Microwaves are VERY BAD

Originally Posted by ChooseYourLifeNow

I heard the other day while perusing YouTube that microwaves are actually very bad for you!

Youtube huh? Great source

-causes cancer (mainly stomach and intestinal cancer)

Microwaves can, but they are all around us daily... the food cooked by one however does not.

-shuts down hormone production

Can you explain how a microwave oven does this?

-causes long-term brain damage

Yes the microwaves do that not the cooked food... in the case of a microwave oven for that to happen you would need to stick your head into the oven... This is a BAD IDEA even in a normal oven

-the microwave by-products stay in your body

There are no 'microwave by-products' Microwaves are radiation that excite molecules to move faster and give off heat...

-destroys the vitamins and nutrients in food

So does normal cooking. As most vitamins are water soluble cooking your veggies in a pot of water and pouring the water down the drain means you are pouring all the nutrients out as well. In that sense MORE are destroyed or lost by normal cooking. If you save the water like in a soup or stew its okay. Chinese wok cooking is the best as all the nutrients stay in the sauce

-creates free radicals when eaten

What the hell is a 'free radical' anyway... do you know? and what harm do they do (other than the political kind)