"Jane MacRoss" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Oh dear I read absolutely nothing good about microwaves. > >I even burn my heat pack in mine & it's all I use it for!
I am an old electronics engineer. I have worked on high power microwave and communications equipment all my life. I used to stick my hand full of neon bulbs into the radiator feed to check the power output and look for birds nests in the waveguide. My hands are still attached and have not turned green. There is nothing truthful in the claims that microwaves can cause harmful changes to food. This is purely fear-mongering. It has no basis in fact. The only thing the microwaves can do is cause the water molecules to rotate and rub against each other. It is the same as rubbing your hands to warm them in the winter. Of course the heat will cause changes in the DNA. So does cooking on a stove. This does not matter. The things you do to food to digest it are far more severe than heating the water content in a microwave. The hydrochloric acid and pepsin in your stomach will start the breakdown process that removes the proteins and breaks them down so they can be digested and utilized in the body. Cooking in the microwave is much safer than pan frying or grilling over an open flame. There are no heterocyclic amines or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that form. See http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cooked-meats for more information. Of course, you knew that already, didn't you. Thanks, Mike Monett -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
