The fundamental difference between an electric steamer and a microwave oven is that food is heated in different ways. The steamer heats food by pure steam, and the heating speed is slow; Microwave ovens use magnetrons to generate high frequency, which makes the molecules in a certain range vibrate at high speed, generating heat, but heating is faster.

The reason why an electric steamer needs a microwave oven is that they have different functions. The microwave oven can cook barbecue and popcorn, but the steamer can't. As far as the functions are concerned, each has its own advantages. From the point of view of food health and nutrition, electric steamer is better, so it can completely preserve the nutrition of food, while microwave oven has certain radiation influence on food and the possibility of losing nutrition. But in terms of overall function, the two have their own advantages.

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Features of electric steamer and microwave oven:

1. Electric steamer: The steamer is carried out through heat transfer, which does not destroy the molecular structure of food itself, and it can steam food in a short time, inhibit the loss of food nutrients, prevent oxidation and off-flavor, and maintain the original flavor of food. Determined by the steam heating principle of the electric steamer itself, the product uses steam to cook food. It belongs to an independent body, and there is no light wave or microwave, which has no radiation effect on food inside and outside.

2. Microwave oven: The food heated by microwave oven will lose its original moisture, which will make the hot food feel dry and dry, and cannot guarantee the nutrition and original flavor of the food. The magnetron of the microwave oven produces radiation not only to the food itself, but also to the people around it when it works.

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