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MICROWAVE COOKING
is Killing People!
is Killing People!
By Stephanie Relfe B.Sc.
(Sydney)
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.
Lymphocytes (white blood cells) also showed a more distinct
short-term decrease following the intake of microwaved food than after the
intake of all the other variants.
Another change was a decrease in the ratio of HDL
(good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol) values.
Each of these indicators pointed to
degeneration
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.
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;
* 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 micro-waved 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 system=s
capacity to protect itself against cancerous growth;
7. The unstable
catabolism of micro-waved 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.
* 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. That includes heating up food or even water
in a microwave oven. (Microwaves work on the water in the food). 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, back aches
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 `grey' 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 microwaved 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.
MICROWAVED PLASTIC WRAP
HAS 10,000 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 Times FDA
Limits" Options, May 2000. Published by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444
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!
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
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
Public Citizen www.citizen.org
Email from
Readers
Hi Stephanie
Relfe;
Last night, I stopped by a healthy food store, and picked up a publication called Indigo Sun Magazine. When I browsed through this publication, a title of your article "The Dangers of Eating Microwaved Food" caught my attention. When I read your article, it really relieved me and I was so glad to know that there is an actual article that finally published about the dangers of eating microwaved food. Thank you for sharing it with us by choosing to publish your article on this publication.
Let me share my experience of eating microwaved foods with you. Before I start it, some years ago, when I heard about the dangers of eating microwaved foods through some spiritual writings that came from channeling, I
began to believe it, but I did not move this knowledge into action.
Last night, I stopped by a healthy food store, and picked up a publication called Indigo Sun Magazine. When I browsed through this publication, a title of your article "The Dangers of Eating Microwaved Food" caught my attention. When I read your article, it really relieved me and I was so glad to know that there is an actual article that finally published about the dangers of eating microwaved food. Thank you for sharing it with us by choosing to publish your article on this publication.
Let me share my experience of eating microwaved foods with you. Before I start it, some years ago, when I heard about the dangers of eating microwaved foods through some spiritual writings that came from channeling, I
began to believe it, but I did not move this knowledge into action.
Until
sometime last year when I became more intuitive and sensitive to listen to my
body, I began noticing some uncomfortable feelings inside my body and my
moods immediately turned into bad ones for no reason every time I ate microwaved foods. I internally knew that my body was trying to tell me stop using a microwave so I took it. But I was little frustrated because I could not convince my partner or others why I don't want to use a microwave anymore. They would think I am insane or making it up about the dangers of eating the microwaved foods or drinks. Now, I am so relieved that I have your article that I can share with others. Again, thank you.
moods immediately turned into bad ones for no reason every time I ate microwaved foods. I internally knew that my body was trying to tell me stop using a microwave so I took it. But I was little frustrated because I could not convince my partner or others why I don't want to use a microwave anymore. They would think I am insane or making it up about the dangers of eating the microwaved foods or drinks. Now, I am so relieved that I have your article that I can share with others. Again, thank you.
That also
made me wonder now if eating microwaved foods could have caused my mother's
breast cancer, which she luckily survived 18 years ago, since she was a first
woman who had breast cancer in both of my family generations. We used our
microwave for years before a discovery of my mother's breast cancer.
May the blessings be.
Brian Determan
Houston, Texas
May the blessings be.
Brian Determan
Houston, Texas
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.
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