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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I am not sure what the big deal is about heating dog food/ formula in the microwave except:
**heating in some plastic containers causes the plastic to leak harmful chemicals into the food.... So I heat in glass bowls!
**you get "hot spots" in the food, and while it may be nicely warm in one spot, it is scalding on the bottom. I always stir anything I am heating for my dogs, with my finger, so I know and evenly disperse the "hot spots"....
I also heat gently, 10 seconds at a time....
If there is another concern about heating in the microwave, I need to know! Please share!

This is what I got from a on line web-site nutritionist




Do you microwave your pet's meals?


Microwave changes the molecular structure of foods and water so anything that is heated by a microwave becomes toxic to the body. The violent change that microwaving causes to the food molecules creates new life forms called radiolytic compounds. These are mutations that are unknown in the natural world. Ordinary cooking also causes the formation of some radiolytic compounds, which is no doubt one reason why it is better to feed your pet plenty of raw food, but microwave cooking causes a much greater number of these compounds. This then causes deterioration of the blood and immune system. In addition, they found that the number of leucocytes increases after feeding pets microwaved food-something which hematologists take very seriously, because this is often a sign of highly harmful effects, such as poisoning. Also, after feeding microwave food, cholesterol levels increased. Please do not even heat water in a microwave