Some of you
must have heard about a number of toxic
kitchen
accessories usage that may lead to cancers, diabetes, hyperactivity and
some other health threats. This update is quite startling for every day we have
either direct or indirect contact with kitchen utensils. Even if you do not
cook your own food, other people who cook it for you use those utensils. Hence,
it is clearly important to take more concern on this issue.
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| Kitchen Accessories |
What the
Accessories May Cause
Not a few
diseases are stated to be caused by toxic kitchen
accessories usage. Ranged from developmental to reproductive health
problems, they are proven to be partly triggered by particular toxic contained
in the materials of the utensils. When they are exposed to our food
ingredients, get heated during the cook’s processing, the toxic contaminate our
food. Therefore, you are required to avoid several accessories which have high
risk of toxic indication.
How to
Avoid the Toxic
Those
kitchen accessories made of plastic have been long mentioned to contain higher
risk of toxic composition. Hence, if you want to take a big leap of eliminating
the toxic’s risk, you may prefer to use those accessories made of other
materials, such as metal. However, you should also know why plastic-composed
utensils have to be worried about. The BPA substance causes it.
Hence, if
you have to use plastic, try to select ones which are BPA-free. It is
considered to be safer to use by us. Also, there are some other plastic
materials which contain PVC. Similarly, PVC is harmful, so you need to avoid
using utensils made of PVC #2, #4, and, #5.
Plastic
melamine is also proven to risk our health if it is absorbed by our body. To
give you alternatives when it comes to food storage and dishware, you may pick
those products made of 304 grade stainless steel, food-grade silicone, or glass.
Teflon
turns out to be another material which is proven as one of the causes of
cancers. The chemical acid it contains may risk humans’ health, even animals.
How could the chemicals of those materials be exposed to our food? Toxic
chemicals contained in plastic and Teflon may contaminate our food when the
utensil is heated or scratched. Since we cannot almost avoid this practice,
you’d better get rid of them or choose the safer products.
The bottom
line, you can actually distinguish those safe kitchen accessories from the toxic ones, based on its composition.
The contained toxic chemicals are what you need to avoid.