Do Microwaves Kill Nutrients in Food?
any nutrients to be zapped away from them. I continued reading. It went on to say that the decline of our nutritional deficiencies began sliding downward just around the time the microwave became popular. Hmm, not happy so far. Then it stated that one study showed that 97% of the nutritional value in vegetables were lost when microwaving them. Gave the article a quick scan, didn’t find the source of this information. I kept on reading. It stated that if you microwaved broccoli (which is suppose to help us fight cancer) all the cancer fighting ingredients in it would be lost and the broccoli in essence would be considered dead, and have no or little nutritional value. (Like I would touch broccoli, but that is another article on unhealthy eating). The article then went on to say that the invention of the microwave also coincided with the raise in obesity in developed nations. This I can buy. It does make it easy to have a slice of pizza anytime you want or a bag of buttered popcorn (I ha
