Doctor Reviews Top Cookware Brands (Best & Worst Revealed)

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

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Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Get My Top Cookware List https://drchristiangonzalez.com/cookware-pdf-request-form/ The Cookware That’s Secretly Poisoning Your Food Not all cookware is created equal. After months of investigating 21 major cookware brands, Dr. Christian Gonzalez uncovered a truth the industry doesn’t want you to know: only one passed his strict standards for safety, transparency, and purity. Most companies, including billion-dollar icons like Le Creuset, Caraway, All-Clad, HexClad, and GreenPan - either ignored requests for safety data, relied on toxic PFAs coatings, or hid behind influencer marketing. In this episode, Dr. G exposes which brands are quietly contaminating your food, the dangerous materials to avoid, and how to choose cookware that protects your brain, hormones, and nervous system. To get the full updated product list, visit: 👉 https://drchristiangonzalez.com/best-brands-form-2/ 🔍What You’ll Learn • The #1 safest cookware brand of 2025 • The 20 toxic brands to avoid • Why “eco,” “green,” and “nonstick” pans still leach forever chemicals (PFAs) • How cheap cookware releases heavy metals like lead, nickel, and cadmium into your food • The cookware materials that are actually safe and non-reactive • How to identify real transparency vs. marketing hype 🧾The Criteria Every company was asked to provide: • Full material list — aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, titanium, or copper • PFAs/PFOA-free verification and lab documentation • Third-party testing for heavy metals, lead, cadmium, and glyphosate • Certificates of Analysis for every product line • GMP or ISO-certified manufacturing facilities • Sustainability data — recyclable materials and eco-friendly packaging💬 💬Final Thoughts You cook every day—so you’re exposed every day. If a company can’t provide independent safety data, they don’t deserve a place in your kitchen. Dr. G’s only Doctor-Approved Cookware of 2025 is Our Place, combining clean materials, sustainable design, and full transparency. Protect your health and support brands that protect you. 👉 Watch the full investigation: The Best & Worst Cookware of 2025 Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:10 - Cookware Materials: What's Actually Safe? 2:28 - The Real Villains: PFAS & Heavy Metals 3:22 - The Questions Every Company Should Answer 4:51 - Brands to Avoid 5:05 - Why PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Are Destroying Your Health 6:06 - The Hidden Heavy Metal Problem 8:16 - The #1 Cookware Brand of 2025 Revealed 9:46 - What to Look For When Shopping for Cookware

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0:00.0	Cookware. You touch it every single day, but here's the truth that no one's telling you. It can either
0:05.2	keep you healthy or dose you with toxins that are going to wreck your brain and your nervous system.
0:10.4	I investigated 21 cookware brands. Only two companies responded to my questions. And of those two,
0:17.8	just one company passed the test as safe cookware for 2025.
0:23.1	And that means 20 companies, including some of the biggest ones out there like Le Crucettes,
0:28.6	Carraway, hex clad, all clad, green pan, ignored either basic safety questions or rely on toxic
0:35.9	coatings like PIFAs. Yes, the dirtiest word in environmental medicine.
0:39.3	And I don't care if you're a billion dollar legacy cookware icon or the hottest influencer brand on Instagram.
0:45.3	If you refuse transparency, I will call out the company, period.
0:49.3	I am Dr. Christian Gonzalez, a naturopathic doctor and a somatic practitioner.
0:53.3	My mission is to protect your brain and nervous system because everything begins there,
0:57.5	your health and sickness.
0:59.1	So if you eat at home, you need to hear this because today I'm exposing which cookware
1:04.2	brand is actually safe and which 20 you should stay far away from.
1:09.8	Not all cookware is created equal.
1:11.6	We're going to go into the best and the worst of 2025 in a moment,
1:14.6	but I want to talk about the different materials that matter.
1:17.6	Cast iron is the one that I have actually.
1:19.6	It's durable.
1:20.6	It can add small amounts of iron to food,
1:22.6	need some seasoning, and it's safe when it's uncoated or coated
1:26.6	with a glass enamel, for example, like some
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