Why do frozen peas defrost in the microwave when heated on their own, but when put together in the microwave beside other food, they remain frozen while the food heats up instead?
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TL;DR: Microwave radiation is part of the EM-spectrum. It is not radioactivity and does not impart that to food. It is absorbed by fat and water causing them to heat up. It can bounce off metal which is why you get sparks. It does not remove nutrients from fod — quite the contrary, it is one of the best ways to *preserve* them. And if you put a human in a microwave oven, they would die. And yes that gets asked a lot.
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