TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Microwave could cook or heat food due to its thermal radiation. Unfortunately, most people believe that thermal radiation can cause cancer, skin damage, and cardiovascular disease. Is that true?
Health experts say that this assumption is wrong. Medical Daily states the radiation that could cause cancer should be very high, such as X-ray, gamma, and ultraviolet.
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Meanwhile, the radiation emitted by microwaves is very low. It is projected in order to heat up or cook the food.
The radiation from microwave does not change the chemical structure of the food. It means that the microwaved food does not have bad impact to our health.
The thermal radiation from the microwave only affects the water molecules inside the food to heat it up.
Another myth about microwave is that it could damage the nutrition inside the food. In fact, any cooking methods can affect the nutrition of the food.
In fact, using microwave to cook food could cause less damage than any other cooking methods. Therefore, you should not need to worry about cooking or heating up food using microwave. (*)
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