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MICROWAVE COOKING IS KILLING YOU!
By Stephanie Relfe B.Sc. (Sydney)
[Some material from this article has been redacted for the sake of
brevity. The complete article may be viewed here:
http://www.relfe.com/microwave.html]
Microwave cooking is one of the most
important causes of ill health. It is
certainly one of the most ignored.
There was a lawsuit in 1991 in Oklahoma. A woman named Norma Levitt
had
hip surgery, but was killed by a simple blood transfusion when a nurse
"warmed the blood for the transfusion in a microwave oven!"
Logic suggests that if heating is all there is to microwave cooking,
then
it doesn't matter how something is heated. Blood for transfusions is
routinely warmed, but not in microwave ovens. Does it not therefore
follow
that microwaving cooking does something quite different?
A little evidence of the harm caused by microwaving cooking was given
by
the University of Minnesota in a radio announcement:
"Microwaves ... are not recommended
for heating a baby's bottle. The
bottle may seem cool to the touch, but the liquid inside may become
extremely hot and could burn the baby's mouth and throat... Heating
the
bottle in a microwave can cause slight changes in the milk. In infant
formulas, there may be a loss of some vitamins. In expressed breast
milk,
some protective properties may be destroyed....
Warming a bottle by
holding it under tap water or by setting it in a bowl of warm water,
then
testing it on your wrist before feeding, may take a few minutes
longer,
but it is much safer".
There have been very few scientific studies done on the effect of
eating
food microwaved food. This is rather surprising when you think about
the
fact that microwaves have been with us for only a few decades - and
that
in that time the incidence of many diseases has continued to increase.
Two researchers, Blanc and Hertel, confirmed that microwave cooking
significantly changes food nutrients. Hertel previously worked as a
food
scientist for several years with one of the major Swiss food
companies. He
was fired from his job for questioning procedures in processing food
because they denatured it. He got together with Blanc of the Swiss
Federal
Institute of Biochemistry and the University Institute for
Biochemistry.
They studied the effect that microwaved food had on eight individuals,
by
taking blood samples immediately after eating. They found that after
eating microwaved food, haemoglobin levels decreased. "These results
show
anaemic tendencies. The situation became even more pronounced during
the
second month of the study".
Who knows what results they would have found if they had studied
people
who ate microwaved food for a year or more?
The violent change that microwaving causes to the food molecules forms
new
life forms called radiolytic compounds. These are mutations that are
unknown in the natural world. Ordinary cooking also causes the
formation
of some radiolytic compounds (which is no doubt one reason why it is
better to eat plenty of raw food), but microwaving cooking causes a
much
greater number. This then causes deterioration in your blood and
immune
system.
In addition, they found that the number of leucocytes increases after
eating microwaved food - something which haematologists take very
seriously, because this is often a sign of highly harmful effects,
such as
poisoning.
Also, after eating microwaved food, cholesterol levels increased.
Hertel
said "Common scientific belief states that cholesterol values usually
alter slowly over longer periods of time. In this study, the markers
increased rapidly after the consumption of the microwaved vegetables."
He
believes his study tends to confirm new scientific data that suggest
cholesterol may rapidly increase in the blood secondary to acute
stress.
"Also," he added, "blood cholesterol levels are less influenced by
cholesterol content of food than by stress factors. Such
stress-causing
factors can apparently consist of foods which contain virtually no
cholesterol - the microwaved vegetables."
The results were published in "Search for Health" in the Spring of
1992.
How was this research greeted? A powerful trade organisation, the
Swiss
Association of Dealers for Electroapparatuses for Households and
Industry
somehow made the President of the Court of Seftigen issue a `gag
order'.
Hertel and Blanc were told that if they published their findings they
would face hefty fines or up to one year in prison. In response to
this,
Blanc recanted his findings. Hertel, on the other hand, went on a
lecture
tour and demanded a jury trial.
FINALLY, in 1998 the Court `Gag Order' was removed. In a judgment
delivered at Strasbourg on 25 August 1998 in the case of Hertel v.
Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights held that there had
been a
violation of Hertel's rights in the 1993 decision. The Court decided
that
the `gag order' prohibiting him form declaring that microwaved food is
dangerous to health was contrary to the right to freedom of
expression.
In addition, Switzerland was sentenced to pay compensation of F40,000.
In Summary: Blanc and Hertel found that eating microwaved food:
• Increases cholesterol
• Increases white blood cell numbers
• Decreases red blood cell numbers
• Causes production of radiolytic compounds (compounds unknown in
nature)
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RUSSIANS BAN MICROWAVE OVENS
After the World War II, the Russians also experimented with microwave
ovens. From 1957 up to recently, their research has been carried out
mainly at the Institute of Radio Technology at Klinsk, Byelorussia.
According to US researcher William Kopp, who gathered much of the
results
of Russian and German research - and was apparently prosecuted for
doing
so (J. Nat. Sci, 1998; 1:42-3) - the following effects were observed
by
Russian forensic teams:
1. Heating prepared meats in a microwave
sufficiently for human consumption created:
* d-Nitrosodiethanolamine (a well-known cancer-causing agent)
* Destabilization of active protein biomolecular compounds
* Creation of a binding effect to radioactivity in the atmosphere
* Creation of cancer-causing agents within protein-hydrosylate
compounds
in milk and cereal grains;
2. Microwave emissions also caused alteration in
the catabolic (breakdown)
behavior of glucoside - and galactoside - elements within frozen
fruits
when thawed in this way;
3. Microwaves altered catabolic behavior of plant-alkaloids when raw,
cooked or frozen vegetables were exposed for even very short periods;
4. Cancer-causing free radicals were formed within certain
trace-mineral
molecular formations in plant substances, especially in raw root
vegetables;
5. Ingestion of microwaved foods caused a higher percentage of
cancerous
cells in blood;
6. Due to chemical alterations within food substances, malfunctions
occurred in the lymphatic system, causing degeneration of the immune
systems capacity to protect itself against cancerous growth;
7. The unstable catabolism of microwaved foods altered their elemental
food substances, leading to disorders in the digestive system;
8. Those ingesting micro-waved foods showed a
statistically higher
incidence of stomach and intestinal cancers, plus a general
degeneration
of peripheral cellular tissues with a gradual breakdown of digestive
and
excretory system function;
9. Microwave exposure caused significant decreases in the nutritional
value of all foods studied, particularly:
* A decrease in the bioavailability of B-complex vitamins, vitamin C,
vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotrophics
* Destruction of the nutritional value of nucleoproteins in meats
* Lowering of the metabolic activity of alkaloids, glucosides,
galactosides and nitrilosides (all basic plant substances in fruits
and
vegetables)
* Marked acceleration of structural disintegration in all foods.
As a result microwave ovens were banned
in Russia in 1976; the ban was
lifted after Perestroika.
Standing in front of a microwave is also highly damaging to your
health.
Perhaps you have already felt this intuitively? We know that cells
explode
in the microwave - just fry an egg in your microwave. We are made up
of
trillions of cells. So work out how many are getting damaged if you
stand
in front of your microwave for 5-10 minutes.
In the past I had been told that it was important for people to stop
eating microwaved food, but I did not pay too much attention to this
because I had been microwave cooking for years. I never thought much
about
it but I suppose that I figured that if something was so bad for us,
then
there wouldn't be so many people using it. Little did I know.
When I first began seeing clients for sessions of kinesiology, I did
not
worry too much about telling them to give up eating microwaved food.
However, I kept a record of all of the corrections that were needed
for
each client when they came in. Now, once a correction is made, it is
to be
hoped that the correction will stay in place for a long time to come,
hopefully months if not years. People often ask me "How long will it
last?" May answer to them is "That depends on your lifestyle".
Most of my clients came back to see me after about two weeks. In the
early
days I found that many who came back were not much better. I found
that
they were again `out of balance'. That is, their electrical circuits
were
not working correctly (which is common for many people). It was
therefore
not surprising that they were not much better, because the body does
not
begin to fully fix itself until the electrical circuits are in
balance.
The question was, why did their electrical circuits go out of balance?
The
answer had to be something that was highly stressful, to effect the
body
in such a short space of time. Once that answer was remedied, the
client
would begin to get better. Using muscle testing, I went through the
process of testing if the cause was electrical, chemical/nutritional,
emotional or structural. Again and again the same answer would come up
-
electrical. When I then went through a range of possible electrical
causes, the same answer again came up again and again - the person had
eaten microwaved food! Incidentally, this answer never came up when a
person had NOT eaten microwaved food.
I began to tell all of my clients on the first visit that under NO
circumstances were they ever to do microwaved cooking again. I gave
this a
higher priority than any of things that are normally considered as
health
risks, such as cigarettes or alcohol. Immediately I began to get a
marked
improvement in the results I was getting. Long-term problems such as
headaches, backaches and emotional instability went away within a few
weeks.
Other kinesiologists can confirm these results. David Bridgman, who
has
years of experience as a kinesiologist, said "Of all the people I test
for
allergies, 99.9% so far show severe sensitivity to any microwaved
food".
I experienced the effect of eating microwaved food for myself one
time. I
had been doing quite a lot of kinesiology and feeling on top of the
world
when for no apparent reason I began to feel rather `gray' and rather
low.
I realised that I needed a balance from a kinesiologist. Sure enough,
I
was out of balance. When the kinesiologist used muscle testing to see
why
my body had gone out of balance, the answer came up ... microwaved
food!
The trouble was, I couldn't remember eating any. Until I remembered a
particular vegetarian restaurant I had been to. When I went back to
the
restaurant and asked them if they microwaved their food, they told me
that
they did.
So be warned! Many restaurants use
microwave cooking, even "health"
restaurants.
Ask if the "steamed vegetables" are in fact steamed - or are
they microwaved? I have sent meals back when they have not been
what they
were described on the menu, much to the surprise of the restaurant
owners.
The alternative to heating up or defrosting food
is to place it in a
saucepan with a little water and lid. Or use a convection oven.
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MICROWAVED PLASTIC WRAP HAS 10,000,000 TIMES FDA LIMITS OF
CARCINOGENS!
Sent to me by a reader:
Hello Folks. Hopefully all of you are already well enough informed so
as
to avoid the use of a microwave oven due to the many detrimental
effects
consuming microwaved food has upon our health, but "just in case",
here is
some interesting info sent to me by Ron Scanlon -- many thanks, Ron!
Cheers, Doug
University of California, Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton
Boulevard,
Sacramento, California 95817
As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson learned that
di(ethylhexyl)adepate (DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in
plastic
wrap. She also learned that the FDA had never studied the effect of
microwave cooking on plastic-wrapped food. Three years later, with
encouragement from her high school science teacher, Claire set out to
test
what the FDA had not.
Although she had an idea for studying the effect of microwave
radiation on
plastic wrapped food, she did not have the equipment. Eventually, Dr.
Jon
Wilkes at the National Center for Toxicological Research agreed to
help
her. The research center, which is affiliated with the FDA, let her
use
its facilities to perform her experiments, which involved microwaving
plastic wrap in virgin olive oil.
Claire tested four different plastic wraps and "found not just the
carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the oil]...."
Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and to breast
cancer
in women. Throughout her junior and senior years, Claire made a couple
of
trips each week to the research center, which was 25 miles from her
home,
to work on her experiment. An article in Options reported "her
analysis
found that DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200 parts and
500
parts per million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per billion."
Her summarized results have been published in science journals. Claire
Nelson received the American Chemical Society's top science prize for
students during her junior year and fourth place at the International
Science and Engineering Fair (Fort Worth, Texas) as a senior.
"Carcinogens – At 10,000,000 Times FDA Limits" Options, May 2000.
Published by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444
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So, it's up to you. One point to bear in mind is that our society runs
pretty much on money. The multinational companies who make microwave
ovens
make a lot from the sale of them. There is no money in telling people
to
stop microwave cooking. There is, however, the satisfaction of
knowing
that you are saving people's lives and future happiness by spreading
the
word to stop eating microwaved food.
ALTERNATIVES
You can heat food quickly in a convection oven. It's just an ordinary
oven
with a fan.
You can also easily and quickly heat up food, even frozen pasta, by
using
a saucepan with a lid and a little water, to moisten it from the
steam.
If someone is coming home late, and you want to give them warm food
when
they arrive, put a saucepan lid over the food while it is on a plate.
Put
the plate of food on a simmering saucepan of water. It will stay warm
without drying up.
If you want to cook food, do it the old fashioned ways - it tastes
much
better that way!
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Much of the above information is from an
article in the 1994 edition of
Acres Magazine, USA, by Tom Valentine.
PO Box 8800, Metairie, Louisiana 70011, USA
Tel: (504) 889 2100 Fax: (504) 889 2777
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Irradiation of Food: (Note: Irradiation is not the same as
microwaving,
but they are similar in that both use unnatural frequencies to alter
food).
The Cornell University in 1977 irradiated some sugar and fed it to
rats.
The type of cell damage shown on post mortem was the same as if the
rats
themselves had been irradiated!
Irradiation of Food: Public Citizen has released the English
translation
of a recent German study revealing that a chemical formed in
irradiated
food can damage DNA.
The study confirms what safe-food advocates have known for more than
thirty years: that exposing food to ionising radiation can lead to the
formation of bizarre new chemicals called "unique radiolytic products"
that can cause serious health problems.
One such chemical, known as 2-DCB, caused "significant DNA damage" in
the
colons of rats that ate the substance. The chemical - which,
ironically is
a well-known "marker" for determining whether food has been
irradiated" -
has never been found naturally in any food on earth.
The study was conducted in 1998 under the auspices of two prominent
pro-irradiation organizations. IT was performed at one of the most
prestigious food irradiation labs in the world: the Federal Research
Centre for Nutrition in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Public Citizen released an English translation of the study at a
meeting
on 13 February at the US Food and Drug Administration in Washington
DC.
So, it's up to you. One point to bear in mind is that our society runs
pretty much on money. The multinational companies who make microwave
ovens
make a lot from the sale of them. There is no money in telling people
to
stop microwave cooking. There is, however, the satisfaction of
knowing
that you are saving people's lives and future happiness by spreading
the
word to stop eating microwaved food.
You can heat food quickly in a convection oven. You can also easily
heat
up food by using a saucepan. If someone is coming home late, and you
want
to give them warm food when they arrive, put a saucepan lid over the
food
while it is on a plate. Put the plate of food on a simmering saucepan
of
water. It will stay warm without drying up. If you want to cook food,
do
it the old fashioned ways - it tastes much better that way!
Much of this information is from an article in the 1994 edition of
Acres
Magazine, USA, by Tom Valentine.
PO Box 8800, Metairie, Louisiana 70011, USA
Tel: (504) 889 2100 Fax: (504) 889 2777
INFORMATION ON IRRADIATED FOOD and LABELLING LAWS at:
Public Citizen
www.citizen.org
Disclaimer: This information is not medical advice. Because every
person's
situation is different, the author of this article will not be held
responsible for any negative results, which come from reading or
acting
upon the information in this article. Use at your own risk.
Copyright ©: Stephanie Relfe - 1998 - 2010
Permission is granted to reproduce this article as long as you
acknowledge
the author and quote and link to
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