the first sentence in the op is "I'm wondering if microwaving food has any negative effects that differ from conventional cooking."
so i did my best to respond to that including the provision of information on what could go wrong
as i pointed out in post#4 there is no radiation risk for or from the food

This post was edited by brmv on Jan 19 2014 02:37am

I was really seeking peer reviewed sources or somebody knowledgeable that could explain why it is safe. There is plenty of websites readily available on google searching that claim its safe but offer no source. I wanted to find real studies, not repeated information with no sources. and although that was my first sentence, i go on to say I'm specifically interested in the molecular changes in the food and how it differs from conventional cooking and if those changes present a health concern. Ty for trying to help. I should have been more clear with my questions.



Not just the possibility of the food being radioactive, but also any other hazards as well that may be present in the microwaved food. That wiki page you linked helps explain how microwave heating works but doesn't address any safety issues with food (perhaps there is none). After reading more about how isotopes are created, I dont think they would be present in microwaved food since the waves are too weak to remove particles away from the nucleus.

So it seems there is at least no inherent radioactive risk in eating a food that has been microwaved. That was the only risk-theory i had been able to come up with. If anybody else has information about negatives done to the food or the body by eating that food (caused by microwaving the food), I'm all ears. This curiosity and question has haunted me for years and i want to put an end to this potentially irrational fear of a microwave oven cooked carrot - or find out the scary truth.

This post was edited by NatureNames on Jan 19 2014 03:57am

if the microwave oven has been used properly taken the particulars into account there is as said before no risk
but let's look at what people might do wrong:

containers used should be glass or microwave safe plastic (personally would not trust the standard packaging)
food with a higher risk of eg salmonella (like mince) is better cooked conventionally, reason being that microwave cooking does not evenly heat the food ie there are hotter and colder spots/pockets
(slow microwaving and stirring/mixing the food can fix that but most people use microwave ovens for the convenience/speed)
as per nutritional impact: the only negative i know is that seemingly more b12 gets destroyed than in other forms of cooking

Only technophobes and morons claim microwave cooking is harmful.

All microwaves do, in the simplest terms, is cause the atoms to vibrate which creates heat. The only issue with microwave cooking is due to uneven heating which brmv has already covered, this can be minimised by arranging the food in a ring with less at the center and stirring halfway through cooking time. This helps to even out the cooking process.

mircowave food is shit. this is why i dont own one.

not not cos it nukes food

I don't think it's bad, but I have no evidence to back it up =\

omfg. i hope you win the Darwin Award for this year.

if you go down to the technical details or ever learnt science, you will instantly call that BS.

This post was edited by huntersghost on Jan 21 2014 06:19am

No.

Hell no.

Fixed

Yes.

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can't pm you, but have a look at post #8 in http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=69988004&f=27&o=0