I am loving The Chew with Daphne Oz, the daughter of Dr. Oz. You know that I am going to either sing the praises of Dr. Oz or tell him where he has gone wrong here on my Blog.

Today was a ‘Double Oz Day’…

Doctor Oz and Daughter Daphne both made statements about microwave ovens and the health of food prepared with this method.

Daphne is being influenced by those around her when she should continue to listen to her mother, Lisa Oz. In fact, Lisa Oz should have her own show on healthy vegetarian food, family, and peaceful co-existence!

No one should be using a microwave oven to cook or reheat food of any kind. Period! End of healthy story…

The way a microwave oven works is at the very heart of the matter. Your body is not designed to deal with rapidly vibrating atoms which are highly unstable. It does damage that doesn’t meet the eye, but there it is nonetheless. If you truly care about your health and longevity and qualify of life; then you will use the healthier methods of food preparation. Steaming, low slow heat, stir fry quickly, saute, or raw are the best and most suitable food preparation methods for Wellness.

Daphne tried to dispel the myth that microwaves are bad for you and Michael Symon chimed in correctly. They are horrible choices. I couldn’t even recommend reheating food or boiling water in a microwave oven. You don’t save that much time and the damage that is done internally takes a serious toll on the integrity of the cells that line your digestive system. Can you really justify risking that!?! Of, course not!

Daphne: Your mother was right to raise you to never use a microwave oven for food preparation. Listen to your Mom! I am a Mom, too, so you can listen to me as well. Plus…I have this little EAV device that demonstrates that what I say is true.

Now…on to Dr. Oz who had a segment about microwaving foods in one minute. The quesadilla took one minute to melt the cheese, warm the beans, and begin to break down the nutrients in the avocado. That’s just stupid! When you can place the quesadilla in a skillet or on the grill or in the oven for one minute, two minutes, or until the cheese melts; then you are going to have the same end result…but with healthier ingredients while you preserve the nutrient value of your food. Saving a minute or two is not worth the destruction of thousands of cells that line your digestive system and disrupt the DNA when you consume food prepared in a microwave.

Then there was the four minute salmon dish. The pan-seared salmon takes five to ten minutes depending upon the size of the salmon fillet. The marinade provides the flavor, but you ruin the value of the ginger, the garlic, the parsley, and the oil when you throw the fish into the microwave oven. Just refuse to use that beast! Salmon is one of the fastest and most healthful of seafood that deserve a proper preparation method.

The difference between four minutes and ten minutes is not worth your health and cellular integrity! Be good to your salmon and healthy ingredients and they will be equally good for your body.

Doctor Oz: You need to listen to your wife, Lisa. She has the wisdom that you are seriously lacking and ignoring after all of these years. If you really don’t want more of those polyps to grow in your colon, you should avoid the microwave altogether. The last thing you should tell your audience should be how to save a minute or two of time to suffer needlessly with cancer and other degenerative diseases from making foolish choices in food preparation techniques when you are not an expert in this area.

Daphne made us all laugh with her wide variety of accents as she tried to bust other food myths. The best one of the day was about Trail Mix. She gives a good recipe for a better substitute at the end of this video segment from today’s The Chew show. Popcorn, nuts, dried fruit, and chocolate chips can only be enhanced by a sprinkle of sea salt, a spray of agave syrup on the dried fruit, and more organic chocolate pieces. I would add a handful of pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, or sunflower seeds to this mix for even more nutrient goodness and crunch to go with the ‘chew’.

Daphne Oz and Debunking Food Myths

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