Good Morning,

I doubt you will find many people on this website who would say it's OK to use a microwave. But, that's your decision. For me, I have one and I do use it from time to time, but I use it less and less the more I hear.

One thing is for sure........If you do heat your water, do NOT use plastic. That is a BIG no no!

Paulette

Dear Minnie,

I urge you to throw away your microwave oven.
Don't give it away. Throw it away! It's a very
dangerous piece of equipment that is hurting
your health in more ways than one.

Andreas Moritz, whose forum many of us consider the shining jewel of CureZone, devoted two pages of his recent book, Cancer
Is Not A Disease, to the dangers of using
microwave ovens (pp.160-162). Doctor Joseph
Mercola, in his e-newletter of January 7th,
2006, had equally frightening information
about the horrors of microwaves. None of the
top alternative health doctors -- David Williams, Jon Barron, or Richard Schulze --
have one good word to say about microwave
ovens.

Let me start by quoting and paraphrasing
Andreas Moritz. Brace yourself, Minnie.

"Did you know that microwave-treated water does not sprout seeds? Russian researchers
have found decreased nutritional value, cancer-making compounds, and brain-damaging
radiolytics in virtually all microwave-prepared foods. Eating microwaved-prepared
foods can also cause loss of memory,
concentration, emotional instability, and a
decline in intelligence."

Andreas goes on to specifically explain how
microwave ovens cause the damage they do:

"Microwaves rip apart the molecular bonds
that make food to be "food." Microwave ovens
hurl high-frequency microwaves that boil the
moisture within food and its packaging, by
whipsawing water molecules dizzyingly back
and forth at more than a billion reversals
a second. This frantic friction causes the
food molecules to fracture, rearranging their chemical composition into weird new configurations, unrecognizable as food by
human bodies. By destroying the molecular
structures of foods, the body cannot help but
turn the food into waste, but not harmless
waste: rather, "nuclear waste."

According to the Russian scientists, microwaves also cause a host of illnesses and
degenerative conditions, in addition to
rendering food useless and toxic. Among the
side effects are, "high blood pressure, migraine headaches, dizziness, stomach pain,
anxiety, hair loss, appendicitis, cataracts,
reproductive disorders, adrenal exhaustion,
heart disease, memory loss, attention disorders, crankiness, depression, disconnected thoughts, sleep disturbance, and
brain damage."

Scary, isn't it? And it's even scarier when
you consider that 9 out of 10 families in the
USA --about 250 million people -- use microwave ovens EVERY DAY! Additionally, most
restaurants use microwaves to not only cook
much of their food, but to zap the dinner
order --
to make it hot-hot, just before the
waiter puts the plate in front of you.

One of the reasons I'm in radiant health at
65, is because I've never owned or used a
microwave oven. And my 96 year-old mother has
never used one, either.

Here's another quote from Andreas about how
microwaves destroy vitamins and other nutrients in food.

"The B-complex, C, and E vitamins linked with
stress-reduction and the prevention of cancer
and heart disease -- as well as the essential
trace minerals needed for optimum brain and
body functioning -- are rendered useless by
microwaves, even at short cooking durations.
Microwave-cooked food is reduced to the
nutritional equivalent of cardboard."

So, even though you're just zapping the water
for a few moments, Minnie, the microwave is
destroying everything in that water that makes
it useful for you body.

I am sure that the plague of obesity in the
United States is directly linked to the
almost universal use of microwave ovens.
People are eating dead food. Their digestive
systems know the food is dead, and so the
digestive organs cry out for help by sending
hunger-pangs to the person doing the eating.
Hunger is a plea -- not for food -- but for
vital nutrients! Alas, most people respond to
that plea by filling themselves with more dead and toxic food. After a while, the body
gives up; the immune system shuts down.
The inner organs are lined with a vast oil-slick of toxic waste; an oxygen-less environment that leads to cancer and a host
of other horrors.

In his newsletter of January 7th (www.mercola.com), Doctor Joe Mercola says
that microwaves leach carcinogens from the
paper and plastic covers used in microwaves,
and deposit it in the food. He adds that
microwaves were once used to warm up
blood for blood transfusions, but that
hospitals no longer do that (they were sued)
because the blood is altered, and often kills
the person receiving it.

Andreas finishes up with a chilling story
which I'll paraphrase. Russian scientists
took thousands of healthy cats, and gave
them nothing but nutritious and natural foods
that had been heated in a microwave for just
1 minute. The result? In six months, all the
cats were dead. When the scientists performed
autopsies on some of the cats, they found that
the animals had literally starved to death.
The cells in their bodies contained no trace
of nutrient components, even though the dead
bodies looked well-fed. "Microwaves had turned
their food into deadly poison."

Incidentally, Doctor Mercola suggests replacing your microwave with a turbo oven.
He says the turbo oven is fast, safe, and
not overly expensive. Go to his website
for more information, and read that January
7th e-alert.

I don't mean to be a scare-monger, my friends.
I urge you all to do your own research about
microwaves. At the very least, I urge you to
stop using it for, say, 3 months, and then
see how you feel. Perhaps some of your health
problems will disappear. It's worth a try.

Trust your intuition.

Blessings,

Owen

Microwaves are very dangerous period.

But esp if looking at it from a food /water heater...
if restructures molecules, so they are no longer recognized
by your body as food.
Tests done on cats, sad to say,
showed a group of cats feed great food only microwaved,
continued to *look* healthy,
but when their cell structures were looked at,
they all showed a starved system.
In spite of looking healthy ,
all these cats died within about 6 months.

I would assume it would have a similar effect on your water,
and could lead to a dehydrated body...
and added toxins buildup.
The microwaves btw don't just affect you from food intake,
but where they *leak* they attach to your counters,
foods items surrounding them etc.

Question?
It really does not take that long to boil water.
Water that is boiled is oxygenated and ionised.
this is incredibly healthful to your body...
and also the warm/ heated water is good for kidneys and liver.

I make up a potful of tea every morning,
then I drink that for 1st half of day ,
then I make another pot for 2nd half of day.
This gives me either ionised fresh hot oxygenated tea,
or as it *cools* I still am drinking room temp tea,
so much better for kidneys/liver.

consider putting that microwave where it belongs/
in the trash...
don't give it away even to destroy someone else.

Hope this helps.
Ami Joi Benton
Curezone Team Forum

Thanks for all your help I really love the detailed explations too!

One more question out of curiosity. Stated: "Did you know that microwave-treated water does not sprout seeds?" I wonder does distilled water sprout seeds? I just ordered a distiller. That's good right?

Minnie

PS Can't throw it away it's connected to the stove. Oh well.

I agree, we no longer have a microwave and don't use one. I think microwaved food is even worse than fried food!
Boiling water on the stove is easy enough, you put it on, go do something else for a minute (like check curezone.com) and then come back and it's boiling and ready to use.
However, there is a handy thing you can buy, I have heard it called a boiling pot, electric tea kettle, and perhaps a carafe. It is something that plugs into the wall, you put water in it, press a button, and a minute or two later it starts to boil , the button is released. You don't have to watch it like you do a pot and it is VERY quick! These are popular in europe. You can use them in other rooms besides the kitchen, too. Also can be used at work in your office or the break room (depending on your job of course). Make sure nobody puts coffee in it or it will always taste funky after that! ha ha!

We have used a toaster oven my whole life, even as kids we used it. We realized it was hot and that we had to use it carefully but it really wasn't a big deal. It's easy to heat things either on the stovetop or in the toaster oven or regular oven. And if you miss popcorn, you can buy a hot air popcorn popper, I bought one at a thrift store for $5 even though I rarely eat popcorn.
It's a mental adjustment but once you get used to it you'll be glad you gave up the microwave! Like I said, no big deal!