Re: microwave cooking revisited

[Guest guest]

Vince, I think kinesiology is pure hokum. As for the microwave, I really

don't know.

LP

VGammill wrote:

> MICROWAVE COOKING is Killing You!

>

> By Relfe B.Sc. (Syd.)

>

> Microwave cooking is one of the most important causes of ill health.

> It is

> certainly one of the most ignored.

>

> There was a lawsuit in 1991 in Oklahoma. A woman named Norma Levitt

> had

> hip surgery, but was killed by a simple blood transfusion when a

> nurse

> " warmed the blood for the transfusion in a microwave oven! "

>

> Logic suggests that if heating is all there is to microwave cooking,

> then

> it doesn't matter how something is heated. Blood for transfusions is

> routinely warmed, but not in microwave ovens. Does it not therefore

> follow

> that microwaving cooking does something quite different?

>

> A little evidence of the harm caused by microwaving cooking was given

> by

> the University of Minnesota in a radio announcement:

>

> " Microwaves ... are not recommended for heating a baby's bottle. The

> bottle may seem cool to the touch, but the liquid inside may become

> extremely hot and could burn the baby's mouth and throat... Heating

> the

> bottle in a microwave can cause slight changes in the milk. In infant

> formulas, there may be a loss of some vitamins. In expressed breast

> milk,

> some protective properties may be destroyed.... Warming a bottle by

> holding

> it under tap water or by setting it in a bowl of warm water, then

> testing

> it on your wrist before feeding, may take a few minutes longer, but it

> is

> much safer " .

>

> There have been very few scientific studies done on the effect of

> eating

> food microwaved food. This is rather surprising when you think about

> the

> fact that microwaves have been with us for only a few decades - and

> that

> in that time the incidence of many diseases has continued to

> increase.

>

> Two researchers, Blanc and Hertel, confirmed that microwave cooking

> significantly changes food nutrients. Hertel previously worked as a

> food

> scientist for several years with one of the major Swiss food

> companies. He

> was fired from his job for questioning procedures in processing food

> because they denatured it. He got together with Blanc of the Swiss

> Federal

> Institute of Biochemistry and the University Institute for

> Biochemistry.

>

> They studied the effect that microwaved food had on eight

> individuals, by

> taking blood samples immediately after eating. They found that after

> eating microwaved food, haemoglobin levels decreased. " These results

> show

> anaemic tendencies. The situation became even more pronounced during

> the

> second month of the study " .

>

> Who knows what results they would have found if they had studied

> people

> who ate microwaved food for a year or more?

>

> The violent change that microwaving causes to the food molecules

> forms new

> life forms called radiolytic compounds. These are mutations that are

> unknown in the natural world. Ordinary cooking also causes the

> formation

> of some radiolytic compounds (which is no doubt one reason why it is

> better to eat plenty of raw food), but microwaving cooking causes a

> much

> greater number. This then causes deterioration in your blood and

> immune

> system.

>

> In addition, they found that the number of leucocytes increases after

>

> eating microwaved food - something which haematologists take very

> seriously, because this is often a sign of highly harmful effects,

> such

> as poisoning.

>

> Also, after eating microwaved food, cholesterol levels increased.

> Hertel

> said " Common scientific belief states that cholesterol values usually

>

> alter slowly over longer periods of time. In this study, the markers

> increased rapidly after the consumption of the microwaved vegetables. "

> He

> believes his study tends to confirm new scientific data that suggest

> cholesterol may rapidly increase in the blood secondary to acute

> stress.

> " Also, " he added, " blood cholesterol levels are less influenced by

> cholesterol content of food than by stress factors. Such

> stress-causing

> factors can apparently consist of foods which contain virtually no

> cholesterol - the microwaved vegetables. "

>

> The results were published in " Search for Health " in the Spring of

> 1992.

> How was this research greeted? A powerful trade organisation, the

> Swiss

> Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and

> Industry

> somehow made the President of the Court of Seftigen issue a `gag

> order'.

> Hertel and Blanc were told that if they published their findings they

>

> would face hefty fines or up to one year in prison. In response to

> this,

> Blanc recanted his findings. Hertel, on the other hand, went on a

> lecture

> tour and demanded a jury trial.

>

> FINALLY, in 1998 the Court `Gag Order' was removed. In a judgment

> delivered at Strasbourg on 25 August 1998 in the case of Hertel v.

> Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights held that there had

> been a

> violation of Hertel's rights in the 1993 decision. The Court decided

> that

> the `gag order' prohibiting him form declaring that microwaved food

> is

> dangerous to health was contrary to the right to freedom of

> expression.

> In addition, Switzerland was sentenced to pay compensation of

> F40,000.

>

> In Summary: Blanc and Hertel found that eating microwaved food:

>

> Increases cholesterol

> Increases white blood cell numbers

> Decreases red blood cell numbers

> Causes production of radiolytic compounds (compounds unknown in

> nature)

>

> Standing in front of a microwave is also highly damaging to your

> health.

> Perhaps you have already felt this intuitively? We know that cells

> explode

> in the microwave - just fry an egg in your microwave. We are made up

> of

> trillions of cells. So work out how many are getting damaged if you

> stand

> in front of your microwave for 5-10 minutes.

>

> In the past I had been told that it was important for people to stop

> eating microwaved food, but I did not pay too much attention to this

> because I had been microwave cooking for years. I never thought much

> about

> it but I suppose that I figured that if something was so bad for us,

> then

> there wouldn't be so many people using it. Little did I know.

>

> When I first began seeing clients for sessions of kinesiology, I did

> not

> worry too much about telling them to give up eating microwaved food.

> However, I kept a record of all of the corrections that were needed

> for

> each client when they came in. Now, once a correction is made, it is

> to be

> hoped that the correction will stay in place for a long time to come,

>

> hopefully months if not years. People often ask me " How long will it

> last? " May answer to them is " That depends on your lifestyle " .

>

> Most of my clients came back to see me after about two weeks. In the

> early

> days I found that many who came back were not much better. I found

> that

> they were again `out of balance'. That is, their electrical circuits

> were

> not working correctly (which is common for many people). It was

> therefore

> not surprising that they were not much better, because the body does

> not

> begin to fully fix itself until the electrical circuits are in

> balance.

>

> The question was, why did their electrical circuits go out of

> balance? The

> answer had to be something that was highly stressful, to effect the

> body

> in such a short space of time. Once that answer was remedied, the

> client

> would begin to get better. Using muscle testing, I went through the

> process of testing if the cause was electrical, chemical/nutritional,

>

> emotional or structural. Again and again the same answer would come

> up -

> electrical. When I then went through a range of possible electrical

> causes, the same answer again came up again and again - the person

> had

> eaten microwaved food! Incidentally, this answer never came up when a

>

> person had NOT eaten microwaved food.

>

> I began to tell all of my clients on the first visit that under NO

> circumstances were they ever to do microwaved cooking again. I gave

> this a

> higher priority than any of things that are normally considered as

> health

> risks, such as cigarettes or alcohol. Immediately I began to get a

> marked

> improvement in the results I was getting. Long term problems such as

> headaches, back aches and emotional instability went away within a

> few

> weeks.

>

> Other kinesiologists can confirm these results. Bridgman, who

> has

> years of experience as a kinesiologist, said " Of all the people I

> test

> for allergies, 99.9% so far show severe sensitivity to any microwaved

> food " .

>

> I experienced the effect of eating microwaved food for myself one

> time. I

> had been doing quite a lot of kinesiology and feeling on top of the

> world

> when for no apparent reason I began to feel rather `grey' and rather

> low.

> I realised that I needed a balance from a kinesiologist. Sure enough,

> I

> was out of balance. When the kinesiologist used muscle testing to see

> why

> my body had gone out of balance, the answer came up ... microwaved

> food!

> The trouble was, I couldn't remember eating any. Until I remembered a

>

> particular vegetarian restaurant I had been to. When I went back to

> the

> restaurant and asked them if they microwaved their food, they told me

> that

> they did.

>

> So be warned! Many restaurants use microwaved cooking, even `health'

> restaurants. Ask if the " steamed vegetables " are in fact steamed - or

> are

> they microwaved? I have sent meals back when they have not been what

> they

> were described on the menu, much to the surprise of the restaurant

> owners.

>

> Some of the above information on microwaved food was published in an

> Eight

> Volume Lawyers Cyclopedia which is used by lawyers who sue in medical

>

> cases. Who knows? One day there may be a class action lawsuit against

>

> microwaves.

>

> Irradiation of Food: (Note: Irradiation is not the same as

> microwaving,

> but they are similar in that both use unnatural frequencies to alter

>

> food).

>

> The Cornell University in 1977 irradiated some sugar and fed it to

> rats.

> The type of cell damage shown on post mortem was the same as if the

> rats

> themselves had been irradiated!

>

> Irradiation of Food: Public Citizen has released the English

> translation

> of a recent German study revealing that a chemical formed in

> irradiated

> food can damage DNA.

>

> The study confirms what safe-food advocates have known for more than

> thirty years: that exposing food to ionising radiation can lead to

> the

> formation of bizarre new chemicals called " unique radiolytic

> products "

> that can cause serious health problems.

>

> One such chemical, known as 2-DCB, caused " significant DNA damage " in

> the

> colons of rats that ate the substance. The chemical - which,

> ironically is

> a well-known " marker " for determining whether food has been

> irradiated " -

> has never been found naturally in any food on earth.

>

> The study was conducted in 1998 under the auspices of two prominent

> pro-irradiation organizations. IT was performed at one of the most

> prestigious food irradiation labs in the world: the Federal Research

> Centre for Nutrition in Karlsruhe, Germany.

>

> Public Citizen released an English translation of the study at a

> meeting

> on 13 February at the US Food and Drug Administration in Washington

> DC.

>

> So, it's up to you. One point to bear in mind is that our society

> runs

> pretty much on money. The multinational companies who make microwave

> ovens

> make a lot from the sale of them. There is no money in telling people

> to

> stop microwave cooking. There is, however, the satisfaction of

> knowing

> that you are saving people's lives and future happiness by spreading

> the

> word to stop eating microwaved food.

>

> You can heat food quickly in a convection oven. You can also easily

> heat

> up food by using a wok. If someone is coming home late, and you want

> to

> give them warm food when they arrive, put a saucepan lid over the

> food

> while it is on a plate. Put the plate of food on a simmering saucepan

> of

> water. It will stay warm without drying up. If you want to cook food,

> do

> it the old fashioned ways - it tastes much better that way!

>

> Much of this information is from an article in the 1994 edition of

> Acres

> Magazine, USA, by Tom Valentine. PO Box 8800, Metairie, Louisiana

> 70011,

> USA

>

> Tel: (504) 889 2100 Fax: (504) 889 2777

>

> INFORMATION ON IRRADIATED FOOD and LABELLING LAWS at: Public Citizen

> http://www.citizen.org

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