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Dishing Up Nutrition

How to Choose Healthy Cookware - Ask A Nutritionist

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Health & Fitness:nutrition, Nutrition, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.3866 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Are you looking to get the most out of your cookware? Teflon and nonstick pans were once a staple of the midcentury family kitchen. But how did the manufacturers manage a nonstick coating? Learn about the risks of Teflon and the PFA chemicals used to treat these types of cookware - and discover the many varieties of safer coating alternatives with Monica on today's episode Ask a Nutritionist!

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's Ask a Nutritionist podcast brought to you by nutritional weight

0:05.5

and wellness. We're thrilled to be celebrating 20 years on air discussing the connection between

0:12.0

what you eat and how you feel while sharing practical real life solutions for healthier

0:17.7

living through balanced nutrition. Thank you for your support and listenership over the years.

0:24.1

My name is Monica Haas.

0:25.5

I am a registered and licensed dietitian.

0:28.9

And today I'm going to be answering two questions from Dishing of Nutrition listeners.

0:34.4

So the first question is, in detoxing your home, are ceramic pots marketed as safe

0:43.3

alternatives to non-stick teflon pans? Safe. We also got a second question about cast iron cookware

0:52.7

that I'm also going to address since it fits nicely.

0:56.3

It reads, I see some cast iron pans are seasoned with vegetable oil.

1:02.3

Is this a concern or doesn't that matter?

1:05.7

These are great questions, so let's dig in.

1:10.4

And I want to start by giving a little background

1:12.7

on nonstick cookware, what they are made from,

1:16.1

and why it might be in our best interest

1:18.5

to avoid traditional nonstick cookware.

1:21.9

So in the 1950s and 1960s, cookware by Teflon,

1:27.3

so that's the brand name for these nonstick pans, became a household

1:32.6

staple.

1:34.4

Nonstic cookware contains PFAs, which are chemicals that were invented in the 1930s.

1:41.6

These chemicals are water, grease, and stain resistant, and they're used in a lot of things, not just cookware.

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