To Microwave or not to Microwave? Fish Thrives, While Extra Virgin Olive Oil Deteriorates in the Microwave Oven
The effect of microwave steaming, i.e. steaming with the microwave by the means of one of those microwave steaming bags has not been tested in the study at hand, but it should be relatively harmless... assuming your steaming bag is BPA free. I know that people all around the world still argue that microwaving your foods would modify them in ways that render them at least less, if not simply downright un healthy. In reality, however, the safety of microwaving is well established; and there's evidence suggesting that it is rather the way of heating you should prefer than the way to heat you should avoid. With the latest study from the Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo de Alimentos the previously discussed and often (falsely) ignored formation of oxysterols, i.e. oxidized cholesterol that's bad for your metabolic and cardiovascular health microwave (MW) foods or I should say fish just got even more attractive. You can learn more about omega-3 & co at the SuppV...
