alternative to aluminium pots?
Hi all,
I have read various places that using aluminium pots and pans to cook with is bad for your health. What sort is best to use instead? Is steel just as bad? And what about teflon non stick stuff - is that OK or not?
I'd be very pleased if someone could tell me!
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Hi Lucy
They have done studies about aluminium pots etc and the possible links to Alzheimers disease.
I found this info on a search on
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/index.htm
Aluminium and Alzheimer's disease
A number of environmental factors have been put forward as possible contributory causes of Alzheimer's disease in some people. Among these is aluminium.
There is circumstantial evidence linking this metal with Alzheimer's disease but no causal relationship has yet been proved. As evidence for other causes continues to grow, a possible link with aluminium seems increasingly unlikely.
This information sheet looks at the circumstantial evidence and current medical and scientific views.
Researchers believe that, in the majority of those affected, Alzheimer's disease results from a combination of different risk factors rather than a single cause.
Such factors, which vary from person to person, may include age, genetic predisposition, other diseases or environmental agents.
The chief symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are progressive decline of memory and other higher mental functions. These changes are associated with the loss of brain cells and the development of two kinds of microscopic damage in the brain - the so-called plaques and tangles. Plaques consist of an abnormal deposit of a particular protein called beta amyloid between the brain cells. Tangles occur within cells and are formed from abnormal thread-like deposits of a protein called tau, which is normally part of the cell's 'skeleton'.
For a discussion of other factors see the Alzheimer's Society information sheets: Am I at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease? and Genetics and Alzheimer's disease.
Evidence linking aluminium and Alzheimer's disease
The 'aluminium hypothesis' was first put forward in 1965 when it was shown that the injection of aluminium compounds into rabbits caused tangle-like formations in nerve cells.
However, these experimental tangles differ in structure and composition from Alzheimer tangles and the human brain.
Since then a number of other circumstantial links between aluminium and Alzheimer's disease have been claimed.
Aluminium has been shown to be associated with both plaques and tangles in the Alzheimer brain. Some groups have disputed these claims and, in any case, the presence of aluminium does not prove a causal relationship - it is more likely to be a harmless secondary association.
It has been claimed that the brain content of aluminium is increased in Alzheimer's disease. However, recent studies in which Alzheimer brains were carefully compared with normal brains failed to find any difference in the overall amount of aluminium.
Various investigations have suggested that Alzheimer's disease is more common in areas where the aluminium content in water supplies is highest, but the method and results of these studies have been questioned. In any case, the amount of aluminium present in water supplies is minute compared with other dietary sources.
Studies of other sources of aluminium such as tea, antacid medications and antiperspirants have also failed to show a positive association with Alzheimer's disease.
People with kidney failure are unable to excrete aluminium and yet they frequently have to be treated with compounds that contain aluminium. Studies of the brains of such patients have shown that aluminium accumulates in nerve cells that are particularly vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease. However, even after years of high exposure to aluminium, patients with kidney failure do not develop dementia or the hallmark pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease.
Treatment with desferrioxamine (DFO), a drug which binds aluminium and removes it from body tissues, has been reported to slow down the mental decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease. However, the effect is small, the drug has to be given by injection into muscle and it also has a major effect on iron stores in the body. Since there is evidence that iron
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Gosh do people still use alluminium pots, very dangerous. We have le creuset, wonderful pots, but i must say that they are heavy! nowadays i dont believe many pots are made from aluminium so you should be ok. read what the label underneath says.
hope this helps
tammyx:)
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Hi I thought pots & pans were made out of stainless steel.
TamLam I would love the Le cruet pots - I had an oven dish one once and it was wonderful. the only trouble is now I have bad elbows and I couldn't pick the pans up empty, never mind full. Those cast iron ones are nice too.
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Hi Massagemonkey;)
It's not only cooking pots & pans that are the culprits - what about today's biggest culprit SOFT DRINK & BEER CANS? Apparently it's also present in some body lotions, deodorants & soaps & aluminium silicate in water softeners, some brands of salt and other food stuffs ... but we can't worry about EVERYTHING otherwise there'd be no point in living.
As for aluminium cookware, most poorer countries still use it daily :( as they cannot afford anything else [>:] Aluminium is linked to many ailments incl. that which Sue mentioned ;)
Awareness leads to good health!
@nnie[8D]
PS: Teflon is often just a thin coating on top of aluminium, which when even slightly scratched, loses it's protective properties [&:]
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If you have caged birds in your kitchen do not use nonstick. It gives off a gas that kills them, will have to look up to see which one it is, Ells
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HELLS BELLS ELLS [:o]
Our precious little WOODY gets put in the kitchen every afternoon around 5pm, as he want's to be able to see what's "cook'n" and Oprah Winfrey at the same time. No! No TV in the kitchen like my parents and best friend :D (I find that so amusing :D), but it's open plan so if his cage is placed in a particular spot he can catch both at the same time [8D] No teflon ... thanks God ;) My ex & Tyrone's dad comes to stay every Easter, and threw the one 'n only we had out years ago because it had some (severe actually) scratches :D & that was before Woody's arrival. Opps! The monkeys have come to visit ... better run & get Woody in .....
@[8D]
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Apparently, cooking with iron pots is good because, used alongside freshly squeezed orange juice or a bit of peel, the iron from the pan can seep into what you are cooking. A good source of, you guessed it, iron. Use orange for cooking with your green veg as well, it helps the release and digestion of iron, particularly spinach: it will maximise what iron you can get from it.
Boris Monkey was looking hot
Just escaped a cooking pot
Andrew Tiger failed to see
Boris climb a banana tree.
Just thought of that one. Am still thinking of a better rhyme for monkeys.
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Hello little ones that God somehow forgot to give any specific direction or purpose on this earth to ;)
You're not supposed to worry Annie and Woody so .... yet never stop your visits, 'cause that would definitely leave them feeling blue [&:] [>:] [&:]
MONKEY:D MONKEY;) MONKEY [8D] MONKEY :) MONKEY :eek:
I have read various places that using aluminium pots and pans to cook with is bad for your health. What sort is best to use instead? Is steel just as bad? And what about teflon non stick stuff - is that OK or not?
I'd be very pleased if someone could tell me!
Answers:
Hi Lucy
They have done studies about aluminium pots etc and the possible links to Alzheimers disease.
I found this info on a search on
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/index.htm
Aluminium and Alzheimer's disease
A number of environmental factors have been put forward as possible contributory causes of Alzheimer's disease in some people. Among these is aluminium.
There is circumstantial evidence linking this metal with Alzheimer's disease but no causal relationship has yet been proved. As evidence for other causes continues to grow, a possible link with aluminium seems increasingly unlikely.
This information sheet looks at the circumstantial evidence and current medical and scientific views.
Researchers believe that, in the majority of those affected, Alzheimer's disease results from a combination of different risk factors rather than a single cause.
Such factors, which vary from person to person, may include age, genetic predisposition, other diseases or environmental agents.
The chief symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are progressive decline of memory and other higher mental functions. These changes are associated with the loss of brain cells and the development of two kinds of microscopic damage in the brain - the so-called plaques and tangles. Plaques consist of an abnormal deposit of a particular protein called beta amyloid between the brain cells. Tangles occur within cells and are formed from abnormal thread-like deposits of a protein called tau, which is normally part of the cell's 'skeleton'.
For a discussion of other factors see the Alzheimer's Society information sheets: Am I at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease? and Genetics and Alzheimer's disease.
Evidence linking aluminium and Alzheimer's disease
The 'aluminium hypothesis' was first put forward in 1965 when it was shown that the injection of aluminium compounds into rabbits caused tangle-like formations in nerve cells.
However, these experimental tangles differ in structure and composition from Alzheimer tangles and the human brain.
Since then a number of other circumstantial links between aluminium and Alzheimer's disease have been claimed.
Aluminium has been shown to be associated with both plaques and tangles in the Alzheimer brain. Some groups have disputed these claims and, in any case, the presence of aluminium does not prove a causal relationship - it is more likely to be a harmless secondary association.
It has been claimed that the brain content of aluminium is increased in Alzheimer's disease. However, recent studies in which Alzheimer brains were carefully compared with normal brains failed to find any difference in the overall amount of aluminium.
Various investigations have suggested that Alzheimer's disease is more common in areas where the aluminium content in water supplies is highest, but the method and results of these studies have been questioned. In any case, the amount of aluminium present in water supplies is minute compared with other dietary sources.
Studies of other sources of aluminium such as tea, antacid medications and antiperspirants have also failed to show a positive association with Alzheimer's disease.
People with kidney failure are unable to excrete aluminium and yet they frequently have to be treated with compounds that contain aluminium. Studies of the brains of such patients have shown that aluminium accumulates in nerve cells that are particularly vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease. However, even after years of high exposure to aluminium, patients with kidney failure do not develop dementia or the hallmark pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease.
Treatment with desferrioxamine (DFO), a drug which binds aluminium and removes it from body tissues, has been reported to slow down the mental decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease. However, the effect is small, the drug has to be given by injection into muscle and it also has a major effect on iron stores in the body. Since there is evidence that iron
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Gosh do people still use alluminium pots, very dangerous. We have le creuset, wonderful pots, but i must say that they are heavy! nowadays i dont believe many pots are made from aluminium so you should be ok. read what the label underneath says.
hope this helps
tammyx:)
Answers:
Hi I thought pots & pans were made out of stainless steel.
TamLam I would love the Le cruet pots - I had an oven dish one once and it was wonderful. the only trouble is now I have bad elbows and I couldn't pick the pans up empty, never mind full. Those cast iron ones are nice too.
Answers:
Hi Massagemonkey;)
It's not only cooking pots & pans that are the culprits - what about today's biggest culprit SOFT DRINK & BEER CANS? Apparently it's also present in some body lotions, deodorants & soaps & aluminium silicate in water softeners, some brands of salt and other food stuffs ... but we can't worry about EVERYTHING otherwise there'd be no point in living.
As for aluminium cookware, most poorer countries still use it daily :( as they cannot afford anything else [>:] Aluminium is linked to many ailments incl. that which Sue mentioned ;)
Awareness leads to good health!
@nnie[8D]
PS: Teflon is often just a thin coating on top of aluminium, which when even slightly scratched, loses it's protective properties [&:]
Answers:
If you have caged birds in your kitchen do not use nonstick. It gives off a gas that kills them, will have to look up to see which one it is, Ells
Answers:
HELLS BELLS ELLS [:o]
Our precious little WOODY gets put in the kitchen every afternoon around 5pm, as he want's to be able to see what's "cook'n" and Oprah Winfrey at the same time. No! No TV in the kitchen like my parents and best friend :D (I find that so amusing :D), but it's open plan so if his cage is placed in a particular spot he can catch both at the same time [8D] No teflon ... thanks God ;) My ex & Tyrone's dad comes to stay every Easter, and threw the one 'n only we had out years ago because it had some (severe actually) scratches :D & that was before Woody's arrival. Opps! The monkeys have come to visit ... better run & get Woody in .....
@[8D]
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Apparently, cooking with iron pots is good because, used alongside freshly squeezed orange juice or a bit of peel, the iron from the pan can seep into what you are cooking. A good source of, you guessed it, iron. Use orange for cooking with your green veg as well, it helps the release and digestion of iron, particularly spinach: it will maximise what iron you can get from it.
Boris Monkey was looking hot
Just escaped a cooking pot
Andrew Tiger failed to see
Boris climb a banana tree.
Just thought of that one. Am still thinking of a better rhyme for monkeys.
Answers:
Hello little ones that God somehow forgot to give any specific direction or purpose on this earth to ;)
You're not supposed to worry Annie and Woody so .... yet never stop your visits, 'cause that would definitely leave them feeling blue [&:] [>:] [&:]
MONKEY:D MONKEY;) MONKEY [8D] MONKEY :) MONKEY :eek: