Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: skipping the microwave

[TR Ruddick (truddick]

> [Original Message]
> From: <cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org>
> Message: 1
> From: "Anne Jackson" <a.jackson [at] rocketmail.com>
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_Private amenities vs common resources
> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:04:34 -0800
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> 
> Whatever you do, I urgentlly suggest to skip the microwave. The small
> studies done suggest that it denatures the food. Like many other products
> and processes on the market, they mainly enrich someone else's pocketbook.
> My sources were from conversations with other environmental experts, but
you
> may find something on www.mercola.com   Anne Jackson, Environmental Health
> Association, L.A.

What, pray, is "denaturing"?

If you mean that it reduces some nutrients in food, so does any other
cooking method involving heat.  

As for environmental impact, a microwave uses less energy, making it an
environmentally friendly choice for some kinds of heating foodstuffs (and
they're wonderful for hot compresses if needed for pain relief).  To me,
it's a question of knowing appropriate uses and proper applications--don't
boil liquids in the microwave without agitation, etc.  

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  |  |_)             Thomas E. "TR" Ruddick
  |  | \             Nunquam Itum Agitabilum



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