Re: Microwaved food

["Len & Bev" <gardenlen@optushome.com.au>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: graham <gburnett@unisonfree.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: Microwaved food


> I can't help thinking we're coming at this from the wrong direction- all
> these reasons to use/not use microwaves, science says they're OK/not OK..
>
> Fundementally, shouldn't we be asking, Do we need them? Why use microwaves
> when there are perfectly good ways of preparing good quality, palatable
food
> without them...
>
> Arn't microwaves an example of our over-complicating life? And arn't we
> buying into that philosophy by even debating this stuff...
>
maybe solar cooking i'd like to give that a go

> remember- KISS (Keep It Simple, Silly!)
>
> Cheers team!
>
> Graham burnett
>
> PS. has anyone heard from Myk Rushton of late???
>
if i heard right he's in the mother country somewhere.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Schinnerer <johns@eco-living.net>
> To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Microwaved food
>
>
> > Aloha,
> >
> > To say more or less what's already been said from a different (eastern)
> > perspective, a (German) friend of mine who's an acupuncturist and
> > traditional Chinese medicine practitioner calls microwaves
> > "de-chi-ifiers" - as in, they take the chi ("life force," "vital
energy,"
> > etc.) out of food (including water heated in them, to tie in to the
water
> > thread... :-) .  So for those who appreciate chi as an explanation,
> there's
> > a reason to not use them.
> >
> > There's also a decent likelihood of increased production of estrogen
> > analogs when microwaving plastic containers, from heat and/or molecular
> > agitation.
> >
> > As for more scientific studies - "science never proves anything," to
quote
> > the late eminent scientist Gregory Bateson.  Those who want microwaves
> will
> > do studies showing they're harmless, and those who don't want them will
do
> > studies showing they're harmful.
> >
> > John Schinnerer
> > ---------------------------
> > Human Habitat Design
> > Cultural & Ecological Designing
> > johns@eco-living.net
> > http://eco-living.net
> >
> >
> >
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