Is microwave oven harmful to human body

Microwave oven is now one of the most common household appliances, because of its convenient heating, easy to operate the advantages of the young people and many working class love. But there are some people because of the fear of microwave oven hazards, and give up the use of microwave ovens, so what exactly is the harm caused by people to give up the use of microwave ovens? Here's a look at it!

Electromagnetic radiation hazards

Many of the appliances in our lives have electromagnetic radiation, microwave ovens in the heating of food will produce strong radiation. And it is known that strong radiation is extremely harmful to the human body, such as. (1) cause miscarriage, fetal malformation or fetal stunting in pregnant women. It causes infertility, etc. (2) Increase the complication rate of malignant tumors, causing some cells to become cancerous, etc. (3) Reduces the body's resistance and destroys the body's immune system (4) Induces neurasthenia, and prolonged exposure to radiation can easily produce headaches, dizziness, insomnia, and palpitations.

Cause food nutrition loss

Some data show that after microwave heating, the nutritional value of food is reduced by more than 60%, including a large number of minerals, vitamins, biochemical enzymes and other losses. In addition, the loss of water and certain nutrients after microwave heating will make the taste of food worse. The food becomes dry and hard to eat and difficult to swallow.

Causes safety accidents

Conventional heating of liquids, to a certain temperature will not rise, but microwave heating may already be very high temperature, but it seems very calm, as long as a little disturbance, it will "burst boiling. If accidentally touched at this time, burns will be more serious than ordinary boiling water burns. In addition, the heating of closed containers of food, it is very easy to trigger an explosion. Mainly in the microwave oven rapid heating process, the heat can not be distributed, the container air pressure caused by too much. So use the microwave oven must be extremely careful.

Microwave oven use precautions

Although the use of microwave ovens will appear some bad places, so we have to discard such a convenient and fast household appliances? The answer is no, as long as we can pay attention to the following details, we can minimize the hazards of the microwave oven. So what are the considerations for using the microwave oven?

Choose the appropriate container to heat food

(1) do not use plastic containers, some plastic containers will soften when heated, resulting in food leakage. This is one of the reasons why some people say that heating food in the microwave oven will increase the risk of cancer. (2) do not use metal utensils, put into the microwave oven iron, aluminum, stainless steel or enamel and other utensils, in the heating will produce electric sparks and reflect the microwave, which will not only damage the furnace body will also affect the food heating. (3) do not use closed or small-mouth bottle containers, the main reason is that the heating process, closed containers or small-mouth bottle containers are not conducive to heat dissipation, which can cause excessive pressure on the container, causing an explosion. It is recommended to buy a special, can be used for microwave heating containers.

Not suitable for heating food in the microwave oven

(1) avoid heating meat to half-cooked and then microwave heating (2) avoid heating eggs in the microwave oven (3) avoid heating overtime (4) Do not microwave food for infants and children, such as milk for babies

Other precautions

Before using the microwave oven must carefully read the instructions, the correct operation of the microwave oven, in addition to the following details (1) microwave oven heating process, the human body is best to stand 1 meter away from the microwave oven, 1 meter away from the radiation will be significantly reduced, basically will not cause harm to the human body. (2) Do not open the microwave oven before you put the food. (3) microwave ovens are prohibited to cover any items, which can easily cause the microwave oven can not properly dissipate heat and induce safety accidents. (4) Do not place the microwave oven in the bedroom or living room, which will be frequently active places. (5) Do not use the microwave oven to fry food, which can easily lead to safety accidents. (6) Do not put food directly in the microwave oven, should be packed in a special container, and then heated. (7) often check the microwave oven, if you find that they are damaged or broken wires, should immediately stop using and send to repair.