Avoid Using
Microwave Ovens

`Mums who heat babies' milk in a microwave oven are exposing them to brain and liver damage, scientists warn in the leading medical journal The Lancet.

`Researchers were shocked to find the super-fast ovens turn proteins in milk into poisons which attack vital organs. Now they fear everyone who eats micro waved food may be at risk because the same proteins are found in snacks such as pizzas, curries, quiches and TV dinners.

`Tests by children's doctors in Austria showed that heating babies' milk at high speed in a microwave changed its chemical structure abnormally. Protein-forming amino acids - found in dairy products, processed foods, meat and fish - which normally strengthen cells in the body, attack it instead. The brain, liver and kidneys are particularly effected-with possible fatal results.

`Dr. Gerd Lubec, who first discovered the dangers, stormed: “The manufacturers have done nothing. They must carry out tests.”

`Experts yesterday backed the alarming warning to busy mums, who find microwaves a boon to heat milk quickly. Sun doctor Vernon Coleman fears thousands could die every year from the effects of food cooked in microwaves. He warns: “The news that microwave ovens may turn the ingredients in usually safe foods into potentially toxic substances has to be taken very seriously.” ’ (John Pullman, The Sun [UK], January 18, 1990)

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