does microwaving kill nutrients?

[me and bean]

anyone know?

i usually steam... 

thanks,

[RachelC]

The book I used to make all dd's food, Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron, always mentions using microwaving as a way to cook, so I would lean towards no.  I microwaved a lot of the food I made out of convience.
Hope that helps.
~Rachel

[me and bean]

thanks rachel, i think i may want to start, like you say, out of convenience.  but didn't want to give him 'dead' food.

[EmMUK74]

I believe that steaming is best, then microwaving and than finally boiling which removes a lot of the nutrients into the water.

[MamaC]

I have read recently that microwaving in plastic or with plastic covering your food (like saran wrap) is supposed to be harmful.  I don't know how valid that is, it was a forward from a friend.  So now I just steam in a glass bowl that has a lid.  I've actually heard that microwaving is better since it cooks it faster w/o losing a lot of the nutrients in the water, since there is very little of it.

[RachelC]

Just so you know, microwaving in plastic is ok...

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cookplastic.asp

~Rachel

[MamaC]

Oops, thanks for correcting me!