Health, wealth, happiness. I'm Dr. Michael Grecker and you're listening to the

Nutrition Facts podcast and while I can't promise you all of those things, if you

take a listen to the evidence based nutrition found in this podcast, chances are

you'll learn something that you can use to make a positive change in your

diet and in your health. My job here is to bring you the information you need to

make that reality possible. In our episode today, we'll take a look at something

you may have always had a sneaking suspicion could be bad for you, the

radiation from microwave ovens. As it turns out, the hazards of microwaves may

not be what you might expect. When people have asked me if microwave ovens are

hazardous, my typical snide response is yes, if you drop them on your foot. But it

turns out that's actually a real thing. Hundreds of Americans end up in the

emergency room every year because some microwave dropped on them. Or they hurt

their back trying to lift one or falling onto a microwave oven. I'm not sure

how that works. Maybe they're like tripped on it. But the majority of microwave

injuries involve scalding oneself on hot foods or liquids. But when people go to

pub med and search the medical literature and see all these scary sounding

titles about the hazards of microwave ovens, they may not realize these are

like articles about jelly donuts. Hazards of a microwave oven and at a less

impatient, ravenously hungry, rushed home from school for his afternoon snack

found to jelly donut, popped it in the microwave. The outside was just

comfortably warm and so he gulped it down before the searing pain started from

the burning jelly inside and he had to go to the hospital. And that's the

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