Comments on: Dangers of Microwave Cooking http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/ Personal Development for Smart People Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Elahu http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5469 Elahu Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:14:54 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5469 Fluoride is very dangerous to your health. For a wealth of well-documented in depth analysis, please visit www.fluoridealert.org. Tom's of Maine makes several non-fluoridated toothpastes which I have been using for several years. Fluoride is very dangerous to your health. For a wealth of well-documented in depth analysis, please visit http://www.fluoridealert.org. Tom’s of Maine makes several non-fluoridated toothpastes which I have been using for several years.

]]> By: Jesse Edmunds http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5458 Jesse Edmunds Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:26:52 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5458 Steve, I know you're getting a lot of flak for this post, but don't let that deter you. Sometimes to be right, you have to go against the current status quo. Keep it up. Steve, I know you’re getting a lot of flak for this post, but don’t let that deter you. Sometimes to be right, you have to go against the current status quo. Keep it up.

]]> By: Aaron F Stanton http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5394 Aaron F Stanton Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:55:43 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5394 Accepted. Temperature and temperature gradient both make a difference. Accepted. Temperature and temperature gradient both make a difference.

]]> By: Tim http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5347 Tim Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:21:16 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5347 Aaron: Uh...I said it does not burn like an oven will. As in, the cooking characteristics are different than an oven. Place the same item on the stove and you will get a different result. Put it on the grill and you will get yet another result. Boil the item, another result. Fry the item, another result, etc. Aaron: Uh…I said it does not burn like an oven will. As in, the cooking characteristics are different than an oven. Place the same item on the stove and you will get a different result. Put it on the grill and you will get yet another result. Boil the item, another result. Fry the item, another result, etc.

]]> By: Axiom http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5309 Axiom Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:07:25 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5309 Some discussion of Mercola is available here: http://www.randi.org/jr/081304permit.html#11 and here: http://www.randi.org/jr/052303.html including some discussion (and deserved mockery) of his claims that prayer affects water. Sometimes science and math actually tell us things that are TRUE. There is no need to be scared: http://racross.blogspot.com/2005/06/science-requires-math-blind-belief-is.html Some discussion of Mercola is available here: http://www.randi.org/jr/081304permit.html#11 and here: http://www.randi.org/jr/052303.html including some discussion (and deserved mockery) of his claims that prayer affects water.

Sometimes science and math actually tell us things that are TRUE. There is no need to be scared: http://racross.blogspot.com/2005/06/science-requires-math-blind-belief-is.html

]]> By: Axiom http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5308 Axiom Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:58:29 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5308 Those looking for fluoride / fluoridated water-related information might want to start here: http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_15.htm#5 Those looking for fluoride / fluoridated water-related information might want to start here: http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_15.htm#5

]]> By: Aaron F Stanton http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5307 Aaron F Stanton Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:39:44 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5307 Uh...it's most certainly possible to burn food in a microwave. My wife was being sarcastic with an ex when he asked how long to cook a hot dog in the microwave, but he thought she was serious. He got a piece of charcoal you could write with. I personally destroyed a microwave over by warming a hand towel in it for ten minutes when I was a kid. You can burn anything if you keep adding heat to it. Uh…it’s most certainly possible to burn food in a microwave. My wife was being sarcastic with an ex when he asked how long to cook a hot dog in the microwave, but he thought she was serious. He got a piece of charcoal you could write with.

I personally destroyed a microwave over by warming a hand towel in it for ten minutes when I was a kid.

You can burn anything if you keep adding heat to it.

]]> By: JohnM http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5305 JohnM Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:49:23 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5305 Steve, I'm an avid reader of your blog and I admire your writing, but I have to say I'm disappointed that you posted this. Do you base many of your decisions on what to eat and how to live on mumbo-jumbo "research" articles like this? I strongly suggest you stick more to proven, peer-reviewed scientific research than just jumping on the band-waggon of the latest conspiracy-theory nut with a web site. Steve,

I’m an avid reader of your blog and I admire your writing, but I have to say I’m disappointed that you posted this. Do you base many of your decisions on what to eat and how to live on mumbo-jumbo “research” articles like this? I strongly suggest you stick more to proven, peer-reviewed scientific research than just jumping on the band-waggon of the latest conspiracy-theory nut with a web site.

]]> By: Petr http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5304 Petr Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:48:38 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5304 Will you apply your vegan and no-fluoride habits to your children (and believe these habits are good not only for adults but also for children) or will you wait until they grow and then let them choose what they want? I know, you can reply the same way "will you apply your non-vegan and fluoride habits ...", but it's all about what to choose: what you think is the best, what scientists think is the best or what most of other people do...I have no problem choosing for myself with all of the possible consequences but it's hard to choose for somebody who can't resist (yet :) and may suffer from my decision... Will you apply your vegan and no-fluoride habits to your children (and believe these habits are good not only for adults but also for children) or will you wait until they grow and then let them choose what they want? I know, you can reply the same way “will you apply your non-vegan and fluoride habits …”, but it’s all about what to choose: what you think is the best, what scientists think is the best or what most of other people do…I have no problem choosing for myself with all of the possible consequences but it’s hard to choose for somebody who can’t resist (yet :) and may suffer from my decision…

]]> By: Tim http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5266 Tim Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:02:43 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5266 Mike W., that's called a "slippery slope" you're standing on. Taste doesn't have much to do with nutritional value, as taste is subjective. Quite a few people would say fast food tastes great, but we all know the nutritional value of it. Certain microwaved food tastes good to me. Popcorn is quite good today. I think the reason people say microwaved food tastes bad is because there isn't too much food designed for the microwave in mind. You're probably just reheating leftovers which usually taste bad to begin with. A lot of food can be baked in a toaster oven or conventional oven, but I suspect "microwave" is added just to sell more product to those who are lazy. A good deal of taste comes from the texture as well. A microwave does not burn or crisp food the way an oven will. And the microwave does not heat evenly, so your food will have hot/cool spots. That is the biggest problem with microwaving that I see... the uneven heating. Everything else, IMO, is bunk science. As a cooking tool, a microwave is quite valuable. Mike W., that’s called a “slippery slope” you’re standing on. Taste doesn’t have much to do with nutritional value, as taste is subjective. Quite a few people would say fast food tastes great, but we all know the nutritional value of it.

Certain microwaved food tastes good to me. Popcorn is quite good today. I think the reason people say microwaved food tastes bad is because there isn’t too much food designed for the microwave in mind. You’re probably just reheating leftovers which usually taste bad to begin with.

A lot of food can be baked in a toaster oven or conventional oven, but I suspect “microwave” is added just to sell more product to those who are lazy.

A good deal of taste comes from the texture as well. A microwave does not burn or crisp food the way an oven will. And the microwave does not heat evenly, so your food will have hot/cool spots. That is the biggest problem with microwaving that I see… the uneven heating. Everything else, IMO, is bunk science.

As a cooking tool, a microwave is quite valuable.

]]> By: Scott http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5265 Scott Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:30:39 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5265 Mike W - I think the point of the message is that such subjective accounts are fine for personal beliefs but to begin telling people to stop using microwaves based on such loose anecdotal evidence should be avoided. Mike W - I think the point of the message is that such subjective accounts are fine for personal beliefs but to begin telling people to stop using microwaves based on such loose anecdotal evidence should be avoided.

]]> By: Mike W. http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5264 Mike W. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:06:07 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5264 The fact that microwaved food tastes worse than food prepared in conventional oven speaks volumes. Just as fresh vegetables taste better than not-so-fresh vegetables and fresh vegetables are better for you, it would make sense that since microwaved food tastes worse, it has less nutritional value than food prepared in the conventional way. So, even if eating microwaved foods does not give you cancer, there is still reason to believe that one would be better off not eating microwaved foods. Isn't that reason enough to stop using a microwave? The fact that microwaved food tastes worse than food prepared in conventional oven speaks volumes. Just as fresh vegetables taste better than not-so-fresh vegetables and fresh vegetables are better for you, it would make sense that since microwaved food tastes worse, it has less nutritional value than food prepared in the conventional way.

So, even if eating microwaved foods does not give you cancer, there is still reason to believe that one would be better off not eating microwaved foods. Isn’t that reason enough to stop using a microwave?

]]> By: Scott http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5262 Scott Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:25:24 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5262 Any publicity is good publicity. You should post more articles like this, may improve traffic? :D Any publicity is good publicity. You should post more articles like this, may improve traffic? :D

]]> By: Aaron F Stanton http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5261 Aaron F Stanton Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:09:27 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5261 Wondering if this post was an attempt to see what sorts of responses you'd get Steve. Wondering if this post was an attempt to see what sorts of responses you’d get Steve.

]]> By: Steve Pavlina http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/07/dangers-of-microwave-cooking/#comment-5232 Steve Pavlina Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:04:19 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=207#comment-5232 I can see I'll need to make a post about fluoride next. :) I can see I’ll need to make a post about fluoride next. :)

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