Five Misunderstandings of Using Microwave Ovens

Microwave ovens can be said to be essential home appliances for modern families. It brings great convenience to people's fast-paced life. However, when we use the microwave oven, we only pay attention to its rapidity, and its harm is often overlooked. So how does the long-term use of microwave ovens cause harm to our health? How can we effectively avoid or reduce this kind of harm?

Microwave ovens make a big contribution to today’s fast-paced life. You can use it to cook food, thaw quickly, heat foods, and even replace baked cakes in the oven. However, the hazards of microwave ovens should arouse our concern.

First, microwave foods produce carcinogenic compounds. Studies have shown that microwaved meat produces carcinogens; amino acids in milk, fruit, and cereals are also converted to carcinogens after microwaves; plant alkaloids in vegetables are also converted into carcinogens after microwaves. health.

Second, there is a serious loss of food nutrition. Foods cooked in microwave ovens can greatly reduce the minerals, vitamins, and nutrients in vegetables or convert them into carcinogens.

Third, the body will secretly produce certain changes. Such as hormone imbalance, lymphatic and digestive disorders, abnormal blood and immune system, depressed mood, memory deterioration, permanent brain damage, and even heart disease.

Looking at the dangers of the microwave to us, did you startle? What kind of misunderstandings in the process will lead to this kind of harm?

First, misunderstanding of cooking containers

Maybe you are accustomed to throwing packaged food into a microwave oven with a plastic lunch box. This is absolutely unnecessary. Because plastic containers can be deformed during heating and emit toxic substances to contaminate food, cancer will continue to develop in the long run.

It should also be noted that metal containers are also undesirable because they can generate sparks when heated in a microwave oven, which can not only damage the furnace but also cause ****. We should use a special container for microwave ovens to heat the food, and do not tightly seal the lid of the container during the heating process because the heat generated by the heating of the food in the closed container is not easily dissipated and the pressure inside the container is too high, which may cause accidents. .

Avoid heating food with metal or plastic containers

Second, the misunderstanding of heating time

People tend to thaw foods or heat them in microwave ovens, sometimes forgetting to take them out, for a few hours. If you forget to remove it for more than 3 hours, it is best not to throw it in order to avoid food poisoning. In addition, foods that have been heated for a long time tend to dry out due to rapid water loss. In addition to poor taste, the nutritional value will be greatly reduced.

Heating time should not be too long

Third, errors in freezing or heating

  The half-cooked meat is heated in the microwave oven until it is fully cooked. Although the cooking time can be shortened, the bacteria will still grow when the food is half-cooked. When the microwave is heated again for the second time, it is impossible for the bacteria to be completely killed. When this happens, the frozen meat products can be thawed in a microwave oven and then heated to a cooked food so that they can feel comfortable eating.

Be careful when heating or thawing food in a microwave oven

In addition, the same is true at the time of thawing. Frozen meat that has been thawed in microwave ovens should not be frozen because after the meat is thawed in a microwave oven, the outer layer is actually heated at a low temperature. At this temperature, the bacteria can be bred, but freezing again does not kill live bacteria. dead. If you have thawed the meat in a microwave, you can heat it until it is fully cooked and then put it in the refrigerator.

Fourth, the heated food taboo

It is best not to use fried foods in microwave ovens because high temperatures can cause splashes of oil and lead to fire. If the fire in the furnace does not open the door of the microwave oven, you should cut off the power supply first and wait until the fire goes out before opening the door. In addition, when cooking shelled foods, shells should be punctured first to avoid explosion caused by microwave ovens.

Microwave oven exploded and caught fire

Fifth, the misunderstanding of the placement

Since the microwave oven has radiation, do not put it in the bedroom. It should be placed in a ventilated place. And also to leave the TV and radio a certain distance, otherwise it will affect the audio-visual effects.

After opening the micro furnace, it is best to maintain a distance of 1 meter from it, and do not look directly at the eyes. Otherwise it will cause dizziness, dizziness, fatigue, weight loss, hair loss and other symptoms.

Do not look directly into the eyes when the microwave oven is turned on

Since the microwave oven has radiation, do not put it in the bedroom. It should be placed in a ventilated place. And also to leave the TV and radio a certain distance, otherwise it will affect the audio-visual effects.

After opening the micro furnace, it is best to maintain a distance of 1 meter from it, and do not look directly at the eyes. Otherwise it will cause dizziness, dizziness, fatigue, weight loss, hair loss and other symptoms.