5 Health problems that lurk caused by the use of microwave

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Currently, for the sake of practicality and efficient time there are some people who take food from the refrigerator and then cook it in the microwave. In time three minutes, the food is ready to be eaten.

But, did you know that cooking food using microwave actually is not good for health? The following five health problems that lurk due to the use of microwave for cooking, among others:

1. Food nutrition is lost

Heating food in the microwave can remove the original nutrients these foods. What was originally called a plate of nutritious food has been turned into a 'dead food' because of microwave dielectric heating. "They'll bounce around your microwave and will be absorbed by the food you put into it," wrote Dr. Joseph M. Mercola, a licensed physician at once the surgeons.

Water molecules are rapidly rotating accompanied with high frequency on the microwave produces molecular friction that can heat the food. This causes the molecular structure in the food changed so that the nutritional content in food are also reduced.

2. Destroys vitamin B-12 and the nutrient content in the breast milk

Benefits of vitamin B-12 will soon disappear after being heated in the microwave. In a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the researchers decided to investigate the effect of microwave heating on the loss of vitamin B-12 in the raw foods such as beef, pig, and milk. Research results show there was a 30 to 40 percent of the vitamin is lost due to microwave exposure. Shift vitamin B-12 into not active form found in foods during the process of heating in the microwave.

Bacteria-fighting substances in breast milk were also destroyed when heated in the microwave. The findings that is published in the journal Pediatrics examine general practice the use of microwave to heat frozen breast milk. Researchers tested 22 samples of frozen breast milk to test the activity of lysozyme and antibodies by heating the sample during 30 seconds with two temperature settings, ie: low and high temperatures.

Breast milk is heated at high temperatures has a bigger growth of E Coli that is 18 times higher than breast milk is not heated. Breast milk is heated at a lower temperature is also experiencing decreased lysozyme activity and increase the growth of dangerous bacteria for the baby.

3. Cause carcinogens in food

When you heat the food wrapped with plastic in the microwave, you can make a carcinogen or cancer-causing substances in the food. Based on research in Russia and study in Germany, the Russian government issued a warning about the dangers of microwaves on human health and the environment.

According foodbabe.com, wrapping foods contain toxic chemicals such as BPA, terpthalate polyethylene (PET), benzene, toluene, and xylene. Plastic containers that is used to heat food releases carcinogens together with other dangerous toxins into your food which is then absorbed by the body.

4. Changing the composition of the blood

In a clinical study in Switzerland, researchers found changes in the blood of individual who consume milk and vegetables are heated in the microwave. Eight participants consuming foods cooked in different ways, one of which is heated using a microwave. Research results show the amount of red blood cells decreased while the amount of white blood cells increase along with cholesterol levels. Non-ionizing microwave radiation can affect changes in the blood and your heart rate.

5. Changing heart rate

Microwave can give direct effect on the body because the 2.4 GHz microwave radiation that is produce it. A study conducted by Dr. Magda Havas of Trent University found that the level of radiation that is emitted microwave affect heart rate and heart rate variability. If you are experiencing irregular heartbeat or chest pain because too often consume food from the microwave, you should stop the use of microwave.