Do Microwaves Actually Lower Your Nutrients in Food?

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so I wanted to do this quick video on a question that someone had about using the microwave oven okay now the type of radiation that you’re getting with microwaves is non ionizing radiation it’s still radiation but it’s of course not as dangerous as getting a cat scan or x-rays but it’s still giving you radiation which can create some problems now there are some long-term studies that do show that using the microwave may give you a cancer-causing effect in laboratory animals especially rats so if you are going to feed your pet rats definitely do not use the microwave and they can’t produce cataracts and one of the big questions that people want to know is that if I use my microwave is that going to lower my nutrients compared to other types of cooking and the answer is absolutely yes it can reduce your nutrients from 5 to 40% or more depending on how long you cook the food in the microwave I mean just by using the microwave for 60 seconds you can inactivate key phytonutrients from 96 to 100 percent versus steaming which is only 11% using the microwave can also increase the glucose and insulin response it can increase more free radicals it can also oxidize cholesterol which is another big problem and on top of that if you’re cooking food in a plastic container you could potentially release up to 44 different chemicals including benzene so my recommendation is this if you’re going to use the microwave don’t use it on a regular basis but then secondly try to use it for the minimum amount of time so if you have something you’re gonna cook that takes a long period of time let’s say three or four or five or six minutes use your stove and lastly and most importantly I would not cook in plastic I would use either glass or some type of material that you’re not going to leach out chemicals alright thanks for watching so if you enjoyed this content I have a favor to ask you if you wouldn’t mind writing an unbiased review I put a link down below for more information on how to do that and thank you in advance