Cooking Clean: Is Your Cookware Safe?

If you’ve decided to start eating clean and buy more organic food, that is awesome. But keeping your kitchen clear of chemicals goes farther than your trip to the grocery store. What you may not realize is the cookware you use is just as important as the food you’re eating. 

Many people don’t realize that the pots and pans they use to cook are actually toxic. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that non-stick cookware in your cabinets could cause you some health issues.

If your cookware contains the non-stick material Teflon, it is time to throw it out!! Teflon contains both polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). PTFE can lead to flu-like symptoms, sometimes called The Teflon Flu. It’s not dangerous to people but if you have birds, it can be fatal to them. PFOA, however, has been linked to several different types of cancer.

You might be thinking, I use ceramic pots and pans, so I’m good. WELL, you might want to rethink that. 100% ceramic cookware is safe, BUT if you use cookware with a ceramic coating, it may not be. Ceramic coating is known to hide some bad materials like lead and cadmium. If your pans chip, then those bad materials end up in your food, and then your body. Yuck.

Well, now what? You need new cookware but don’t even know what’s safe anymore.

Don’t worry, I got you.

When you search for new cookware, look for pots and pans made with natural materials. For example, de Buyer Mineral B Carbon Steel Cookware. This cookware is made in an eco-friendly manufacturing process from 99% iron and 1% carbon steel. It has a beeswax finish to keep your food from sticking with no added chemicals. It also gets even better over time. The blacker the pans are, the less your food sticks!

So if you’re ready to make the switch, and keep harmful chemicals out of your kitchen, ditch those regular non-stick pots and pans and check out the de Buyer cookware. We promise you won’t be disappointed.

Do you have other recommendations for non-toxic cookware? Drop them in the comments below!