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Re:Microwave Test by Xcelerate on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:37AM (#6493897)
As someone working on a PhD in chemical engineering, I feel somewhat qualified to make a grandiose claim: the difference between microwaved water and unmicrowaved water is that one of them is hot.
Re:Microwave Test by t0 on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:44AM (#6493913)
It corrupts the DNA of the food? This article has to be one big troll..
Re:Microwave Test by code177 on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:58AM (#6493945)
I wasn't aware we were upvoting forwarded emails these days... Must have missed that memo. Here's what snopes has to say (very much false).

http://www.snopes.com/science/microwave/plants.asp

Re:Microwave Test by anupshinde on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:28AM (#6493870)
WTH, it says - "It has been known for some years that the problem with microwaved anything is not the radiation people used to worry about, it’s how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not recognize it."

Is this legit? How can microwaves cause DNA mutation? This post also says "Minerals are altered"... I would seriously like to know how microwaves alter minerals.

The experiment is with water that may have lost minerals due to overheating - and then this post goes on to generalize about DNA in the food.

Re:Microwave Test by 1qaz2wsx3edc on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:33AM (#6493882)
They probably poured hot water on the plant.
Re:Microwave Test by ktosiek on Friday October 04, 2013 @03:20AM (#6494150)
So, why exactly do I want my body to care about DNA of something I'm eating? It's not like I'm expecting a symbiont, I just want it broken to very small pieces for further processing.