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WillowTheWhisp · 08-09-2007, 08:09

It's not the microwaving itself that is the problem - it's what you microwave.

If they are only being used to warm up 'ready meals' then yes that's a problem because 'ready meals' can be full of all kinds of junk. You can also buy 'ready meals' which are cooked in a conventional oven and they are equally full of rubbish.

However, if you use a microwave oven to actually cook stuff as opposed to warming stuff up it is perfectly possible to have nutritious food. For example how could a jacket potato cooked in a microwave be any more fattening or any less nutritious than one cooked in a gas or conventional electric oven? OK, the skins go harder in an ordinary oven but personally I prefer the softer skin from the microwave.

It's like carrots. If you buy them fresh off the market they are much better for you than if you get them out of a tin but I bet more people use tinned carrots for convenience.

We don't use our microwave all that often and it's a combi which is quite often used in its 'oven mode' rather than microwave mode but I wouldn't like to be without it for those times when I prefer what it produces.

08-09-2007, 08:09	#4
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: if you have a fat kid ....blame the microwave It's not the microwaving itself that is the problem - it's what you microwave. If they are only being used to warm up 'ready meals' then yes that's a problem because 'ready meals' can be full of all kinds of junk. You can also buy 'ready meals' which are cooked in a conventional oven and they are equally full of rubbish. However, if you use a microwave oven to actually cook stuff as opposed to warming stuff up it is perfectly possible to have nutritious food. For example how could a jacket potato cooked in a microwave be any more fattening or any less nutritious than one cooked in a gas or conventional electric oven? OK, the skins go harder in an ordinary oven but personally I prefer the softer skin from the microwave. It's like carrots. If you buy them fresh off the market they are much better for you than if you get them out of a tin but I bet more people use tinned carrots for convenience. We don't use our microwave all that often and it's a combi which is quite often used in its 'oven mode' rather than microwave mode but I wouldn't like to be without it for those times when I prefer what it produces. __________________