Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Microwave heating: not all materials can be heated using microwave - heat is generated by micro-wave only if something within the material (to be heated) is excited by micro-wave, the exitation or viberation causing heat. There are materials that are so stable (no loose bonds in atomic structural and composition) can not be exited by micro-wave (because nothing is loose to viberate) meaning these materials don't get hot no matter how much micro-wave power is applied. Well, believe it or not coconut oil/virgin coconut oil will be heated when you put it in microwave oven because of the water (moisture content) is excited by micro-wave causing heat which heats up the coconut oil and if the heat is too high the oil might get burned, however when all water is gone the coconut oil would not be heated at all (if it is not burned yet). The point is pure coconut oil (or virgin) would not be heated by micro-wave, another way of saying: if you place the pure coconut oil (0% of moisture/impurity) and outside or inside of an running microwave oven there is absolutely nothing changed. The impurities causing the oil to heat up but not the pure coconut oil itself. The best and the healthiest " popcorn " is popcorn with virgin coconut oil ... guess what! ... microwaving it just like any other microwave popcorn. So, can you heat VCO with microwave? why not as long as you don't leave it in there for too long (just like anything else) Re: Nausea and Other Side-Effects Also, I was melting it in the microwave to liquefy it, but then read somewhere that microwaving it is a no-no. Does anyone know why? I melt it by keeping it on top of my refrigerator. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I won't heat anything in a microwave. Alobar On 2/28/08, Tan Nguyen <tan_caledon@...> wrote: > Microwave heating: not all materials can be heated using > microwave - heat is generated by micro-wave only if something > within the material (to be heated) is excited by micro-wave, > the exitation or viberation causing heat. There are materials > that are so stable (no loose bonds in atomic structural and > composition) can not be exited by micro-wave (because nothing > is loose to viberate) meaning these materials don't get hot > no matter how much micro-wave power is applied. > Well, believe it or not coconut oil/virgin coconut oil will > be heated when you put it in microwave oven because of the > water (moisture content) is excited by micro-wave causing heat > which heats up the coconut oil and if the heat is too high > the oil might get burned, however when all water is gone > the coconut oil would not be heated at all (if it is not burned yet). > The point is pure coconut oil (or virgin) would not be > heated by micro-wave, another way of saying: > if you place the pure coconut oil (0% of moisture/impurity) > and outside or inside of an running microwave oven there is > absolutely nothing changed. The impurities causing the oil to > heat up but not the pure coconut oil itself. > The best and the healthiest " popcorn " is popcorn with > virgin coconut oil ... guess what! ... microwaving it just > like any other microwave popcorn. > So, can you heat VCO with microwave? why not as long as you > don't leave it in there for too long (just like anything else) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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