Does Microwaving Food Destroy Its Vitamins?
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2018
- Many people avoid using microwave ovens, fearing how it changes the molecular structure of your food, but studies have some evidence that may surprise you.
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Oh thank Science God, now I can continue nuking my food in peace.
Every single molecule of every drop of water was nuked with insane powers of radiation in the deep universe for billions of years. or something...
@@MrTantalust and by microwaving we put those molecules back into the fear. Everyone knows that fear is the best marinade for food.
Dam. i died so hard when i read this 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for science, God.
"The center of your burrito cooks at the same speed as the outside" Lol. I always find a frozen center with a lava exterior.
Bunched together meat heats up at a different rate than tortilla bread.
Yeah just like my mom. Wait, that how the joke goes?
Clearly scishow has never cooked a hot pocket lol
You’re probably think oven is the same as microwave 💀
@@tedcleveland8488 I didn't get that from the comment at all. You don't make yourself look good by saying "you're probably think".
But is the microwave heats it all over from the inside to the outside why is the inside of the foods i heat up almost always colder?
Google "Standing Waves"
If that happens often, split your cooking time and move the food to a different spot.
slorr55
The outer layer of the food is partially shielding the microwave energy. You are supposed to let your food item sit for a minute after microwaving to let the temperatures even out, that way you don't burn your mouth, but it's still cold in the middle.
Wingedshadowwolf
"Let the food sit for 1 minute" as every packaging says.
Because it's not actually cooking inside-out. Not sure why this myth still persists.
Yes, and Gordon will not be pleased
Dank Matter Lamb sauce!!!
Well, coocking and reheating are different.
Gordon isn't opposed to using a microwave, he owns one. He's opposed to being served food hey paid for in a restaurant that's been microwaved.
0 Kuro 0 *c o o o c k i n g*
Dank Matter Haha Chef Mike! I remember that episode
I destroy vitamins, they are no match for my muscles!
however come to think of it, nothing is a match for my muscles.
You're a damn national treasure
God you're everywhere
lol
When I click on this comment to reply to it the “thumbs up” counter says it has 44 thumbs up, but before that the counter says it’s only 41. I think it’s something wrong here.
If nothing's a match for your muscles, what happens if you compare the muscles on your left arm to those on your right?
I misread the title, I thought it was "Does Microsoft food destroy its vitamin?"
yes
Another great thing about microwaving broccoli, is you can use a bowl and an ounce or two of water and a covering (like a paper plate or other microwave-safe cover) to steam it. About 3 mins of steaming will still leave plenty of nutrients, though you should also be eating raw vegetables as well for their nutrient content
I wish they had explained how microwaves work. I encounter so many people that think microwave radiation can cause cancer simply because it's called "radiation"
actually long term low level exposure may also be dangerous. A burn happens either when excessive heating destroys the tissue or in the case of sun-burns, chemical burns, and possibly microwave burns, the cells destroy themselves when they detect severe enough DNA damage to help prevent cancer. But just as sun exposure below the level that will burn you can still increase your risk of skin cancer, microwave (and other EMF) exposure may also be able to cause DNA damage and oxidative stress that can lead to problems over a long period of time. Cellular toxicity induced by non-ionizing radiation has been demonstrated in numerous studies.
peachy keen funny thing is, the term "radiation" came long before the term "radioactive". It is derived from the verb "radiate" which means "to diverge or spread as if from a central point", aka the nature of waves emitted by a point source.
"Your favourite fm radio station emits radiation from that tower up there"
He replies, "What, radiation?!!! "Yea, ninety eight point five megahertz radiation at one hundred thousand watts!!! "Oh no, how can they get away with this! I've got to get away from here!"
Peachy Keen it can and does cause cancers er! Quit believing the bs they feed you. When are people going to realize this is all about the sale. Money , money, money, money!
@@DazzwiddMicrowaves are totally 100% safe and harmless to humans
Thank you for that episode. It annoys me so much, that you hear this myth so often between health conscious people. I guess it has something to do with an information bias. People read studies in which it is stated, that vitamins get broken down by microwaving, but they propably don't tell you, that this happens with other cooking methods as well.
Boiling food is worst, unless you drink the water.
Why are you claiming this is a win? Where is the proof? ANYONE can make a video like this and say ANYTHING. Where is the proof? Where did she show us a test? Cooking something in the oven and then in the microwave, THEN having it tested to see EXACTLY how much nutritional value is left?? What if the test shows the oven retains 75% of its nutritional value and the microwave only holds 50% , and you have people like this claiming there's no difference, Without this information this whole video is a farse and get's gullible people like to believe in something without even showing you any test results or proof of any kind, just simply misleading . Then you go and tell other people " Hey i saw this UA-cam video that says microwave don't kill vitamins" this is how rumor's and false spread. Not to mention it now reflect's on you making you look silly spreading false info, most people wont say anything not wanting to be rude because there your friend but inside they will understand you just gullible and easy believe things people tell you with no fact's.
I hear ya! just got into a uh, em, er, a debate with son's girlfriend
i was tought by my mom from a young age that cooking things in a microwave was bad, so we never had one growing up... i am slowly but surely relearning now, pretty difficult to not find satire videos here on youtube tho, since the first couple that showed up are
Literally every video from an actual doctor says literally the opposite. Watch another video lol
Well I'll be... And here I was told my whole life that microwaving food was bad for you.
Can you say radiation??
Microwave food is bad for you. Too much sodium! /s
The inside of the Hot Pocket is frozen while the outside burns you
ziljin Pretty sure the packaging says to let it sit for a while.
Japneet Dhaliwal pretty sure most packages say to wait for food to cool before eating it. No one cares lol
I like hot pockets
CreagDog2 It's not about cooling. It's about "resting" the food to let the temperature equalize and everything get a bit less runny. It's the same reason you're supposed to let a steak sit for a few minutes once it's off the grill before serving.
Just A Dude that's how cooling works man; heat flows from hot matter to cold matter
Me: **looks at my microwaved water that I’m drinking**
Can you guys do another video in the future using more studies including a variety of foods? This video was informative but only looking at a study on broccoli and primarily it's vitamin C levels is not enough for me lol. Thanks
Microwave everything on low power! That way the heat has time to diffuse and you aren't vaporizing everything.
MarkThePage Microwaves don't actually run on low power. Magnetrons run full power or not at all. The low power settings on a microwave simply turn the magnetron on and off every few seconds.
This was so useful! Thank you guys so much!
Thank you! Enjoying absorbing this knowledge while enjoying my microwaved campbell
Oddly enough, microwave cooking always begins on the outside and only gradually works its way in. This is easily proved by actually microwaving something.
Microwaves are Gordan's arch nemesis
Are you still online now?
Dude, seriously, piss off
Justin Y. Is everywhere 👻
it seems that you are one of hardcore youtube's watcher
Chris Wilson Well, you care enough to tell him to shut up about it
Thanks Scishow..for putting my mind a ease...❤
Ive always wondered this. Thanks!!
Hot Pockets transcend the laws of electromagnetic radiation by either being a frozen tundra or lava on the inside but the outside will never give you an indication of which it is.
Right up there with USB ports.
You guys are rookies. Never microwave on full power. Place any food you wish on 70% to get to "warm" & then once there, finish it off with a full nuke. I usually will do frozen foods at 90 seconds at 70% then 45 seconds at full power. This solves any problems like that. That is why you have a POWER SETTING. USE IT!!
There's an aspect of microwave operation you didn't cover, the importance of the turntable. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, if you cooked something in a microwave that wasn't turning you would get bands that cooked and bands that didn't matching the waveform of the microwaves. This, I BELIEVE, is why something at the very center of the turntable (so it stays in the same place) can remain frozen when everything else cooks.
I try to offset what I place in there so everything moves around.
GREATLY informative thank you!
Olivia's arms remind me of muppet arms. They stay more or less at a constant right angle and they swing as thought they are pivoting on sticks.
Can't agree more. I can't even watch her episodes anymore. What's the point of sci-show if you can't learn anything because the presenter is so distracting?
The D meh. I disagree. I like her. She simply has several quirks. Regardless, it doesn't distract from learning.
Finally, I can now just show this to my family rather than try to explain that microwaving food is not bad.
it's been 2 years. had any luck with that? i doubt :))))
Your family is right though.
This video is way to simplistic.
Finally? Where is the proof? ANYONE can make a video like this and say ANYTHING. Where is the proof? Where did she show us a test? Cooking something in the oven and then in the microwave, THEN having it tested to see EXACTLY how much nutritional value is left?? What if the test shows the oven retains 75% of its nutritional value and the microwave only holds 50% , and you have people like this claiming there's no difference, Without this information this whole video is a farse and get's gullible people like to believe in something without even showing you any test results or proof of any kind, just simply misleading . Then you go and tell other people " Hey i saw this UA-cam video that says microwave don't kill vitamins" this is how rumor's and false spread. Not to mention it now reflect's on you making you look silly spreading false info, most people wont say anything not wanting to be rude because there your friend but inside they will understand you just gullible and easy believe things people tell you with no fact's.
If I put my head in the microwave will my brain turn into popcorn?
Never put a metal booger in a microwave.
Only if you can get the door shut.
Only if it's full of corny thoughts.
If you put your head in the microwave, chances are your brain was already popcorn.
I don't think you have a brain tho
"The center basically reheats at the same time as the whole burrito" My Hot-pockets would beg to differ here.
It takes much longer to get the inside of something hot than it does the surface. Even how things are placed on a plate can affect the cooking time.(doughnut shapes work best)
So why is the middle of my microwaved pizza always cold and the edges screaming hot if the microwaves heat everything evenly when you have a turntable to compensate for the waviness of the waves?
Amccordford
Because the microwaves are emitted from only a couple of places and bounce around the microwave till they hit food.
This is why solid foods cook unevenly and why you should cook them slower, also why you stop and stir moist foods.
Its because the Microwave Gods dont love you
you have been scammed dude, thats not a microwave oven, thats an ultraviolet oven
> Because the microwaves are emitted from only a couple of places and bounce around the microwave till they hit food.
This does not answer the question.
The answer is absorption: The outer 1-2 cm of the food absorps nearly all the wave energy. So no energy (=no heat) will be transfered by the wave into the food anymore.
Ovens that rely on a turntable leave areas of hot and cold. I'm not sure why the turntable idea ever caught on unless it costs less to produce, It's also silly, there's a better strategy. The earliest household microwave ovens had no turntable and didn't need one. None of the commercial microwave ovens sold today have a turntable, they all use a hidden rotating antenna (or two) to disperse microwave energy. Better mousetraps.
This after mr.beast's "microwaving a grenade" video
Excellent information
Love your show . It busts many myths
I was expecting more information to be in this video honestly.
ua-cam.com/video/DPAl9o7nIiM/v-deo.html
My parents got rid of ours because they were worried it was "irradiating" our food.
Hope those genes skip a generation.
Livid Imp, you mean “every” generation? We’d rather not have it back
Not Happy woosh
To be fair, i suppose, it totally was. Of course, so does the sun, or lights, or regular ovens, so...
yeah had to explain this one to my mum pretty thoroughly while I was in high school taking physics, didn't go down to well the first time
I just started cooking eggs in the microwave yesterday, and this video really is enlightening to me.
Damn dude, that's a long time to leave food in the microwave, you should probably take them out by now.
Good to know, especially since the only way I can be bothered to steam vegetables is in the microwave. Pity we haven't figured out a method that's equally as fast but also capable of creating a dry/crisp exterior, not that I strictly mind longer cooking times.
but the real question is warming things up with plastic and how it affects
Tyler Forrest
If you're silly enough to cook your food in plastics that aren't microwave safe then you deserve what you get.
DrunkenAussie I know that, but I hear all a bunch of people complaining that even microwave safe is horrible for you
Plastic can't cook food. It doesn't generate any heat.
Also as a side note. Some plastics use lead salts to soften the plastic. That was being leached into the items in the plastics. Most newer plastics that are actually designed to come in contact with food doesn't use that to soften the plastic.
Dude. Even water heater are made of plastic. The material can easily handle heat. Your food would need to be hotter than boiling water!
"microwave safe" probably just means it has a high melting point. I guarantee you they didn't test it to see if any additives or plastic molecules leech out of it, they never ever have. (the companies that is, scientists have)
Stop the fry!
Please don't.
An epic internet moment
Great information 👍
I was only 40s into this and was reminded I needed to put left over pizza in fridge for bfast.
Ty sci show, you entertain me a Nd saved me money and the hassle of making bfasy
All of my “woke” friends are gonna find this stuff hard to believe. I am biased they’ll say. Next, you’re gonna tell us vaccines are perfectly fine.
Just let them know that they're being constantly bathed in at least 800watts of IR radiation 24/7, no matter where they go in the Universe. IR is quite a bit higher frequency and much more dangerous than microwaves.
Pure poison.
Excellent. Thank you.
*Can you please make a video about the dangers of microwaving plates/cups (when heating food in them)? Does any of colors/chemicals leak out from the plates/cups into the foods/drinks?* cheers.
Seconded
*GREAT ..... I LIKE THIS KIND OF VIDEO .... AND KEEP GOING ....!*
Ridiculously educating, I liked this episode!
THANK YOU. I've had to deal with my family throwing that non-scientific nonsense that Microwaves "destroy vitamins and nutrients" thing for years. Truth being, yes they do, but LESS than most other methods of cooking.
Awesome video. Also really curious about Olivia's tattoo.
Yes, I thought that tattoo was a new one! I couldn't make out what it was.
Was it an insect or statute of some sort?
its on her right forearm. You can see it when she has her arm down.
sort of scorpion, sort of fish or mermaid
I'm curious too. See, this is why I'm not a fan of tats or piercings as they distract from the subject at hand. It turns into a "hey, look at ME!!!" OK, I'm ready for the obligatory millennial "hey man, shes just trying to express herself you judgemental racist prick!" Yes, I am an old fart.
DanB Meyer indeed. As another old fart, I say that it makes me sad when otherwise attractive people go out of their way to make themselves look ugly.
*_...the answer should've included other molecules affected by the microwave tuning (fixed commercially but that's the point); Also you might wish to do an episode on just-how-fast the center does, cook, in microwaves, vs infrared, and versus the food shape thickness..._*
I think this misrepresents the way ovens work. They work mostly through radiant energy, not through conduction of heat from air to food. You can tell this directly by putting your hand in the oven. The side of your hand toward the heating elements gets much hotter than the side facing away from the element, even though both sides are immersed in the hot air.
This also explains why tinfoil works so well to prevent overbrowning of crusts or poultry skin.
Convection currents, in convection ovens, help to correct this, but still the radiant energy dominates.
My source is "Modernist Cooking" vol 2, by Nathan Myhrvhold.
If I were to consume all of the broccoli's cooking water, would I be able to recover the balance of vitamin C lost from the stalks and florets?
Randy James , I use the water released from pinging vegetables to make gravy.
So there's that option.
Probably not. I think the idea is that the heating destroys the vitamin C, not that it's carried away.
+Ocean Bagel Both, as vitamin c is water soluble.
My wife is a farmers daughter from India, Kerala, and she says that after boiling some vegtables they will reuse the water, e.g. add some spices to make it more tasty etc. Rice water for instance is very good for you and can be used with salt if you have diarrhoea. But if you have diabetes the glucose levels have to be taken into account. On the other hand foods like Yam or Tapioca they won't reuse the water as it can have contaminants. That said, mamy today steam their food. So thats a Yes.
Rice water contains arsenic.
You need to make another video about the macronutrients (fats, carbohydrates and proteins)... This video is only about a micronutrient (vitamin C).
Beware of popcorn lung though... what a way to go XD
Have there been any papers published regarding the potential for denaturing proteins? Of course heat does it too but I was wondering if there was a difference for different proteins in either the conduction/convection or radiation methods.
okay, wait, if the middle heats up at basically the same rate as the outside, but the air doesn't really change temperature, why is the middle of my hot pocket still frozen and the outside is made of lava?????? EXPLAIN THAT, SCISHOW!!!!!
InsolubleToaster hot pokets are only thin and are fine in my microwave, maybe you're doing it wrong
Shadowserenity ua-cam.com/video/N-i9GXbptog/v-deo.html it's from a skit by Jim Gaffigan
I imagine solid water (ice) reflects microwaves much more than liquid water. This is why most frozen microwave foods are thin. To fix your problem, give those tasty hot pockets a rest in between 2 cooks. Will allow conduction to melt the ice a lil bit.
InsolubleToaster - cheers, always like a bit of standup :-)
InsolubleToaster your microwave might have a dead spot in the center due to how waves work. Try putting it on the side of the plate where it can change positions while rotating.
I broke up with my microwave. It was robbing me of Vitamin C, so I robbed it of Vitamin Me.
I'm guessing you did not watch this video. I recommend it.
Do you just comment on videos without watching them?
The video says there's a 16% loss? Over time that becomes substantial...
Sebastian Elytron Then only steam your food. Enjoy the flavor.
then break up with ur whole kitchen then, as any heat causes some loss of vitamin c
Yay. The amount of urban myths about microwaves where I live is uncanny. This is a great reference to start pointing people to actual science.
"and it makes popcorn too" 😂🤪
Popcorn is so much better on the stove though
Ferintosh Farms Photography You can control 1 what you cook it in, I prefer Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 2 exactly how much you cook and 3 how you cook it (currently using electric but gas flame is better IMHO).
I prefer leftover bacon grease. Best cooking method for popcarn period, shake that pot.
cactusman07pim Bacon flavoured Popcorn? Sounds strange but worth a shot some time. 100% agree on shake that pot.
Judge me afterwards, have a nice weekend.
I feel there are at least two inaccuracies in this video:
First: microwave doesn't heat the items from inside out, but it basically skips air and other non-absorbent material. But a lump of food will still heat outside-in. Hence, I have my doubts that fast-microwaving (basically roasting) removes less vitamins than a slow-heating one (where the same power is put in, but time is given to convection-heat the rest of the lump. Since temperature destroys vitamins, a slow heating should be "healthier". At least empirically.
Second: no decent cook makes their popcorn in the microwave. A small pot is better and faster, yielding higher pop count and less burnt edibles. Empirically, the un-popped kernel sinks to the bottom and rises when popped, making the process self-fed.
But the microwave oven is a marvel in itself, so I'm willing to let those inaccuracies slip in, inb4 genetic modification zealots start commenting...
Ligius
No, and no.
Microwaves heat the inside and the outside at the same time, as she said. She didn't say it heats from the inside out.
And the faster you heat the food the less vitamins you lose.
Robert Pruitt The microwave oven does not heat up food evenly. You can test it for yourself
Henrique Sato
Same time doesn't mean equally. But they *do* heat the inside and the outside at the same time. Which is in contrast to a regular oven which only heats the outside.
Glad to know my 1980s microwave cookbooks are still good. :)
As so many people are suffering from scurvy it's interesting to know steaming broccoli is the best method.
Glad to see her speaking is getting a little better but i still just cant make it all the way through any of her videos! Its such a shame cause she gets a lot of the intresting topics to, but god those inflections in her voice >
You can set the playback settings to 1.5x so you won’t feel like you’re being dragggged through the whole video. The inflections will also seem less dramatic. Hope that helps. 👍
I literally just microwaved some food right now and I’m watching this \(°.°)/
Leftover Chili, Mmm.
Me too!!
me to!
YAY! Now I have an answer when people give me crap for "cooking" with a microwave for 90+% of my food that I don't eat raw.
Love the info but 1 question? When microwaving food is the food pasteurized also?
The center does NOT reheat at basically the same time as the outside. Why do people keep saying this?
Hot pockets!
Always ice cold in the middle.
Maybe they never used a microwave?
Microwaves destroy fewer vitamins and minerals? Is that why they are called micronutrients?
Master Therion
Aaaand can't destroy minerals. Because they are atoms, only thing you can do to destroy them is turn them into another atom either by nuclear fission or fusion.
Most you could do is chemically transform them into an insoluble compound in that medium.
codeartha
True, but they can be leeched out of the food, like if boiled. Plus, cooking could potentially destroy an associated chelate, rendering the mineral useless. But it's just a joke, so whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The reason why they are called micro nutrients is because you don't need perceptible amounts of them. With protein, you need somewhere in the realm of 40-60g whereas with say vitamin C, you need trace amounts as in literally can't be measured with a kitchen scale
Legit requires ionizing radiation, thing is... Microwaves are non-ionizing. Gosh how I hate conspiracy theorists. Take a high school physics course.
You don't need anywhere near a kilogram of protein per day. You need about 40 to 60 grams for an adult; the amount varies depending of age, weight, sex and other factors. The following table from the National Institutes of Health has a breakdown. The rightmost columns shows the recommended daily amount based on these various criteria.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234922/table/ttt00011/?report=objectonly
Love it thank you
I love your presentations and the content is scientifically sound. May I make a suggestion as someone who presents before a large audience too: find a way to balance your hand movements with your other hand and the rest of your body so that it becomes more natural and less distracting. Otherwise keep it up.
Click bait, they took a study and presented one category, not even a range, no vitamins were mentioned just a vitamin
This video in part is inaccurate. Microwaves do not heat all parts, middle and outside, at the same time. Heat to the middle is only transferred from the outside layer as the microwaves cook the outside. Think of microwaving leftovers or a burrito.. hot on the outside, popsicle in the middle. I actually expected more accuracy in sci show.....
Jonathan Kubik I think you misunderstand, they're not complaining about their microwave, they're complaining about and innacuracy in the video.
Mine heats up the middle too, you must have a duff one. It is dependant on the waves, so some parts of the microwave will heat up differently, which is why you need to put it on a rotating plate so the food moves through the waves... put a piece of food in a different location in the microwave, you'll find it has a totally different heat profile after a few seconds of cooking. So, if you normally put your food in the middle, move it to the outside instead. The waves are roughly 12cm long, so the peak of the wave in one place means 6cm over, the wave will be at its lowest point. Search videos or pictures of "microwave chocolate speed light" to better understand, as this is a common experiment done by people to measure the speed of light in their microwave. And be careful about calling things inaccurate just because you misunderstand them!
Sorry, just wrong I'm afraid... explain why microwaving a cup of coffee leaves a cold cup but a warm drink? And that most microwave ready meals are in a plastic package that you only pierce to allow steam to escape? Microwaves, like any em wave, have a penetration factor and most foods are fully penetrated by microwaves. Usually the areas of your food with more water will receive most of the energy, explaining why parts of your burrito are cold.
An oven cooks with heat and the heat has to work its way from the outside in. Microwaves don't cook with heat. Microwaves don't transfer heat from the outside in like an oven, they excite water molecules. The microwaves go through the whole thing. You misunderstand what she is saying. It is cooking all parts at the same time. That doesn't mean that the middle and the outside will heat at the same rate.
Microwaves heat(vibrate water molecules) on all parts at the same time. It doesn't mean all of those parts get hot at the same time as well. Different quantities of water at different parts determine that aspect. Semantics and context are evil twins.
Popular question / answer: Why the middle of your frozen burrito stays cold. .. Because your burrito is mean and doesn't wave back whenever your micro waves.
Technically true, the molecules don't move effectively due to them being frozen. For example, Microwave will not melt an ice cube unless there the cube started melting before putting it in the microwave. (I know this cause That's what the ice cube told me when I tried putting it in the microwave)
"and it makes popcorn too." - I thought this was it's main selling point???
There are a ton of possible myths I think about with the microwave. Is the radiation from the door bad for you? I was always told as a kid not to stand in front of the microwave, but as an adult, I obviously understand the concept of the shield in the glass of the door (Faraday cage science, yay). Does microwaving food cause us to ingest any radiation that can build up in a short period of time? I was told by a friend that microwaving food can cause stomach cancer.
Just don't cuddle it affectionately every time you cook and you're fine. And no, Microwaves won't make food radioactive. Radiation itself can't build up in something. Only particles that are radioactive and decaying and give off radiation can build up.
"Does microwaving food cause us to ingest any radiation that can build up in a short period of time?"
No. The radiation people fear from ingesting radioactive materials are particles that gives off radiation (in the forms of alpha, gamma and beta radiation) as they radioactively decay. Your microwave is not capable of doing that.
You might not believe me, buy a Geiger counter and stick it in front of food before and after microwaving. See what happens.
DotRook lol! I wanted to snuggle with it, darn. Thanks for the info.
Expert Excavating Stomach cancer from microwaved food? Wow, I had never heard that one before. 🤣
My guess is that if you eat so much microwaved stuff that it gives you stomach cancer, you have a completely different set of problems to begin with and to worry about. I think it has less to do with the fact that it’s microwaved. Also, you cannot „ingest radiation“ as such. You can ingest irradiated or radioactive material, but in the case of our microwave oven, all the radiation does is heat up any water it hits. If your microwave oven emits anything other than, well, microwaves, (eg alpha, beta or gamma rays) then again I would not worry about getting stomach cancer from the food - I would instead worry about the fact that you have an unlicensed nuclear accelerator in your kitchen 😉
the waves/radiation from microwaves is usually so weak that they cant even pass your skin (even without the door)
I have an EMF meter. I have to stand like 8 feet away from the mikrowave in order to avoid both the magnetic and radio waves. I unplug my microwave when not in use because even when turned off but still plugged into the electric outlet my EMF meter reads high levels of magnetic fields up to 2 feet away from the machine.
Don't stick your head into the microwave, is what SDD525 is saying.
A microwaves magnetron has two large magnets.
SDD525 Heating bad . for balls
There is evidence that non-ionizing EMF exposure has negative health effects other than "heating", and actually the government recognizes this and has limits in place. That being sad, from the literature I believe most everyday sources of EMF are probably safe and this is mostly an issue for certain workplace environments, or if public exposure was escalated dramatically. I unplug my microwave to save money because its old and wastes a bunch of electricity even when its not being used.
Jon Brodie In what . study emf?
who actually uses a microwave to cook? i literally cant think of anything that gets cooked, only reheated and no i dont consider popcorn cooking
Yeah, video is bs
You had me at popcorn 2:36
Tbh even if It did, I'd still cook them in there bc I'm lazy af 😂
Microwaves is one of the best inventions for food, but they terrify me so much.
why? :/
Ricardo Lacerda
They spooky
The obnoxious beeping.
If that horrifies you than WiFi must be horror for you considering its almost exactly the same but is everywhere
Microwaves isn't an invention, they have always existed...
My mom is VERY against microwaves for this exact reason. I should send this to her.
Question: why do i sneeze when going in or out of a place with a very different temperature? Example: It's hot/cold outside and as soon as a few seconds out i sneeze
I stopped using microwaves forever. I just heat up my chicken nuggets on a stainless steel pan.
ziljin yeah, because the chromium in stainless steel is obviously better than teflon in non-stick coating and even better so than the silicon from the pyrex dish you'd use in a microwave.
People should stop passing around miss info about microwaves and their dangers. Especially people who don't understand the underlying physics.
Sure mirco oven use electromagnetic waves, and since gamma rays are electromagnetic too this must mean microwave are radioactive. Not even close. You know what else is electromagnetic, visible light. Rather than ditching microwave because you think they might be dangerous, try keeping your eyes shut as visible light could irradiate them and get you eyecancer.
codeartha Yo chill, my dude just wants some crispy chicken nuggets 🍗
Frosty Joshx yeah. If i want crispy nuggets or crispy corn dogs, i use my oven. Otherwise a microwave will just make it a soggy mess.
codeeartha What you say is true... but microwaving chicken nuggets turns them all squishy, and nobody likes squishy nuggs
Grayman Gray yeah, I can't argue with that logic.
1:02 Are you on glue? I've seen this claim so many times. I don't care what your textbook says, I know what my microwave and burrito say. It's even worse if trying to microwave something like cheese sauce. The outside fully boils and starts baking to the dish before the inside is even luke warm. It reminds me of how scientists used to say bees can't fly (because they didn't understand the dynamics yet) even though they flew right past their nose.
Scientists didn't say that. Engineers said that, in the pop-culture predecessors of internet memes, because even engineers didn't actually say that. Also, you might need a new microwave. Ours works fine; like any tool, you just need to understand its limitations. I've used it for depth-defrosting and pre-centering pretty well. Haven't tried Burritos, though.
Take that mom! You'll never convince me to not buy a microwave again
This specific information is great for me to present to my father. He is absolutely sure that to microwave broccoli (so thank you so so much for using that study about ... broccoli!) is going to ruin the nutritional value of the food. To say it does not in the way he believes will be a nice way to wake him up in ... like 2 hours.
This video is an example of poor systems engineering. Of course there is still protein in some nuked chicken breast, the chicken is still in there it didn't go anywhere. The question should not be, "is there still a measurable amount nutrition in food after microwaving," it should be, "what is the quality of the nutrition present in food after microwaving." Microwaving, like any other form of concentrated radiation, causes cellular damage to organic materials. We like to pretend that it doesn't matter what the source of nutrients are because they will all be turned into chemical soup during digestion. But, that chemical soup isn't perfectly atomized through some magic perfect bio filter. The cellular damage affects how the body can break it down into usable materials.
A really poor analogy but its the best I can think of atm is if you measure the nutrient content of an unfertilized chicken egg and a fertilized chicken egg, you will find basically the same nutrient content... except one is "alive" and will grow into a chicken and the other is a pile of nutrients.
cellular damage? do you mean cooking? that is the point of heating it up
An unfertilized and a fertilized chicken egg do not have the same nutritional content. The fertilized egg contains an additional pronucleus - that of the male germ cell.
You did say that the analogy is poor but I felt like I had to clarify anyway.
just because the fertilized egg is "alive" doens't mean you get any extra benefits from eating it. That is not an example of how our body processes food depending on its form or content because you're talking about the egg itself and not us eating it. If you can come up with a concrete way that a microwave alters the chemical structure of chicken in a way that other kinds of heating don't then you don't have an argument.
I really like her voice. She's one of my favorite pyshshow narrators I guess you would call them
Hostess with the mostess? I think that's how you spell that non-word lol
If you like to drive a nail in your head,but each to his own I guess.
For future reference, time (as in duration) is neither "fast" nor "slow", it's long or short. Now if it was used to describe the flow of events (in some relativistic context), both could have a meaning.
You mentioned popcorn and it made me think it would be great if you guys could explain the science behind popcorn
She needs to speak faster and clearer
Nope. I stop watching as soon as I see she's on the video. Sorry. Nothing personal. I just don't like how she narrates the videos. Do you really think they can't find someone else?
A note on traditional ovens; it's not just the hot air in the oven, but the infrared energy radiating from the walls of the oven, that heats the food. That's why a good baker knows to give the oven extra time to preheat, past when the thermostat tells you the air is hot.
Nornal ovens are 400x slower
Microwaves only penetrate about 1 to 2 cm into the outer layer of the food the heat penetrates the rest of the way via conduction. This is why a microwave can boil liquids very quickly but your burrito is still cold. The water is constantly moving and conducting the heat much faster.
Forgot why i stopped watching these videos but now i remember ya'll BORING the boring background no music nothing but monotone speaking yawn city here daily
And yet...
I hope you're able to get adequate treatment for your ADD.
Do a flatearther debunking please
Like if you agree so it is seen
Max Volk why, why give them attention
I do not agree, validating them with an argument makes them believe that there's an argument to be had. If they're stupid enough to believe in that it's their cross to bear, we shouldn't have to suffer in their ignorance.
TopTenz did a fun one about that
There's a vid some about - its useless trying to get your point across to conspiracy theorists
If you want that why not become a Patreon and suggest it that way like they suggest at the end of every episode?
If only my microwaves heated the interior and exterior evenly!! Regardless of which food item it is, usually there is a terrible difference.
Hi, I’ve been saving leftover roasted chicken in the refrigerator then reheat it in microwave to eat after my hard workout, there is any side effect? Like microwave denature protein so my body can not absorb that much of protein or no effective as much as freshly roasted chicken! pls let me know 😭
speaking of nutrients.... eat some
Ooh! Are you offering? I like meeting new people over some food!
Unsubscribed, this is the best you can do on a science show??
The problem with this is that for some food items most home microwaves are too weak to fully heat the whole food item as the microwave is too weak so the energy doesn't penetrate all the way so part of the food item has to overcook in some cases before it is such as defrosting leftovers or nuking a potato. Commercial microwaves have a much higher power level and make quick work without overcooking anything. By the way the habit people have of nuking things in Tupperware is obvious from the damage it leaves behind in the plastics.
Another WIN for Science oven!