Microwaving your food = Bad?

PainandGain · 01-05-2009, 10:29 AM

Hi everyone.
I have read in the past that microwaving your food can
cause the protein and other nutrients to break down and become
less bioavailable.
Is there any truth to this?
If I'm in a hurry and would just like to throw some eggs in the microwave
would this diminish it's properties?
Thanks.

yoxtheox · 01-06-2009, 09:58 AM

i have heard similar things. i just eat my eggs raw,,,rocky style

PainandGain · 01-06-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by yoxtheox

i have heard similar things. i just eat my eggs raw,,,rocky style

I've read many articles against this however.
First off the salmonella thing is not worth it.
And 2, without cooking them, the body only absorbs half the protein or so for some reason or another.

leg_press · 01-06-2009, 11:56 AM

IF you live off microwaved food then yeah I can see that it would do some harm long term. Most of these studies are shit. They probably fed rats off nothing but say microwaved popcorn for 3 months and docoumented that they got cancer and or died.

Nigeepoo · 01-07-2009, 06:18 AM

"I have read......." Please read Elvis lives!
Eggs are more digestible when cooked. Please read THIS.

Quoi · 01-08-2009, 09:14 PM

I'm no expert but I dont think microwaving breaks down protein...maybe Im wrong but It doesn't make sense to me....

Cgrant · 01-08-2009, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quoi

I'm no expert but I dont think microwaving breaks down protein...maybe Im wrong but It doesn't make sense to me....

I'm quite interested as well, but I gotta say, food cooked or re heated over a flame is about 1000% tastier lol, I'd like to see if there's any experts who can weigh in on this one..

01-05-2009, 10:29 AM	#1
PainandGain Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tx USA Posts: 305	Microwaving your food = Bad? Hi everyone. I have read in the past that microwaving your food can cause the protein and other nutrients to break down and become less bioavailable. Is there any truth to this? If I'm in a hurry and would just like to throw some eggs in the microwave would this diminish it's properties? Thanks.

01-06-2009, 09:58 AM	#2
yoxtheox Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 52	i have heard similar things. i just eat my eggs raw,,,rocky style i make $500 a day sitting on my ass

01-06-2009, 11:56 AM	#4
leg_press Starting a fresh Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England United Kingdom Posts: 1,196 Photos: 4	IF you live off microwaved food then yeah I can see that it would do some harm long term. Most of these studies are shit. They probably fed rats off nothing but say microwaved popcorn for 3 months and docoumented that they got cancer and or died. "Lift big, eat big, rest big" "Rome wasnt built in a day" "Go heavy or go home."

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Nigeepoo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Yateley, Hants, United Kingdom Posts: 279	"I have read......." Please read Elvis lives! Eggs are more digestible when cooked. Please read THIS. "You lost fat by raising calories. Because of magic and voodoo. Or leptin. One of those." McDonald L. Blog

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01-08-2009, 09:14 PM	#6
Quoi Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Arizona..... Posts: 123	I'm no expert but I dont think microwaving breaks down protein...maybe Im wrong but It doesn't make sense to me....