Re: Re: microwave?

January 28, 2005

crestlinelady wrote:

>

> As soon as food is picked from the plant it begins losing nutrients.

> It loses even more nutrients when it is then cooked, be it stovetop,

> oven or microwave.

True.

It's one reason I like microwave cooking. It loses nutrients for a small

time, and retains more of them.

> The problem with microwaves is that it cooks by rapidly switching

> positive and negative particles.

That is the beauty of microwave cooking - not the " problem " with it.

Alternating current (or AC for short) is what your electric company

sends down your electric line to your house. It's what runs your hair

drier and your regular oven too.

(see:

> http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/howcook.html)

It is actually a good explanation of how electric energy is converted to

heat energy in order to heat (=cook) food. You have characterized it a

" problem " without suggesting why you do so.

It makes good sense.

> Some people are

> allergic to food cooked this way. Some aren't.

No that is not true and not possible.

Allergies are immune system responses to foreign protein, involving

development of antibodies (too many of them in the case of an allergy)

in the bone marrow which respond in lieu of the Thymus cellular

defence tat is more appropriate.

I wrote a post quite recently on how an allergy works.

There is no way that heating food (by any method) has anything to do

with allergies. The proteins in the food are the only thing that can

trigger an allergy - and that has nothing to do with how it is cooked.

What can make a difference is WHETHER the food is cooked or not. Many

proteins are broken down during cooking into amino acids that may not

trigger an allergy where the complete protein does trigger an allergy.

In such a case, if you *undercook* the food of the offending type which

is allergic-making when uncooked - but safe when cooked - then you can

expect an allergic reaction from undercooked food - regardless of what

method of cooking was used.

I have a situation something like that as regards banana for example. If

I eat even a few molecules of raw banana I will get a life threatening

allergic reaction. But if I taste cooked banana as in a banana muffin

for example - the reaction is a lot less and I get a good twenty minutes

to get hold of the antidote stuff compared to seconds with a raw banana.

That effect - of protein breakdown when cooked - by any method - is the

*only* way someone can be allergic to food cooked " differently " - it's a

matter of being cooked less - by whatever method.

Of course someone may have a psychological hang up about something and

induce real symptoms in themselves due to that belief - my brother's

like that. I only have to tell him a cat was in the room (if it was not)

and he will get asthma and runny eyes right away.

But that is a psychological problem, not a microwave/cat problem.

So it's not physcially possible to have an allergy to microwave food.

Namaste,

Irene

PS (My knowledge on allergy is real. I have an MSc in immunopharmacology

and did medical research in allergy for many years, and I currently

specialize in immune compromise diseases in my work.)

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

January 28, 2005

It could maybe possibly depend on the reaction. In 1991 a clinical study

was done; Hans Hertel discovered significant changes in blood samples after

eating microwaved food, including an increase of leukocytes (often signs of

pathogenic effets, such as poisoning and cell damage.

http://curezone.com/foods/microwave_oven_risk.html

Re: microwave?

>

> Thank you, Irene. I wonder, then, what causes those rare folks wierd

> responce to microwaved foods. Perhaps it IS nothing more than a

> psychological reponse.

>

> Kathy R.

>

January 29, 2005

I'm going to try to do this without " attacks " , okay? The attitude (no

matter where it is fom) of attaking someone who doesn't fall into line with

what a person believes as " full of nonsense " and " Such nonsense - waste of

time. Written by the ignorant for the gullible and unaware " is less than

helpful.

After a very broad hint that I'm gullible and unaware, please drop the

personal attacks.

For those you are *interested* in learning about *both* sides, here are some

tidbits:

- Pediatrician A. Kerner, Jr. and his co-workers at Stanford University

reported that breast milk that was microwaved lost lysozyme activity,

antibodies, and fostered the growth of more potentially pathogenic bacteria.

- Microwave cooking creates unique molecules, never before found in nature,

called 'radiolytic byproducts' that are likely to cause health problems if

continuously consumed, especially over decades of time. They are likely to

be harmful to growing children.

{'On Call,' Dr. , MD, Let's Live magazine, Mar. 1994}

A group of microwave repair professionals found that over 56% of microwave

ovens over 2 years old leak microwaves.

There is not a lot of information out there, but then, the government is

still telling that aspertame is safe and stevia cannot be used as a

sweetener.

Personally, I can't prove that microwaves are bad, all I can do is provide

links to information and let those with open minds figure it out for

themselves, whatever choice they make. Personally, I got rid of my

microwave - and I'm not cooking on the stove that much more, just eating way

more raw food.

> As a homeopath - I have better things to do with my time than read and

> debunk any more of that nonsense.

> As a homeopath - I have better things to do with my time than read and

> debunk any more of that nonsense.