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microwaving food

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Last Post Oct 26, 2009 11:36 AM by: Moderator_Jane

Moderator_Jane

Posts: 1,656

Re: microwaving food

Posted: Oct 26, 2009 11:36 AM

> Welcome to the Message Boards!
>
> I found this quote on the FDA site:
> "Microwave cooking does not reduce the nutritional
> value of foods any more than conventional cooking. In
> fact, foods cooked in a microwave oven may keep more
> of their vitamins and minerals, because microwave
> ovens can cook more quickly and without adding
> water."
>
> If you would like to read the whole article it is
> here:
> http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/Resource
> sforYouRadiationEmittingProducts/Consumers/ucm142616.h
> tm.
>
> This is one I hadn't heard before. When I tried to
> research the validity of the claim I couldn't find
> any of what I would call reliable sources that backed
> this claim so I feel pretty certain that it is
> another of the scary urban legends like the workman
> that stood too close to a malfunctioning microwave
> oven getting cooked.

Thanks for the link to the article, Eemma. It was pretty interesting. Now that I have more time to cook using range and oven, I'm finding that I use the microwave less, but still think many vegetables taste better when cooked using a microwave steamer basket rather than my stove top steamer.

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Eemma

Posts: 810

Re: microwaving food

Posted: Oct 26, 2009 9:04 AM

Welcome to the Message Boards!

I found this quote on the FDA site:
"Microwave cooking does not reduce the nutritional value of foods any more than conventional cooking. In fact, foods cooked in a microwave oven may keep more of their vitamins and minerals, because microwave ovens can cook more quickly and without adding water."

If you would like to read the whole article it is here:
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/ResourcesforYouRadiationEmittingProducts/Consumers/ucm142616.htm.

This is one I hadn't heard before. When I tried to research the validity of the claim I couldn't find any of what I would call reliable sources that backed this claim so I feel pretty certain that it is another of the scary urban legends like the workman that stood too close to a malfunctioning microwave oven getting cooked.

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