Is microwave food is harmfuf to health ?
970807
what they're finding out is best to heat food in a glass container than plastic containers in the microwave.
358506
I truly believe that the mass amounts of processed foods and beverages we are giving children harms their development in many ways.  Watch "Super Size Me" and you will see the evidence of the harmful effects these foods have on everyone.  \nAlso, Don't be fooled by foods in the grocery store.  Many boxed, bagged and frozen items also contain some kind of chemicals to preserve their flavor or shelf life.
649586
The term 'Junk food' is applied too broadly, and that is the problem with its current useage.\n\nWe should eat less processed food and more food with good quality, fresh ingredients. Foods high in sugars and fats, flavourings and colourings, and that have little nutritional value should be avoided. But even those foods can be eaten as long as they are part of a balanced diet.
325711
Despite popular belief microwaves do not cook from the inside out like people think they do... They just have the tendency to cook all of the meat at once.  Which is fortuante if you are ever going to be cooked inside of one.  \n\nUnlike an oven you would not just burn to death over a long period of time and die painfuly. You would die much quicker.  The microwaves would go in to your head and heat you brain (as well as cause all sort of havock on your synapes) and kill you much quicker.  as for blowing up or sizzleing... the same as when you put chicken or steak in to a micro wave... you would just cook.  I supose that your blood might boil and you might burst (like how a hot dog will some times get a split in it).  \n\nBut here is a tip, take off your jewlery.  The microwaves will case a huge ammount of current to flow through rings and watches.  For a moment you will look like you control lightning, but it will be helping fry you on the inside.  \n\nBut i say leave in your ear rings... they might help you die even quicker.\n\noh, and cats are very simular to humans if some one wants to find experimental evidence... But you should probly shave it first
30979
Heat during cooking can destroy Vitamin C in food.
1092036
It is not certain that any risks to human health actually exist. Concerns exist because the antennas of these phones deliver much of their RF energy to very small volumes of the user's body \n\n----\nOn the other hand, if you use a cell phone without a head set while driving there is considerable danger of getting involved in an accident.
938432
No.  But if that microwave oven is all that old and worn out that the seal is actually broken, get rid of it.\nThen if you are worried about getting cancer, go on a vegetarian diet wherein you're getting a lot of fresh raw fruits and salad vegetables, a little raw nuts and seeds daily if you can chew them, and otherwise use a blender. And in summer if you feel that to look great you must lay out in the hot sun for hours and tan, better stop that as this can catch up with one and can bring on skin or other cancer.
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This is an important question - the health effects of microwaves.  Some comments: Lead is not necessary.  Lead stops ionizing radiation like x-rays, but for reflecting microwaves, any conductive metal will do; aluminum is the most commonly used for microwaves, and is a better conductor than lead.\n   Metal mesh will work, just like in a microwave oven, but the problem is, it will only be really effective if you build a sealed box.  If you only cover the windows, the microwaves will come through the walls, floors and ceiling.  Also, at the joints between sheets of metal mesh, you need to have a continuous eletrical connection.  Any seam which is unconnected over a few inches will allow power in.  A large seam may behave just as if the mesh is not there at all.  (This is why a cell phone will sometimes work in an elevator, and sometimes not)  \n    I would think that using aluminum adhesive tape running down the seams of the mesh on both sides would work. \n    Anything that only covers one wall or less may help, but it may not help at all, as microwaves bend around the edges of shields, and also are reflecting off all the other parts of your building.  Any non-sealed metal mesh structure will interact with the radiation field as a open metal resonator in a very complicated way, which is hard to predict and depends on the specifics of the metal geometry, the direction and frequency of the radiation, and all the collection of reflectors in your building (pipes, wiring, window screens, reinforcing bars in concrete).  However, if the metal mesh box is truly sealed and has no open seams whatsoever, you are 100% safe.  People build these out of mesh for low-noise testing chambers, but they are hard to build, especially around doors and inlets for electrical wires and plumbing.  It really is a huge undertaking for a non-professional, sorry.\n     One final comment: you can take some comfort in the fact that if what you see outside your window are dishes, they are highly directional antennas.  Typically, they direct nearly all of their power in a cone within 1 to 4 degrees angle of the satellite or receiver where they are aimed.  Typically, stray radiation (called sidelobes) are 30 dB lower, meaning that the power radiated in other directions is one thousand times lower.  \n      Cell phone towers, however, which do not look like dishes, but an array of typically three or more panels, are not directional, and spray alot of microwave power in all directions.\n     Is there a health risk?  I'm director of a microwave engineering firm, and I don't know the answer for sure.  Just not enough data.  In my own laboratory, however, I always take all precautions to make sure no one is ever exposed to any microwave radiation, just in case.  There are national standards which govern the equipment outside your window, which do specify a maximum 'collateral' radiation level, which is deemed to be safe, based on what data does exist.  I would tend to believe that it is extremely likely they are correct about these levels being safe (safe meaning less likely to hurt you than the air pollution you breathe, the chemicals in the products you use, etc.), but we cannot be 100% sure.\n    Personally, I would be fine with living in an apartment looking out on a bunch of dish antennas, but if it was directly adjacent to a cell phone tower or building with cell phone array on it, I would not want to expose my family to it, and would move out.
1111930
As long as your burning off the calories that you consume, then yeah, I guess so. But it's still not healthy. The fat and salt content in fast food is sooo bad for you that all of the exercising in the world wouldn't stop you from having health problems.
817482
Yes it is. Most foods are processed or have preservatives to make it last longer. But our lifestyle dictated that change. There is still healthy food out there, but no one has time to buy and cook fresh food everyday. There are just too many things going on. The best thing I did and what alot of people can do is stop eating fast food. That is the worst for you.
228106
None that I know of. Why would instant food cause cancer? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are generally very strict about the safety of our food. If you hear that cancer was caused by some type of food, it usually means that lab rats were fed an incredibly large amount of it for a couple of years and then they got cancer. For example, they may have been given the human equivalent of a case of soda a day for six years. Don't worry about your instant food. It's simply been processed in a way that makes it cook faster. Don't believe everything you hear on the street. Most people don't know what they're talking about.
8282
Microwaves are not ionizing radiation, but they will cause your flesh to cook if you are exposed to enough of it for long enough. They will cause burns.
492770
No , I think ? Microwaves would not have enough forces ???? Any way it would be insreresting to research   Go for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8081
The short answer is: Microwaves bombard the metal with radio waves (electrons). Where that energy builds up, it can build to the point the energy will arc to another spot. Works great with crumpled foil, or CD-ROM's you don't want to use anymore. Quoth Wikipedia: "... the pointed ends of the fork will act to concentrate the electric field formed at the tips. This has the effect of exceeding the dielectric breakdown gradient of air, about 3 megavolts per meter (3×106V/m), causing sparks to form. This effect is directly analogous to the effect of St. Elmo's fire."\n\nP.S. According to Mythbusters, you CANNOT damage your microwave by putting metal objects in it for short periods of time. You would have to microwave metal a LOT for it to overload the magnetron and cause damage (most magnetrons in consumer microwaves have overload protection anyway). Try microwaving a CD you don't need anymore upside-down in your microwave for 2-5 seconds, and watch the miracle of radio lithography (just don't do it to the point the plastic melts, or who knows what kind of toxic fumes you might release from the plastic).
244992
That's completely untrue! There is a microwave at almost anybody's house in Japan. It's very commonly used to heat food.\nThere are people who are concerned about the electromagnetic wave that a microwave releases while it's in use. I think it's same as a microwave in the states. (my mom tells me to stay away from the microwave while heating food! She's too conscious!!) This electromagnetic wave are in doubt that it could cause some damage in our brain. But it's not proved yet. And most people don't really care. \nSo everyone uses microwave for heating food in Japan! I'm sure of this.
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TruthOrFiction.com has not been able to find any research that supports the fear that food can become contaminated with dioxins either from plastic wrap or plastic in microwave ovens.\n\nThis website does exhaustive research to learn the truth. You can read about what and how they they came to that conclusion here:  http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/dioxins.htm
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Microwaves are highly targetable, that is their primary benefit. Microwaves were developed for use with radar, thus early microwaves were called radar ranges.\nThat being said, there will always be a little leakage, not enough to be dangerious, at least no more dangerious that the other megajoules of microwaves coursing through your body thoughout the day from radars, radar detectors, alarm systems communications arrays, etc.