No more microwave cooking.....

I was absolutely mortified to learn recently just exactly how bad microwaves are for us. I am vowing to never microwave food again. I know, I know you are thinking that this sounds extreme but once I explain to you what I learned perhaps you'll feel the same. The way that a microwave works is that it sends microwaves through your food when you power it on. These waves cause the liquid molecules in the food to shift back and forth. As these molecules are shifting they rub against each other causing friction. This friction is how the food is heated. Sounds pretty safe and simple right? Wrong!!!! In the process of these molecules shifting around the molecular make-up of your food is actually changed. Particularly in milk products and meat, the molecules are changed into carcinogens. I was mortified to learn this because I have been warming my daughters bottle of milk in the microwave nightly, basically just pumping cancer causing carcinogens into her.

I also read an article discussing the malpractice lawsuit of a blood transfusion patient who died after receiving blood that was warmed in a kitchen microwave. Now that should tell you something right there.... if the molecules in blood are changed so much from microwaves that it is fatal to your body then you can imagine what it is really doing to the molecules in your food.

So what are we to do if we don't use a microwave? I asked myself this same question. I've become so used to and spoiled by the ability to press a couple buttons and ta-da food is heated in seconds. Yes I'll admit it is very convenient, but at what cost? Since learning what the microwave is truly doing to our food I can't bring myself to put my families health at risk to save a few minutes.

 There are many alternatives to microwave cooking; toaster ovens, convection ovens, or stove top cooking either by heating food directly in a pot or using a double boiler method. Personally I prefer the toaster oven to the convection oven as the toaster oven uses less energy to operate thus being a more eco-friendly choice and I prefer the double boiler method over heating directly in the pot because it keeps me from burning the food. Also for all those mothers warming bottles...... a crock pot or pot of boiling water is a much safer alternative than the microwave. I hope that this was helpful and informative to all of my fellow greenbies.

Till next time........Loves, Happiness, and Good Health.