What materials to avoid in your healthy kitchen and how to replace them

The material in which we are going to cook or preserve the food is basic to ensure that during these processes no toxic substances are released get into food.

To equip our kitchen we should avoid utensils and kitchenware made of aluminum (due to the toxicity of aluminum salts), copper and Teflon with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which behaves as an endocrine disruptor.

The materials more safe to cook are: glass, titanium, ceramic (without flakes) and iron certified without heavy metals, clay (lead free), wood, bamboo and quality stainless steel.

Kitchen utensils and materials, which ones to choose?

In this guide we show the different utensils used in the kitchen. And in each one of them we indicate those that we have to avoid, or choose, according to the material with which they are made.

Pans

Avoid…

Old teflon with PFOA, related to hormone-dependent tumors. If the pan is scratched, the poison passes into the food at high temperatures. aluminumwithout a suitable coating, is a possible neurotoxicant.

It is safe…

Uses certified heavy metal free pansneither nanotechnology, nor PFOA.TitaniumIt is non-toxic and does not produce allergies.Glass suitable for cooking.quality ceramicbut not scratched.Steel of quality, the most advisable is the surgical one.Iron certified free of heavy metals.Aluminumonly if it is anodized.

casseroles

Avoid…

One has to avoid any materials with leadmany clay pots contain it.Copper.Teflon old with PFOA.chipped ceramic.

It is safe…

Glass suitable for cooking, it is an innocuous and stable material.Ceramics lead-free enamelled. Coated with titanium.quality steel and not scratched.

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Cutting boards, cutlery and ladles

Avoid…

Better not use tables plastic because they deteriorate more.

It is safe…

choose them from bamboo and other woods. They should be cleaned well after each use: rub with sea salt and lemon juice and rinse with lukewarm water.

pastry molds

Avoid…

Aluminum.If you want to continue using the aluminum molds, you have the option of coating them with parchment paper.

It is safe…

Silicone platinum quality.glass or ceramic oven certified.

Bottles and tapers

Avoid…

No. 1 plastic (PET or PETE), especially if they are going to be heated or reused. Virtually all plastic water and soft drink bottles are of the PET type.

It is safe…

Glass.No. 5 plastic (PP), the only one recommended by the WHO for consumption. Plastic bisphenol A free.Thers or jugs of stainless steel.