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What Does GDM Think About Microwaves?
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Posted by Eleni Prokopeas on Aug.15, 2008
Microwaves may be convenient for heating up foods, but Green Diva Mom prefers not to use them. We prefer stovetop, oven cooking or even a toaster oven for all your cooking needs. It only takes a few minutes to boil, steam or to sauté vegetables.
There are several aspects of microwave cooking that have been clearly researched. First, microwave heating can destroy vitamin and mineral content if food is not covered with water during its cooking process. The same rule applies to stovetop cooking. When food is boiled for 10 minutes or more, instead of steaming it for 2-3 minutes, you loose allot of the nutrients.
Second, we know for certain that plastic packaging and microwaving are not a good mix; because small amounts of plastic migrate into the food.
Given the choice, we prefer to cook on the stovetop, oven or toaster oven rather than in a mircrowave. Even if it takes a few additional minutes, we think that the price in terms of time is well worth it considering the unknown effects that my be associated with microwave cooking.
From an environmental standpoint, we would add that microwave ovens are usually considered “hazardous waste” due to their content of metals like lead, cadmium, chromium, or copper and are problematic in terms of disposal. The magnetron tube is used to produce microwave radiation. Unlike conventional ovens which are kept for dozens of years; the more portable and affordable microwave ovens are often quickly discarded and replaced, creating problems for our environment.
Posted under Home Environment, Kitchen & Bath.
Article By: Eleni Prokopeas
Profile: Eleni Prokopeas is a mother of three wonderful children and happily married. She lives in Dallas, Texas. Eleni’s son was diagnosed with autism at 2 years old. Unable to find help for him in conventional medicine, she turned to alternative medicine and healed her son of autism by his 6th Birthday. Rather than accepting the diagnosis as life-long, Eleni asked, “Why are neurological problems becoming an epidemic for so many young children, especially boys?” and “How can I help my son reach his full potential?” After spending endless hours researching, reading, calling and asking questions, she has helped her son heal and move through the Autism Spectrum World. It’s because of this experience and passion she created greendivamom.com. This experience changed how she looked and lived her life. “I now know that with knowledge comes power and that we ALL have the power to treat and overcome anything. Eleni Prokopeas is a mother with a passion for sharing empowering information to help improve children’s health and the health of their parents. Eleni volunteers her time to serve as a consultant helping families with children on the spectrum, spending time with her three beautiful children and husband, creating healthy meals and juices daily, yoga and of course working on GreenDivaMom.com.
Website: http://www.greendivamom.com
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