Please can someone in the house help answer this question;
Is there any negative implication (medically) in foods cooked with microwave oven and that which is cooked normally with external heat (i.e stove or electric/gas cooker)?
Recently, someone told me that those who cook with microwave oven are liable to cancerous diseases. How true is this?

well to me, it is possible but don't no the type of disease,
the only thing i know is when cooked or warm food with microwave's oven,it should be left for
about ten to fifteen minute before bringing it out from the microwave oven ( i read it on news paper ).
so, for them to say such thing that's means it mighty cause something if too much cooking with microwaves,

Just to share another thing about microwave:-

THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE SHARED!

Micro waved water - one MUST read

A 26-year old guy decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before).

I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he told me he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he removed the cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup, he noted that the water was not boiling, but instantly the water in the cup 'blew up' into his face.

The cup remained intact until he threw it out of his hand but all the water had flown out into his face due to the build up of energy. His whole face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face, which may leave scarring. He also may have lost partial sight in his left eye, While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this is fairly common occurrence and water (alone) should never be heated in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy such as: a wooden stir stick, tea bag, etc. It is however a much safer choice to boil the water in a teakettle.

General Electric 's (GE) response:

Thanks for contacting us. I will be happy to assist you. The e-mail that you received is correct. Micro waved water and other liquids do not always bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can actually get superheated and not bubble at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup when it is moved or when something like a spoon or teabag is put into it. To prevent this from happening and causing injury, do not heat any liquid for more than two minutes per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in the microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding anything into it.

If you pass this on , you could very well save someone from a lot of pain and suffering.

We are in Africa and God has has a reason for creating us Africans. But we seem to be too mad about everything that comes from the western world, and that is why western diseases and sicknesses has equally entered Africa. It was strange for somebody to hear of many types of sicknesses we are having daily today, but the craze for modernization has really had its toll on us. There is no way you can compare food cooked naturally with that which is fast cooked with micro wave. God will really help us in this country.

Not very i must say

But with the ease and convenience that comes with a microwave, one has no choice at times!