What would you choose if you returned home tired and very hungry after a hard day at work? To cook a healthy dinner or put something in the microwave to warm up and eat as quickly as possible? Surely many will choose the second option. Microwaves have always been a lifesaver when you need to quickly heat or cook something. Let's be honest with ourselves: they are very easy to use and save us a lot of time.
Have you ever wondered how harmless microwaves are to your health?
I thought about this many times and even tried to study more information to come to any conclusion. What came of this, you will ask? A big confusion. I'll tell you right away why.
Specialists studying this issue are divided into two camps: some argue that microwaves are harmful to health, others prove the opposite. In short, what I have found is actually a mixture of arguments and counterarguments.
I am not a physicist or a chemist to express my opinion from these perspectives, but what is being discussed from a medical point of view really worries me.
Although they are considered myths by some, I could not ignore the statements of some experts who warn us that microwave radiation is harmful to health, namely:
- Destroys the nutritional value of food, while conserving the number of calories (this can lead to a deficiency of many macro and micronutrients).
- Electromagnetic waves affect the functioning of the lymphatic system. The oppression of the lymph nodes leads to a slowdown in lymph flow and to a general acceleration of processes in the body, which means aging.
- It is considered that due to the constant consumption of foods processed in the microwave, there is a decrease in blood clotting. This suggests slow wound healing. There is also a significant risk of blood cancer.
- According to Swiss scientists, regular consumption of food processed with microwaves leads to impairment of memory and learning ability, decreased attention and ability to concentrate, and decreased cognitive activity.
- We have already talked about the fact that during heat treatment useful substances are destroyed. However, some scientists argue that under the influence of microwaves, minerals and vitamins are not easily destroyed, but they are modified. Moreover, "altered" substances entering the human body are not only not absorbed, but also not removed from it properly. They accumulate in the human body, gradually creating problems in the joints and blood vessels.
- Due to the fact that medicine has not yet developed a mechanism to deal with the above problems, all negative properties only accumulate in the body and over time do not disappear anywhere, but only worsen.
Moreover, there are sources that claim that the microwave leads to surges in blood sugar, affects the human heart, raises cholesterol, lowers red blood cells, lowers hemoglobin, lowers the number of white blood cells… The list is quite long.
I don't know about you, but this information left me a lot of questions about the harmlessness of microwaves.
In these conditions, when there is no specific answer, I could not give you any advice. It's up to you to decide if you want to use the microwaves, or at least how often. I could only tell you what decision I made for myself.