I don't know, Jones. Some people use lots of manure on strawberries.
Others prefer cream and sugar. :-) Fred > [Original Message] > From: Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/4/2006 9:37:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: Removal of chi ? Microwaves and Health > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Goldes" > > > > The late John Ott, whose one time hobby of photographing flowers > > opening for Disney movies became the beginnings of the field of > > photobiology, speculated in one of the three books he authored > > that microwaving food was probably harmful. > > > An interesting point is this: in terms of the inherent energy of > the radiation source, thermal boiling is supplying orders of > magnitude higher energy photons (and phonons): terahertz as > opposed to gigahertz. > > So - whatever effect is happening to change either the water > structure, or to remove "something" [which is not removed by > boiling alone] - it is not related to the energy of the photon > radiation itself. > > Of course, the hydroxyl radical is resonant in frequencies around > 1665 GHz, and this would be an expected harmonic of an oven - in > that the microtron frequency is 2.45 GHz. That would serve to > change water structure perhaps - from a more-ordered to a less > ordered arrangement - but is that enough to explain what is > happening? > > Jones > > If Steven Johnson has grandkids, we may be seeing a return of the > Hobbits ... > > For those who are ignorant of that particular sub-species, Frodo > sez: Hobbits are between two to four feet (0.6-1.2 m) tall, the > average height being three feet six inches (1 m). They tend > towards stoutness and have slightly pointed ears. Their feet are > furry with leathery soles, so most Hobbits never wear shoes. They > are fond of an unadventurous bucolic life of farming, eating, and > socializing. Hobbits can sometimes live for up to 130 years (with > 100 years average). Pure science at its best, folks. >
