Pizza to Burger: 5 food staples that lose their nutritional value for microwaving

First Published Mar 29, 2021, 4:02 PM IST

Do you order in your favourite pizza or burger when you crave them and then microwave it before having it? Stop doing that. Why? Read this.

Microwave is best for heating up cold food, and it's one of the best-known technology for our fast-paced life. Do you know that you are losing the nutritional value of those food items in doing so? Here are 5 food staples whose nutritional value gets to zero while getting heated in the microwave.
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BurgerBurger is liked by almost everyone. It comes with baked bread, chicken patty with some veggies, lettuce and mayonnaise. But do you know that after heating the burger, the bread gets stiffened, and the nutrition of butter, chicken, and lettuce get lost?
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PizzaWe can eat pizza all day, every day. Don't we? And it's a food item that cannot be eaten cold. But so what? Do not ever heat it for the second time as it will not taste the same as before, and in the meantime, the bread will get stiffened.
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Dairy productsDo not put a bowl full of milk in the microwave or even any products made of milk as it might badly affect the food items; it can even spoil it.
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EggsDo not heat any food items in the microwave which have eggs in them. It will spoil the food staples. But there is an exception. Well, it's cakes. You can heat your favourite plum cake or any other cake in the microwave but not the pies.
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FishYou can cook fish in the microwave but shouldn't heat it there. As per nutritionists, the nutritional value of the fish gets lost when it gets heated in the microwave. If you want to heat your cooked fish, then use your gas oven.
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