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Does the Microwave Kill Nutrients?

Posted on May 8th 2009 11:30AM by Maggie Vink

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

I may be dating myself here, but I remember when my parents bought their first microwave and my mother would warn me not to stand in front of it. Safety fears were just one of the rumors that swirled around about microwaves. It was also thought that food cooked in a microwave lost some of its nutrients. But those myths have long been debunked, right?

CafeMom has a post regarding Dr. Don Colbert's latest book "Eat This and Live!" In his book, Colbert suggests cooking frozen meals in the oven to retain nutrients and reduce the risk of cancer. Interesting. Especially considering plenty of studies have shown that food cooked in a microwave is not only safe, but nutrients remain relatively intact.

Do you have any lingering fears or concerns about your microwave?

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Tags: cafemom-mini-post, cancer, Dr.-Don-Colbert, Eat-This-and-Live, microwave, microwaves, nutrients

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u262f 5-09-2009 @ 11:46PM

Well... The problem with frozen meals is that they often have meat, and they come in a plastic container, and there ARE potential problems with microwaving some plastics, especially if it's being microwaved with fatty meats, and especially when using the cheap, disposable plastics.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update0706a.shtml

Of course, with the amount of sodium in most frozen dinners, it'd be a race whether the sodium or trace plastic will get you first anyways. I'd recommend not getting frozen meals at all. I feel pretty safe about microwaving frozen vegetables in a ceramic bowl, however. Just don't use too much water or nuke it for too long.