Fact
I’m not a fan of microwaves. As you indicated, there are many claims, pro and con, about microwave cooking, and I’m not going to take sides on those now. The one incontrovertible fact, however, is that eating foods processed in microwave ovens causes changes in the blood. Hemoglobin levels and lymphocyte levels are decreased; whereas overall white cell levels and cholesterol levels are increased. That fact alone tells you that microwave cooking has changed the food in some way that does not happen with other modes of cooking.