Does eating microwaved food really short circuit the brain and cause enemia, or is this all bull?

Question

Article forthcoming - this same article has been circulating the net for a while now, and is extremely ubiquitous across "green" and "we-hate-all-chemical!" type websites that are proprieted by, well and frankly, uneducated scaremongers who're blatantly just trying to profit off the subsequent swath of fright that they're able to incite, by trying to cause a panic, and then encouraging you to purchase a toaster oven from them, or otherwise flush your body of its "toxic body burden" by partaking in some medically unfounded and facetious "herbal" cleansing. Nevertheless, there are apparently several studies validating all of this, so, what are some more educated thoughts and opinions?

http://www.constitutionpreservation.org/WTPRN/microwave_dangers.pdf

Answer 1

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Answer 2

there are types of plastics that can release carcinogenic residue into your food if used in a microwave, make sure your cling film is approved for use in a microwave (there's a little symbol on the cling film box)

As far as Anaemia is concerned, as anaemia is an iron deficiency in the blood I can't see how cooking food in a microwave can cause it! (unless.... as you stand in front of the microwave waiting for your gourmet lunch the microwave produces an as yet undiscovered magnetic field and draws all the iron out of your body !)

Answer 3

Total c**p. Ive ate from a microwave for 20+ and i've had no side-effects. Its just like scientist to cause a stur. Dont believe everything you believe.  

Answer 4

Microwaved food is just hot food.  The microwaves cause water particles to spin around really quickly and rub together, causing heat.  They do not stay in the food after the machine has been turned off, and they have no effect on iron atoms or the food's iron content (which would be necessary to cause anemia).

If you have a LOT of iron atoms bunched together (like a big chunk of iron in your food - as in special K cereal, or a steel fork you left in the microwave), then the iron would get very very hot, and may spark if it is thin enough.  But even this would just burn your food  at worst or more likely do nothing, not alter the iron in any way or introduce special toxins, etc.

Answer 5

heck no!

microwave food is, i feel better than food cooked by other means.

all it does is cook food by heating stuff up by vibrating polar molecules.

the waves get deep inside the food an kill all the germs that an oven can't do.

don't listen to those yappers!!

Answer 6

Well all the microwave does is speed up the particles in area of the food which causes the heating of it right?

So... eating hot food causes anemia?

Answer 7

Ok, my thought is....huh?

Microwaves are just that: waves.  They are somewhere between light and radio waves, and their energy is transfered to food, in the form of heat.  (Kinda like if you use a solar oven to bake something.)  Much like light goes away when you turn off the light source, microwaves go away when the microwave stops.

However, it's believable to me that certain plastics can, when heated in a microwave,  release harmful chemicals.  It's probably best not to put plastic in the microwave unless the plastic is designed to be used in a microwave.

Answer 8

Total pseudoscience.  They claim all sorts of cancer causing molecules, but don't mention any amounts.  They also mention that many of the carcinogenic compounds are long-chain molecules, which would either make them sugars or proteins - both of which could be harmful in huge doses or if injected, but if ingested, are broken down in your stomach before being absorbed.

Beware of anyone trying to raise a scare over "toxins."  It's the new buzzword for anything bad, yet it is incredibly vague.  There *are* toxins in your body, but many of them are naturally produced and your body has evolved to filter them out on its own.  You can't really do anything about the rest of the toxins, even with special pills, diets, or adhesive pads on the feet.  

The same goes for those preaching "natural" solutions.  Herbs are medicines (many medications are concentrated from herbs and have harmful compounds filtered out), and can have serious side effects just like any prescription pill.  Just because it's natural doesn't make it harmless (think about it - snake venom is natural, as are bacteria, arsenic, mercury, uranium and so on and so forth).

So, yes, some studies do validate this, but they are taken out of context.  The warning pamphlet doesn't give any specifics on the dosages or mechanisms of creation (what foods produce them?).  They just mention some big complicated chemical names and cry "Cancer! Oh noes!!1"  It's the same pseudoscience that drives the anti-vaccination crowd ("oh no! chemicals! I don't have the education to understand them, but if it isn't natural, it has to be bad!").