Microwave ovens? Bad news?

Microwave ovens actually kill the nutrients in food. Also if you use a plastic container when microwaving, the plastic ends up getting into the food. Might be a good idea to avoid them... Food is close to "nutrient less" after they have gone through the microwave.

Lol pooper scooper. I'm not just any kind of pooper scooper... I'm a pooper scooper trooper never too pooped to scoop poop!

I learned from reading multiple health blogs of doctors. Like Dr. Mercola, and a few other doctors too... I read and knew about this for years.

Also if you use Tupperware to microwave... It needs to be glass containers at least! The plastic leaches into the food.

I totally quit using a microwave, even if I want to heat water, it changes the molecules in it or something like that.

Agreed—microwaves change the molecules in the water/liquid within food, which is why it heats up from the inside out. And anything you put food in—plastic tupperware, plastic or wax wraps, cardboard containers, can also heat up and stuff can leach into the food. The same goes for food containers and water bottles in freezers.

I haven't had a microwave since college. I haven't really missed it that much. I lived in a shoebox in NYC for 10 yrs and you learn to live without because there is no room. I use my oven for everything—even a toaster. You'll get used to reheating food on the stove or in the oven after awhile.

-p

Yes—convection is just hot air blowing around… kind of like some of my posts!
;)

Your food will be much healthier—someone else mentioned above that food loses a lot of nutrients, which is very true.

-p

"I still think that if I am too tired to cook, heating something in the microwave is better then not eating at all." - opugirl

——oh my, yes… there are time when I wish I had one. whatever works, right?? ;)
love the idea of an egg coddler. when I can eat eggs again, I'll make a beeline for that.

-p

Hey guys

All serious articles about any nutrient loss in microwaving food is not evidence based. We need evidence based facts particularily in a Lyme forum like this because people visit here precisely because they seek and need well researched advice. I Googled umpteen articles including the Harvard University article below. The basic fact seems to be the more time it takes to cook the more there is nutrient loss, especially the nutrient loss in cooking by boiling if the water is not reused.

According to all easily Google-able science based articles, the microwave cooking method is hands down the winner in preserving nutrients simply because it takes less time. Just because other traditional cooking methods appear to be 'more natural' or seemingly more holistic doesn't mean they are?

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

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/microwaves-and-nutrition/

Otherwise the amount of well researched and practical advice in this Lyme forum is absolutely priceless.

Thanks

Kent

Oh goodness, goodness.

I think the jury's out, and you're right; not enough research has been done!

I think the folks who sell things try to stop research from being done!

That includes insurance companies who don't want to pay us when we have serious illnesses!

They stymie the research.

And then cell phones . . . .

I now only have one electrical device in my bedroom, and I flip off most of the fuses at night, and yet, I throw things in the microwave because I'm soooo tired.

Plus, even though I turn off the wifi, I noticed I can still get a signal, at least on my cell phone!

Go figure!

I'm going to do my best to avoid the microwave. I'm starting to think that at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, we started doing things to destroy ourselves and the planet, without thinking about the consequences.

Margaret

Hey Margaret

To prevent C.Diff. My LLD recommends Florastor (or equiv.)Saccharomyces Boulardi lyo  Mon/Wed/Fri 3 x daily and Metagenics UltraFlora Balance (or equivalent) 3x daily for the other four days of the week Sat/Tue/Thur/Sat/Sun. Naturally your situation might have other additional factors involved that might be affecting your situation but its the Saccharomyces Boulardi my LLD recommends specifically for C.Diff prevention.  I aplogize if this informaton is reduntant and obvious and might not even be useful in your situation. 

Kent