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author: eevblogfan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 07:46:36 am
content: HeyI stumbled upon that video , I was like, though I still listened to the guy , there was several things I was aware of , though I was still ignoring ,Why do I ask that question on EE forum ? ... simply because 2.5GHz of electro-magnetic waves are more likely relate to since rather then D.r's ...please watch the video and kindly share with us your thought about that point ,please vote in the pole assuming you do have some thought about the mannerAdded link :Happy discussion

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 08:04:09 am
content: I think he is in that chair upside down and would talk more sense if turned over.

author: Spikee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 09:14:53 am
content: I have been told that a microwave makes the food less nutritious. And the reason is that it boils the good stuff or something.

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 09:16:51 am
content: If I didn't have a microwave I'd be starved to dead by now.

author: Andy Watson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:07:29 am
content: Couldn't be bothered. I managed to watch as far "instinctive medicine". Are we really being asked to ignore 30 years of evidence because the doc doesn't feel right about it?

author: tehmeme
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:09:41 am
content: Yeah, the question isn't phrased very well.The guy in the video is an idiot, he's mixed some well researched facts with some other nonsense, resulting in something that sounds somewhat pseudo scientific but is in fact nonsense.Microwaves will break down some of the nutrients in your food, BUT, so does frying, grilling, baking, boiling, steaming and any other type of cooking/preparation process. THIS IS WHAT COOKING IS! (scientific consensus)And it seems the level of breakdown does not correlate in a direct nor linear fashion.Some nutrients do better with boiling than steaming or frying, others do better with grilling etc. etc. (scientific consensus)The watering plant example he provided in the beginning of the video has been debunked a long time ago, but the debunking doesn't capture the public's (and media's) imagination as does the original fear mongering does.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:26:32 am
content: I voted "Other cause is the reason for the food being killed", because I'm atleasthumane enough to kill my foodbeforeI microwave it...

author: tehmeme
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:42:47 am
content: Quote from: Pippy on September 27, 2013, 10:38:33 amQuote from: c4757p on September 27, 2013, 11:26:32 am

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:44:08 am
content: I'd vote for either moving this thread to the snake oil section or locking the thread where it is.

author: madshaman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:51:59 am
content: I have a bad connection because I'm in East Africa at the moment, so the video stopped at 25 secs, after he mentions microwaves heating water. I think that's all I needed to hear (assuming he was going to start trying to say that adding kinetic energy to water via RF is somehow different than some other means to the water).Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the microwaves just heat up the water in the outer skin of the food and rest gets heated by conduction like in any other oven. Isn't the wavelength chosen specifically because it tends to heat H2O?Surely some chemical bonds in the nutrients are broken by the microwaves (maybe some are even formed), but only on the surface of the food. I don't think 2.5Ghz will penetrate that deeply through anything that's mostly water (or the water wouldn't heat efficiently).

author: eevblogfan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 11:58:53 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on September 27, 2013, 11:44:08 amI did got good answear :Quote from: tehmeme on September 27, 2013, 11:09:41 amand I am fairly satisfiedyou are the administrator , I got my answer ,you may decide to keep it in here for the next 48 Hrs for me ?thank you in advance

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2013, 12:02:01 pm
content: Quote from: tehmeme on September 27, 2013, 11:09:41 amPretty much this. Mystery solved.