Roberta J. Leong, LAc wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Reviving our old thread about the safety of microwaved foods, I just
> read an article in the most recent Gerson newsletter that I find
> particularly disturbing.  It reports an experiment, one which I would
> like to try myself.  Someone from Mosinee, Wisconsin tried to sprout
> seeds using 3 different types of water.  Water was all drawn from the
> cold tap.  Then some was boiled (conventional stovetop) then cooled;
> some used straight from the tap; and there was also microwaved tap water
> that was cooled.  Seeds themselves were not microwaved of course.  All
> from the same batch of seeds, they were placed in the 3 types of water
> to germinate.  The microwave water group had a germination rate of 25%.
> The other two were about 87%.
>
I tried to replicate this experiment with wheat grass. I just used
cooled microwaved water and filtered water, both sat out the same length
of time.
I saw no difference in the germination rate. However, the non-microwaved
watered plants did have a number of ultra fast growing plants. The
microwaved watered plants had a very uniform growth rate and maybe
slightly slower. I will continue to grow them into wheat grass and see
what happens. I speculate that the lower germination rate in the
original experiment was because not enough time was given. But the
question still remains why the growth rate would be slower with
microwaved water. Of course, one difference is that the microwaved water
had all its bacteria and fungus killed which could effect the growth
rate.

I am a trained scientist and followed rigorous standards of
experimentation.


I would like to mention another experiment I did with growing wheat
grass.
I sprouted and grew two plots. Each was about 6 by 12 inches and where
about 6 inches apart and I swap there position each day. Over one plot I
prayed/meditated for 5 minutes twice a day. I held my hands over the one
plot by about 12 inches so as not to create heat. After 3 weeks the ones
I prayed/meditated over where about a quarter of an inch taller than the
other.
I was not really surprise by the results, only that it was great a
difference.

Positive attention is extremely powerful.
Frank.