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How radiation affects vitamin and mineral structure​

Microwave radiation operates at frequencies that cause polar molecules, especially water, to rotate billions of times per second. This violent molecular agitation generates heat but also creates structural changes in delicate compounds like vitamins. B vitamins and vitamin C are particularly susceptible to microwave-induced degradation because their molecular structures can’t withstand the aggressive vibration.

Studies measuring nutrient content before and after microwaving consistently show significant losses, especially in vegetables. Broccoli loses up to ninety percent of its antioxidants when microwaved with water. Garlic loses its anti-cancer properties within sixty seconds in the microwave. These aren’t just minor reductions but near-complete elimination of the beneficial compounds people eat these foods to obtain.

Protein denaturation nobody talks about​

Proteins undergo structural changes in microwaves that differ from conventional heating. The uneven heating patterns in microwaves, where some spots get extremely hot while others remain cool, create protein denaturation that makes them harder to digest. Your body has to work harder to break down microwaved proteins, and some of the amino acids become less bioavailable.

Breast milk microwaved for infant feeding shows concerning changes. The proteins become partially denatured, and protective antibodies get destroyed. Hospitals specifically warn against microwaving breast milk for this reason, yet somehow we’re supposed to believe microwaving other foods is perfectly fine. If it’s damaging enough to warrant warnings for baby food, maybe we should reconsider using it for everything else.
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Legit? I did not know this.
 
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Just put your breast milk in the Instant Pot. That's where I cook food nowadays anyway. That and the airfryer.
 
I am aware of the data but continue to use a microwave.
I use it more or less to reheat my coffee and cinnamon bun with butter on it. Possibly one or two other things but not to much stuff. Kids use it to melt chocolate chips and marshmallows and make me rice crispy squares and some other creations.

Wife wont use it because she knows the data and dislikes it. She dislikes the microwave so much she had me remove it one time a while ago but then one day i was like fook this and put it back in the house and told her thats just the way its gonna be from now on. We had angry bed room sessions for a while where we took out our frustrations out on each other over me not bending to her will to remove the microwave back to the garage. I won in the end. Fun times.
 
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Some people eat their steaks blue which is almost raw. I am sure if you got a local cow that has not had 'all that shit' put in their food like hormones etc you could probably eat it raw and be ok. I dunno about pork or bear though. Wild game may ok to eat raw. Fish you can eat raw. I would not eat anything raw from the grocery store though. Cooking it obviously makes it taste better. My cat eats raw deer and loves the bones...
 
Oh sure, you can eat lots of stuff raw, steak tartar for instance, and if you knew for sure it was disease free you could eat pork and chicken raw, hell the only the way inuit used to get vitamin C in winter was eating raw meat (cooking destroys the vitamin C in meat). So there is nothing particularly wrong eating some raw meat, but we evolved to eat cooked meat, that's why we have comparatively small and weak jaws, so I wouldn't freak out about doing something every one of our ancestors did to no ill effect. As for cats and dogs eating raw, hell yeah, they love it and are built for it, all that corn and shit in prepared pet food, well that's a different matter.
 
@Hirudinea: I ordered steak tartare in a restaurant in Paris once. The waiter obviously thought I was a dumb North American looking for a char-grilled t-bone and said "mais Monsieur, c'est cru!" I told him yeah, I know. It wasn't too bad, surprisingly, although raw beef has to be heavily seasoned in order to make it more interesting. That said, I'm not sure what the point of it is -- maybe they invented it during one of their many revolutions when cooking oil was at a premium or something
 
we need a microwave poll. i never know if i should be surprised if people have one, or dont.

we got rid of the fancy popcorn maker when the eldest was 2....tried to make "hot chocolate" in the two seconds i wasnt paying attention and almost started a fire. good times. havent had one since. shit just gets reheated in the oven, air fryer or on the stove, depending on what it is.
 
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