Will microwave cooking cut down the neutrition in food and water?
By Bethany. Filed in Vegetarian & Vegan |
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the story is making the rounds that if you microwave your water and then feed your plants (as a test or verification of damage), your plants will be dead in a couple of weeks. True or false?
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the story is making the rounds that if you microwave your water and then feed your plants (as a test or verification of damage), your plants will be dead in a couple of weeks. True or false?
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Tags: Neutrition, Plants
Thursday, August 20th 2009 at 4:40 pm
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I would have to say false. If microwaves emitted some form of radiation or anything else that effected the substance in way as to kill, would have been reported long ago.
Saturday, August 22nd 2009 at 3:31 pm
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that is false. see link below
Monday, August 24th 2009 at 9:24 pm
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I have heard that it does. Like you are not supposed to Microwave breast milk cause it breaks down the components. I think it may slightly with other foods too, but I am not 100% sure.
Plants do need minerals and such and I know if you feed your plants only R.O. water they will lack minerals and slowly die, but I never heard of anyone who wanted to microwave water to feed their plants. Maybe the hot water kills the roots. I have heard and also do, water my plants with left over black coffee, that helps bring them back to life, as long as it is not hot. Good luck in you indeavors.
Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 1:18 pm
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check dr mercola’s website i wont nuke anymore
Wednesday, August 26th 2009 at 6:16 pm
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true. the microwave emmits thousands of rays of radiation into the food thats being cooked. just 2 seconds in the microwave takes out 75% of the enzymes in the food.
how is it natural to cook food so fast? its not. its pure radiation, not heat.
Friday, August 28th 2009 at 12:07 pm
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YES IT DOES
the nutrients and vitamins are disappearing + it gives u diseases in the body with time.
Sunday, August 30th 2009 at 5:50 am
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That is false; the snopes link posted above should tell you everything you need to know about the “danger” of microwaves. Microwave ovens are completely safe and don’t compromise the nutrition of food.
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 at 5:08 am
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No it does not.
Fast cooking is not any more unnatural than any kind of cooking. Fast cooking actually preserves some of the nutrients because the loss of nutrients is dependent on both time and temperature. By cooking something for 3 minutes, you lose a lot less than by cooking it for 10 minutes.
Enzymes are always destroyed by heat. It doesn’t matter if it’s a microwave, oven or stovetop. If you want ‘live enzymes’, you can’t eat any cooked food, period.