foods alter the catabolism of glucosides in the composition “, explains doctor Alin Popescu.
In fact, an experiment done by a young man from Cluj showed that food prepared in the microwave changes the pH of the blood and urine. The young man divided 12 people into three groups: some ate raw food, others traditionally cooked food, and the last in the microwave, we find on digi24.ro. After three days, their urine pH was tested. The conclusion: those in the last category had the lowest pH. Other authors claim that those who abuse the microwave oven are at risk of food allergies, and other studies have shown a decrease in hemoglobin in the blood of those who use microwave ovens, so a tendency to anemia.
- The most important effects:
Vitamins and minerals are lost. In each product tested, the amount of vitamin B, vitamin C and a lot of minerals decreased, we find out from the blog of doctor Alin Popescu.
Microwave fruits and vegetables no longer have the ability to regulate intestinal transit due to the degradation of vegetable fibers.
It is important to know that other methods of preparing fruits and vegetables (boiling, frying, less steaming) destroy vitamins and minerals.
The nutritional value of meat nucleoproteins is destroyed.
The only positive effect of using the microwave is to shorten the time of cooking, cooking or thawing food.
Good to remember
If you use a microwave, you should at least do it smart. It is forbidden to heat food in metal, aluminum or plastic containers because these materials emit dangerous chemicals that are transferred to the food. The only containers accepted are heat-resistant glass and ceramic.
It is good to stay away from the microwave when it is running, there is a microwave leak around it (the oven door is the most dangerous place).
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