Diabetes: Reduce your risks from microwaving foods in plastics

Recent studies have revealed a link between microwaving food in plastic to diabetes. For instance a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism showed that microwaving food in plastic containers, has a definite link to health problems such as diabetes and hypertension The researchers who conducted the study examined how two common […]

Recent studies have revealed a link between microwaving food in plastic to diabetes. For instance a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism showed that microwaving food in plastic containers, has a definite link to health problems such as diabetes and hypertension

The researchers who conducted the study examined how two common compounds found in plastics can have serious and dangerous side effects on human health.

Plastic containers contain toxic chemicals which leak into food but in very small, and almost insignificant amounts. 

Dr. Leonardo Transande, who headed the study said however that when the plastic is heated, the toxicity in the plastic is activated and spreads into the food. The result of increased contamination of food with the chemicals found in the plastic has been found to cause diabetes and hypertension.

To reduce one’s risk of being contaminated by the chemicals in plastic when microwaving your food, experts at Healthy Food House advise  people not to heat their food in plastic containers. In addition they advised against placing plastic wrap over food before microwaving it.

Also wash your plastic wares with warm water not hot water. “You can reduce your chances of being contaminated by these dangerous chemicals by not putting your plastic wares into the dishwasher. The excessively hot water that a dishwasher uses to clean the plastic can also bring out the toxicity levels in the plastic.”

“Another way that you can avoid being harmed by the toxic chemicals found in these plastics is to avoid drinking out of bottles that are made of plastic marked with the number 3, 6 or 7.

These numbers indicate that the compounds of the plastic in these bottles are questionable in composition and that drinking out of them could lead to contamination and eventually diabetes and hypertension.