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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-how-safe-is-microwaved-food/">Dr. Mirkin: How Safe Is Microwaved Food?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted April 12, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Alexandra Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Microwaving Does Not Harm Foods A report from the nutrition department of Cornell University should convince you that microwaving food does not destroy its nutritional value.&nbsp; Dr. Gertrude Armbruster and her colleagues showed that fruits and vegetables lost the least vitamin C when microwaved, compared to other cooking methods. Vitamin C is a good indicator of the amount of nutrients lost because it is both water soluble and sensitive to heat (Newsweek, March 14, 2008). Microwave ovens use electromagnetic waves that vibrate water molecules inside food to produce heat.&nbsp; Most nutrients in food are not destroyed by microwaving because they are not in the watery layer.&nbsp; An earlier study from Spain, widely reported in the news media, claimed that microwaving broccoli destroyed all of its antioxidants (Journal of Science in Food and Agriculture, November 2003).&nbsp; However, the…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-how-safe-is-microwaved-food/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-how-safe-is-microwaved-food/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-how-safe-is-microwaved-food/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/dr-mirkin-how-safe-is-microwaved-food/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/diet-myths/">diet-myths</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>