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r/askscience on Reddit: Do microwaves destroy nutrients in ways that stoves or ovens do not?
The reason they have less nutrition is because <strong>many nutrients, specifically talking about certain vitamins etc here, rather than macronutrients like proteins or carbohydrates, break down during cooking due to being unstable in the presence of heat and water</strong>...
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r/askscience on Reddit: My friend is convinced that microwave ovens destroy nutrients in food. Can askscience help me refute or confirm this?
Most microwave-ready foods are already cooked via conventional methods before they are frozen and delivered to grocery stores... ... <strong>Yes, nutrients are destroyed by all forms of cooking</strong>.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Insight into the incredible effects of microwave heating: Driving changes in the structure, properties and functions of macromolecular nutrients in novel food - PMC
For this purpose, this paper summarizes the effects of microwave on macromolecule nutrients (starch, lipid and protein) in food, in order to answer whether microwave heating has a negative effect on food nutrition, and to provide a comprehensive overview of the most recent research findings in order to provide a theoretical foundation for promoting microwave use in the food industry.
health.harvard.edu
Ask the doctor: Microwave's impact on food - Harvard Health
However, <strong>microwave cooking is actually one of the least likely forms of cooking to damage nutrients</strong>. That's because the longer food cooks, the more nutrients tend to break down, and microwave cooking takes less time.
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fullfact.org
Microwaves don’t make food ‘highly toxic’ – Full Fact
While it’s true that microwaving food may reduce its nutrient content, the same is true for all forms of cooking, as <strong>heat itself can break down nutrients</strong>.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The effect of microwaves on nutrient value of foods - PubMed
In conclusion, <strong>no significant nutritional differences exist between foods prepared by conventional and microwave methods</strong>.
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