Organic/Microwaves

[Guest guest]

> I am wondering what the take is on organic food and the use

> of microwaves. I haven't yet read Dr. Walford so perhaps

> he addresses it. I would think organic would be preferred,

> but is it considered a must for ON? And are microwaves

> considered bad for warming or cooking say a sweet potato?

FWIW, I have mixed feelings about organic produce. On the one

hand I don't want to eat pesticides and herbicides. On the other,

I feel it is a bit of a luddite movement - which is likely to

hamper progress in food technology.

Microwave ovens don't seem much worse than other cooking methods to

me. I tend to microwave fish for example.

However not everyone is completely trusting of microwaves.

For example, here is a sceptical article:

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html

[Guest guest]

On page 275 of " Beyond " Walford says true organic food is better if you can

get it (because of pesticides) however, most of what is labled organic is

not organic. BTW you can get almost all pesticides off by washing with soap

and water then rinsing with plain water, or washing with a mixture of

vinegar and water.

As for microwaves, Walford recommends them as a great timesaver.

on 9/26/2002 11:30 PM, birdsrfun@... at birdsrfun@... wrote:

> I am wondering what the take is on organic food and the use of microwaves. I

> haven't yet read Dr. Walford so perhaps he addresses it. I would think

> organic would be preferred, but is it considered a must for ON? And are

> microwaves considered bad for warming or cooking say a sweet potato?

> I did try the archives but couldn't find anything on it.

> Thanks for any replies and I love this site!

>

> Janet S.

>

[Guest guest]

>However not everyone is completely

>trusting of microwaves....

When microwave ovens first came on the market in the US, Prevention

Magazine was steadfastly against them, claiming that they were outlawed

in all European countries, and were unsafe. Later, though, when almost

everyone had one, Prevention went with the mainstream and changed its

position.

Dot

[Guest guest]

> However not everyone is completely trusting of microwaves.

> For example, here is a sceptical article:

>

> http://www.nexusmagazine.com/microwave.html

This is laughable.

I stopped reading it when i got to the bit about microwaves from the sun. I

have better things to do with my time.

I suspect it is just another instance of someone taking advantage of the

ignorance of most people on scientific issues to further their own agenda by

scaremongering.

It's the same as mobile phone scares, overhead power lines, etc., etc.

BEN