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Blog #38: Is Non-Stick Cookware Really That Bad?
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QUEEN OF COINS: During this bi-weekly you have an opportunity to manifest what you want by focusing on it, visualizing it, acting as if you already have it, believing this is so, truly feeling what you will feel when you have it, and then letting it go. There is no need to revisit it time and again, because you have set the intention and the universe will receive your message. Through the Law of Attraction it is indeed possible to create that which you desire, and the Queen energy will help you achieve your objective.
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Blog #38: Is Non-Stick Cookware
Really That Bad?
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Teflon has been around since the 1940’s, but in the past few years concerns have arisen about its dangers. But is this really
something we need to pay attention to?
The research seems to say the answer to this question is “yes”, and here
are some reasons why.
Dangers of
non-stick cookware
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The main chemical used to produce non-stick cookware
(as well as waterproof clothing, fabric protectors, fire-resistant casings and
tubing, sealing tape, coated paper plates, and microwave popcorn bags) is
perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA. Although
its use in manufacturing cookware is declining, you may still have some older
pots or pans that have this substance in them.
(DuPont is the company that makes the most well-known non-stick
cookware—Teflon, or polytetrafluoroethylene--PTFE.)
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PFOA and other hazardous toxins are released
from non-stick cookware at high temperatures (ranging from 464 to 680 degrees
Fahrenheit). You may think that you
rarely cook with this amount of heat, but if a pan is heated over too high of a
flame, is heated with no food in it, is left on a hot plate for a while,
preheated on a burner, or placed under a broiler or in a self-cleaning oven, it
becomes dangerous. Have you ever burned
a dish or accidentally preheated your oven with pans inside? It takes only one
accident to expose your family to these dangers.
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Be especially careful of using pots or pans that
have been scratched or damaged, since these can release even more toxins into
your food.
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Some of the risks of using non-stick cookware
include: greater risk of thyroid disease (interfering with hormonal balance),
higher risk of heart disease and stroke (even at low levels), and “Teflon flu”
(headaches, chills, fever, coughing, chest tightness). It has also been linked to cancer in
laboratory animals, and in people there has been evidence of links to elevated
cholesterol and reduced fertility. Pet birds
have died from exposure to fumes from nonstick cookware at just 536 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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It is estimated that 98% of the U.S. population
have detectable levels of PFOA in their blood, but no research has shown this
to be the case.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does
not know how dangerous PFOA is and is only saying that the evidence for it
causing cancer is “suggestive”. The
agency is studying long-term health effects, but presently there are no federal
government regulations for cookware.
So what are the
remedies?
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Use only cookware that is ceramic, stainless
steel, copper, or glass.
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Cast iron cookware is another alternative, but
is more difficult to clean.
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If you do want to use non-stick cookware:
Do not overheat it when using it for stovetop
cooking.Make sure your kitchen is well-ventilated.
Do not keep a pet bird near the stove.
Sources
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=4491
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