Is Microwaving Your Food Dangerous? | Earth Science

Does microwaving food damage the nutrients in our meals? And it more harmful than traditional methods of cooking?

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[satellite]

You ruined the whole video by cooking with plastic

[nated]

Okay now do a video about microwaving with plastic

[Yewon]

Definitely not by microwaving in plastic. I used to intern for the EPA and microwaving in plastic causes toxic chemicals to seep out into your food

[celtgunn]

The best way to cook your vegetables and preserve vitamins is to steam the vegetables. They sell a metal folding basket at Walmart or any other box store to put inside your pot so you can just put a bit of water in the bottom & close the lid. Then steam the yummy nutritious veggies! 😊

[jarrad]

Now I want a video about plastic wraps. I still feel uncomfortable using them for hot foods.

[DrINTJ]

Only covered the nutrition part. What about discussing the cancer misconception?

[ciarabritton-smith]

Not when you've just wrapped it in plastic and warmed that up too! One thing they failed to mention is that steaming your veg is the best cooking method to prevent nutrient loss, including vit C.

[itsGeorgeAgain]

I really wish you'd just make the sound in your videos louder. I have to crank up the speaker volume and then a notification comes and i just go deaf for a while...

[schamakkii]

it seems like this video should go on for another 5 min. and i'd really like to see the rest, where can i do this?

[HardiSomal]

I don’t give a crap about the vegetables I wanted to know about the cancer...

[masiveable]

Ok, is it only me seeing the microwave light twitching in thumbnail when I move the list up and down or every one else??

[BFR]

I stopped believing in the BBC time ago

[DrRyan]

Only if you make a hot pocket and take a big bite without letting it cool enough

[lb]

Are regular ovens safe or convectional?

[flowergirl]

The vegetables that I cook in water I used water for pot liquor with cornbread or I drink it and therefore I don't really lose anything.

[mikeward]

How healthy/safe is Sous Vide cooking?

[tylerscudder]

What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

[BantiarnaMacRaghnaill]

Aside from this speculation, I stopped using a microwave because it makes food and beverages taste like shit.

[AA-rrly]

Has anybody actually died from microwaving too often?

[TheFishJackpot]

always tell my mom to do not microwave food with the plastics and she says she does not care so she could die faster