The Truth About The Microwave

I had owned a microwave for as long as I could remember. My work places always had a microwave, and I always used it. It had to be safe.....right?

I have told people my story, ideas and research findings on the microwave - and each time I am giggled at. I then return to research further, attempting to gain some new insight I may have missed as to how the microwave came to be.....how it heats food...and if it hurts the human body.

As I continued to research, I started realizing that although I wanted one thing, I was not willing to know what I knew and still use this contraption.

I wanted to keep my microwave very badly. I can't stress that point enough. I even moved it out of the kitchen at first just in case I needed to heat something up fast. I always did because I knew it was there. Little steps.

My favorite thing to put in that magic box of food creation was bags of microwave popcorn. Heck, I remember being a teenager and not having any good old microwave popcorn, so I would take a brown paper bag, add oil and popcorn - throw it in the 'mike' and pop my own. It worked - not as great, but it did work! I always got popcorn.

I've burnt myself many a time on the micro-horrors I've created. Food is heated from the inside to the outside using water as friction to create heat - so it's no wonder when I put those leftovers in, they turned into fossils due to extreme lack of water.

So microwaves help remove the water from our foods? Don't we need water.....like...badly?

They didn't nickname using a microwave 'nuking' for no reason. Kiss all of your valuable nutrients goodbye when you use one - it eliminates everything our bodies can use. Breast milk (for the new moms) has no nutritional value for a child after it has been microwaved. Convenient, huh?


The first thing you probably noticed when you began microwaving food was how uneven the heating is.

"Hot spots" in microwaved food can be hot enough to cause burns—or build up to a "steam explosion." This has resulted in admonitions to new mothers about NOT using the microwave to heat up baby bottles, since babies have been burned by super-heated formula that went undetected.

Another problem with microwave ovens is that carcinogenic toxins can leach out of your plastic and paper containers/covers, and into your food.


The convenience isn't always worth the consequences. We've been told time and again that standing next to a microwave is really bad for us.

According to Dr. Mercola;

But even if there's nothing wrong with your microwave, keep in mind that standing a foot away from it while it's running can expose you to upwards of 400 milliGauss, and a mere 4 milliGauss has been firmly linked to leukemia. It would certainly be wise to avoid letting your children stand near the microwave when it's running, and avoid it yourself as much as possible—especially if you're pregnant. Also, since your eyes are known to be particularly susceptible to microwave radiation (high microwave exposures are known to cause cataracts), I recommend stepping away from your microwave while it's in use.

So when I hear things about my food, health and potential risks therein, I want to know more. Everything I researched told me (screamed at me) to toss my microwave. Natural News shared this article on the health risks of microwaves and why users are so unhealthy. I tried to justify one point I had read. 'There is only minor amounts of radiation emitting through the glass door.' That was all it took. I had to ask myself what the trade off was in the long run. Was my health at risk? I thought of every meal I could remember.

I tried to recall all of those 'good' microwave moments I had in my life.......I thought of what microwaved cheese looks like. Then I read the article about fake microwave popcorn butter and how the factory workers have to dress in protective gear to handle it. I thought about what was in those TV dinners I loved so much. I thought about all of those cozy winter nights with reheated bowls of soup I thought were good for me. I thought of all of those tongue burns from reheated foods I ate too quickly. Roof of the mouth was worse.....pizza pops.....

The word 'carcinogen' kept leaping off of every page I read and those who already knew about the hazards of the microwave would tell me all about the carcinogens too. So, now I'm telling you. Microwaves create carcinogenic food. Cancer causing food.

Then I thought about my daughter and all of the food I had already given her to eat from this small metal box.

Goodbye, microwave. I figured we'd miss you - turns out we were wrong.