As a must-have kitchen appliance, the microwave oven has revolutionized the idea of quick meal cooking and reheating. Preparing meals with an oven is tidier, with fewer dirty pans or pots to wash.

If you’re only using this versatile appliance to heat up leftovers, then you’re not using it to its fullest potential. A microwave oven can also defrost frozen food, bake, grill, and cook food from scratch in mere seconds.

Despite its versatility and functionality, there are still many debates sparked over the years. Some argue microwaved food retains fewer nutrients —or worse—the microwave oven emits radiation to your kitchen.

If you’re one of them doubting whether this appliance is safe to use, this article is specially written for you.

Misconception 1: Microwaved Food Is Dangerous Due To Radiation

Facts:

As its name suggests, a microwave oven heats and cooks food using microwaves, which are energy waves similar to radio waves. Such waves bring no harm to humans, and they are not radioactive.

Albeit radiation does exist in a microwave oven, but it isn’t dangerous at all. Ionizing radiation first needs to be emitted to be ‘radioactive,’ which microwave ovens don’t. Hence, such a myth that microwaved food is radioactive and can cause dangers for human health is unlikely to be true.

Another point is that the property of an oven that heats only certain molecules like water in food makes them a perfect appliance for cooking food without altering it.

Bear in mind that the wavelengths a microwave oven produce are not powerful enough to alter human DNA in the long run as well.

Misconception 2: Microwave Oven Destroys Food Nutrition

Facts:

We cannot deny that this message spread by online healthy eating communities is not totally wrong but somehow misleading. Regardless of whatever cooking methods, nutrients in the food will be broken down into pieces when they encounter heat.

There is very little liquid or water involved while using a microwave for cooking. Based on the Harvard Medical School’s statement, cooking food using this appliance can preserve more nutrients than boiling and steaming.

Another registered dietitian and certified food scientist, Catherine Adams Hutt, claimed that cooking food in the shortest period and using only a minimal amount of liquid is one of the best cooking methods for nutrition retaining. Undoubtedly, a microwave oven can fulfill these requirements.

Myth 3: Microwaved Food Is Cancerous

Facts:

This misconception might originate from a fundamental misunderstanding of the appliance’s working principle.

Microwave oven’s operation involves using radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and most importantly, it does not produce gamma rays or x-rays that are harmful to human health, not to say cancers.

The working principles of an oven involve using an electromagnetic spectrum to release radiation. The water molecules in food will rapidly absorb the radiation and begin to vibrate and rub against each other. The frictional forces between those molecules produce heats, which is how your foods are heated.

Many studies also suggested that fried and grilled food might contain cancer-causing carcinogen. Thus, cooking food using a microwave is safer and healthier than other traditional cooking methods.

Another important note is that radiation produced by an oven can only retain throughout the cooking process, and it will be gone right after the appliance is turned off.

SHARP Microwave Oven – A Miracle Of Healthy Cooking And Convenience

A handful of SHARP microwave oven choices have changed the well-worn perception that a microwave oven is simply a box for reheating leftovers.

The versatility of SHARP’s microwave oven series to microwave, steam, grill, and bake represents an evolution in home cooking convenience. With just one cooking appliance like SHARP’s microwave oven, traditional cooking equipment is no longer needed!

SHARP Exclusive J-Tech Inverter Microwave Oven

Inverter Technology Makes Better Cooking Performance

Unlike conventional microwave ovens which work on an “ON” and “OFF” power to cook, Sharp’s J-Tech Inverter works on constant power management to give more efficient heat management and shorter cooking time. This constant power management provides numerous advantages and benefits.

More Powerful and Quicker Reheat

J-Tech Inverter can generate higher output power from the “same output.” The cooking or reheating time is shorter by 18% to 30% than a conventional oven, bringing you the convenience of preparing healthy food after coming back from work.

Energy Saving

SHARP’s J Tech Inverter microwave oven provides 13% more energy-saving than conventional models, helping you prepare self-cooked and healthy food while relieving your worry on your household monthly electricity bills.

Inverter with Grill

SHARP’s J Tech Inverter microwave oven can perfectly grill your food and make it crispy on the outside while succulent on the inside.

This contemporary midsized microwave oven of SHARP is a stylish addition to any kitchen. It has the convenience of grills, which offers even cooking.

Different cooking methods of SHARP’s J Tech Inverter microwave oven offer you the options of how you want your foods to be made. Ranging from Grill Cooking to Combi Cooking, both cooking methods are time-conserving and are suitable for different cooking menus and recipes.

Instant cooking has a better and healthier alternative with SHARP’s microwave ovens. Ready to choose your best, smart kitchen helper? Surf more at: https://sg.sharp/products/microwave-oven