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I have induction but I do prefer gas for cooking with a good gas stove. Induction is great for boiling water FAST. I see people saying gas is faster but it's no

I have induction but I do prefer gas for cooking with a good gas stove. Induction is great for boiling water FAST. I see people saying gas is faster but it's not even close with a decent induction stove. That said I wouldn't stand with my balls next to the front burner on an induction stove due the EMF. I stand a few inches back. The recommendation is to primarily use the back burners and occasional front burner use as required. I've tested this with an EMF meter and it's pretty bad right up against my stove.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago
Did your EMF meter note the frequency? I didn't think it was in a frequency that would interfere with normal cellular function but I didn't exactly check either...
- lumb63 5y ago
  It probably doesn’t interfere with cellular function, but that doesn’t mean it has no impact on your health. EMFs at virtually all ranges of artificial (and natural) magnitudes have been shown to cause a vast variety of health problems. The OP neglects this entirely. Maybe you save on the respiratory illness by converting to electric or induction from gas, but you now expose yourself to EMFs instead of dirty air. I don’t have solid info on which is the worse environmental contaminant but am reasonably certain there is no “safe” way to cook.
  - SuoDuanDao 5y ago
    Got some studies you could share on that? It's something I've heard rumoured but not had a look at the data myself yet.
    - lumb63 5y ago
      Here's a source that references induction stovetops specifically: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22674188/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22674188/ For a more comprehensive treatment on the health and ecological consequences I'd recommend The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg. It discusses the topic in depth with respect to humans, insects, birds, trees, and more, across hundreds of years of history. It's very well researched; its references are 2/3 as long as the entire book. The Body Electric by Dr. Robert Becker is another book to possibly look into. It talks about electricity from a medical perspective and talks a bit about the mechanisms by which electricity influence the body and what it can do. If nothing else, the interesting takeaway for me from this book was that he was able to induce limb regrowth in tissue using currents on the order of picoamperes (this is an unfathomably small current compared to what we interface with daily). He also notes that more or less is not necessarily worse in terms of electricity's impacts on the body, just different. Here are some interesting highlights I've chosen from The Invisible Rainbow to give a broad sample. Impact of Mobile Phones on the Density of Honeybees: https://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Impact-of-mobile-phones-on-the-density-of-honeybees-by-Sainudeen-Sahib-S.-Feb.09-2011.pdf https://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04... Biological Effects and Health Implications of Microwave Radiation: https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QadcjIVQBhLZ96xXTlGDSVtlCBLV-0zctR-vl_3n0KOM4T1x-sIl5Yy0eA5NDN4nvgpjcf1D2Lyjp_7cNozW5Ex___4ZN-fFxhqiBwNiZwpwW6hZy4AAZBtVRueTmFIWmFonEGTrl-naocZW9D93oUyfJyl2zrh29vNpltcwf2MKhGpLZtKXK7vag6XZcochIFHEUQ5a1ByGn6PrExOfptBVhFxd90hnefPoJCVG3-4vVJqqmms1K4r-IDBaexX9dGpZxJQNWDc_Ziyolwi-OMXlU8TnxK2GHHEjt9zKf62zH6D4AOI https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qa... There are compelling references throughout the book implicating EMFs in diabetes, heart disease, possibly cancer, and illness, to name a couple.
      - ospzfmbbzr 5y ago
        > The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg Great title and good book but the implications are depressing. Hopefully our situation is not THAT bad.
sdflhasjd 5y ago
If I want to boil water as fast as possible, I use an electric kettle instead of my gas hob.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago

Did your EMF meter note the frequency? I didn't think it was in a frequency that would interfere with normal cellular function but I didn't exactly check either...

lumb63 5y ago
It probably doesn’t interfere with cellular function, but that doesn’t mean it has no impact on your health. EMFs at virtually all ranges of artificial (and natural) magnitudes have been shown to cause a vast variety of health problems. The OP neglects this entirely. Maybe you save on the respiratory illness by converting to electric or induction from gas, but you now expose yourself to EMFs instead of dirty air. I don’t have solid info on which is the worse environmental contaminant but am reasonably certain there is no “safe” way to cook.
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  Got some studies you could share on that? It's something I've heard rumoured but not had a look at the data myself yet.
  - lumb63 5y ago
    Here's a source that references induction stovetops specifically: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22674188/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22674188/ For a more comprehensive treatment on the health and ecological consequences I'd recommend The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg. It discusses the topic in depth with respect to humans, insects, birds, trees, and more, across hundreds of years of history. It's very well researched; its references are 2/3 as long as the entire book. The Body Electric by Dr. Robert Becker is another book to possibly look into. It talks about electricity from a medical perspective and talks a bit about the mechanisms by which electricity influence the body and what it can do. If nothing else, the interesting takeaway for me from this book was that he was able to induce limb regrowth in tissue using currents on the order of picoamperes (this is an unfathomably small current compared to what we interface with daily). He also notes that more or less is not necessarily worse in terms of electricity's impacts on the body, just different. Here are some interesting highlights I've chosen from The Invisible Rainbow to give a broad sample. Impact of Mobile Phones on the Density of Honeybees: https://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Impact-of-mobile-phones-on-the-density-of-honeybees-by-Sainudeen-Sahib-S.-Feb.09-2011.pdf https://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04... Biological Effects and Health Implications of Microwave Radiation: https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QadcjIVQBhLZ96xXTlGDSVtlCBLV-0zctR-vl_3n0KOM4T1x-sIl5Yy0eA5NDN4nvgpjcf1D2Lyjp_7cNozW5Ex___4ZN-fFxhqiBwNiZwpwW6hZy4AAZBtVRueTmFIWmFonEGTrl-naocZW9D93oUyfJyl2zrh29vNpltcwf2MKhGpLZtKXK7vag6XZcochIFHEUQ5a1ByGn6PrExOfptBVhFxd90hnefPoJCVG3-4vVJqqmms1K4r-IDBaexX9dGpZxJQNWDc_Ziyolwi-OMXlU8TnxK2GHHEjt9zKf62zH6D4AOI https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qa... There are compelling references throughout the book implicating EMFs in diabetes, heart disease, possibly cancer, and illness, to name a couple.
    - ospzfmbbzr 5y ago
      > The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg Great title and good book but the implications are depressing. Hopefully our situation is not THAT bad.

sdflhasjd 5y ago

If I want to boil water as fast as possible, I use an electric kettle instead of my gas hob.