Is there any harm by using Microwave oven?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the potential health risks associated with using microwave ovens, particularly concerns about their effects on food structure and possible links to diseases such as cancer. Participants explore various viewpoints regarding the validity of these claims and the nature of cooking in general.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express concerns that microwave ovens may harm the human body by altering the internal structure of food, potentially leading to health issues like blood cancer.
  • Others argue that cooking in any form, including microwaving, modifies food structure for digestibility and that there is no epidemiological evidence linking microwave use to cancer.
  • A participant suggests that roasting meat may produce more harmful substances than microwaving, indicating that cooking methods vary in their health impacts.
  • One participant emphasizes the need for credible sources to support claims about microwave safety, criticizing anecdotal evidence and urging reliance on peer-reviewed research.
  • Another participant expresses skepticism towards claims made without scientific backing, highlighting the importance of credible information in discussions.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus; there are multiple competing views regarding the safety of microwave ovens and the validity of health claims associated with their use.

Contextual Notes

Some claims lack supporting evidence, and the discussion reflects a mix of anecdotal assertions and calls for scientific validation. The conversation also highlights the challenge of addressing public concerns that may not be grounded in empirical research.

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Dear friends;

People say that using of Microwave oven is harmful for human body as the high frequency raise of microwave oven destroy the internal structure of food. Some people say that the person who daily use the microwave oven, can be faced blood cancer. Please share your comments as now a days every where people use microwave oven.
 
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Roasting meat on a bq is much worse than using a microwave: it generates cancerogenous substances.
Heating up food in a microwave or in a stove or even in steam always modifies the structure of food.
It is precisely the whole purpose of cooking food: transforming the structure of raw food to make it more digestible.
Digestion also transform the structure of food. Cooking is not more than pre-digestion.

What people say is groundless.
There is no epidemiological facts against microwave.
Yet, you not convince those people by rational argument.
For your own research, I suggest you to search for such epidemiological data.
 
Eat more vegetables: this is at least a known epidemiogical fact.
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/13/9/1422.long
 
signode said:
People say

Please read this: https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=2703

Please give a suitable reference that backs up your claim from the OP.
 
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signode said:
Dear friends;

People say that using of Microwave oven is harmful for human body as the high frequency raise of microwave oven destroy the internal structure of food. Some people say that the person who daily use the microwave oven, can be faced blood cancer. Please share your comments as now a days every where people use microwave oven.

This is a good time to remind you and a lot of other people here that this forum has a higher standard than others in the type of material and topics that we discuss. We do not engage in a discussion at a supermarket tabloid level. We also do not engage in speculative, rumor-level discussion.

"People say" isn't a valid starting point to discuss anything on here. As micromass has requested, you must provide a valid source as the starting point of a discussion. This valid source should be credible, such as a peer-reviewed publication in our list of accepted journals, or a news report in a credible publication. Otherwise, your source is no different than someone trying to sell you the latest cure for male impotence.

Zz.
 
signode said:
Dear friends;

People say that using of Microwave oven is harmful for human body as the high frequency ? raise of microwave oven destroy the internal structure of food.


Emphasis mine. I would never ever trust such people.
 

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