What’s the best type of pots and pans to use?
These are the first two videos in a three-part series on cookware. Check out the last one: Are Melamine Dishes and Polyamide Plastic Utensils Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-melamine-dishes-and-polyamide-plastic-utensils-safe).
I’ve previously discussed aluminum in antiperspirants (Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/antiperspirants-and-breast-cancer/)), in food (How to Avoid Phosphate Additives (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-avoid-phosphate-additives/)), in medications (Are Acid-Blocking Drugs Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-acid-blocking-drugs-safe/)), and in tea (Is There Too Much Aluminum in Tea? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-there-too-much-aluminum-in-tea/)).<
What about pressure cooking? I covered that in Does Pressure Cooking Preserve Nutrients? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-pressure-cooking-preserve-nutrients).
What is the safest way to prepare meat? Find out by watching my video Carcinogens in Meat (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogens-in-meat/).
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You are so very much appreciated. Thank you for all you share. You make such a difference in the world. And you are fun to watch as well.
No it’s not safe to floss? Holy moly. Can anyone recommend a good, widely available floss not on that list?
The simplest is the best. Stainless steel pots and pan are great.
Teflon and other EXTRA coatings to make "non stick" pans use suspect chemicals that can leach into the body.
Any non stick pan with a broken or worn surface coating should be disposed of as the chemicals can flake off or be absorbed.
Another reason to not consume food to-go at restaurants.
You can't use a cast iron pan without oil unless you are boiling can you?
4:09 – This is concerning. Thanks for the info.
Oh, my lord! I stopped cooking a year ago or more. Now I feel better about that, lol! I boiled water in a steel pot to brew coffee. I'll be aware of how boiled water tastes to avoid toxicity in my body. Thanks for the video!
Thank you! 🥦❤ Love to see you moving by the way
Our ceramic pots are better anyway
What about microwave? I'm afraid of absorbing microwaves from my food?
***What about aluminum cans with acidic liquids (including fizzy water)…?!
Solution: Never eat battery-infused ham! 😂😂😂
Fast food wrappers are also coated with PFAS. Yet another reason to avoid that garbage.
Thank you so much!
So the part about cast iron causing vegetable oil to turn into trans fat when used to fry, does that only mean deep frying? If I stir fry a green pepper and onions in oil in a cast iron would that create trans fats in the oil?
Thanks for the video of this important and relevant subject. This is actually why i havent yet got myself an air fryer, as all the varieties on the market at least where I live seem to have non stick coating. 😢 i was actually thinking of getting a New pan just yesterday so this was very timely. 🙂 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dental floss!! Oh my gosh!
i presume by now all of these things have been fixed, but ive always had a natural instinct against plastics and foil and the black not stick pans, i use some "stoneware" or something pans to cook that are non stick i hope thats ok, glad to know i dont have to worry as much about stainless steel tho i never feel right boiling in stainless steel pots
Don't worry so much. We are all going to die sooner or later. A happy person can use anything. Happiness will protect you from any toxins.
Can't thank you enough for your hard work and dedication to improving our health and hence our lives Dr. Gregger! 🙏
Guess who Just used stainless steel to cook and gonna do it still?❤❤❤ Baby when i go i go but ima eat and ima cook baby.
This man is simply my hero! 🙏
👍 Whole food plant based for the environment and health; vegan for the victims!
How about aluminium in deodorant?
Your exaggerated animation along with your ups and downs in your vocals is so distracting that I cannot appreciate your valuable information. I’m an octogenarian. Please help me remain a subscriber by toning down your animation.😊
What about ceramic cookware?
plz this is important Michael Greger, MD *
i work with sanding manualy aluminium and my boss laugh at my for wearing a mask 3n , they tell me the particle are too big and lung can expulse it.
i hear its not completly safe to breath in aluminium dust all day… its so weird they say its safe?
alveole of lungs capture them permanantly? fibrosis? Permanant damage?
people blow their nose and its sparkling silver and black… this cnat be "100% safe"
plz this is important
soo, WHICH one should we be using then?
This "vegan" is 51 years old?Looks more like 71?
Love your enthusiasm Michael and thanks for the very informative video s.
I don't get who buys those X different types of floss in the first place. Both a broad variety of dentists as well as research have told me the same thing over and over: Just use any unwaxed floss.
(What the hell is "glide" anyway? Floss isn't supposed to glide but scrape stuff off of the teeth…)
And given tooth paste and possible mouthwash, I wonder what's wrong with the taste buds of people who are like "I really need MORE mint or similar crap!"
If his calling was to be the most annoying person in the world, congratulations on your success
He delivered the goods and got a decent workout in 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂respect😂😂😂😂😂
I am slightly concerned about cooking with Teflon though I will still continue to use it as I don't need as much oil and its significantly easier to clean and use for casual cooking. Something I'll keep an eye on, avoid high heat, and toss if its breaking down. Might buy more stainless in the future. I wish I knew if newer or older teflon is safer. My instinct says newer is safer.
We use Revere ware and cast iron, always have and always will. No microwave, no teflon, and limited aluminum foil.
Have you tested ceramic coatings?
What about corning ware, the glass looking kind or the white old fashion kind? Also the all clad stainless steel? I find it strange that even after I boil soups, a residue builds on the bottom and doesn't come off unless I scrub w scouring powder. Why can't they make good healthy cookware and be done w it 🙁
wait, aluminum is actually used as a word?
i thought it was still spelled aluminium even in the us
How not to cook?
I simply love Dr Greger, quoting him so much, anytime I say his name, my family rolling their eyes 😂
Frying isn’t ok at medium heat? So how do you cook? 😅 Steam and oven only?
I’m thinking of making my own bread in a glass loaf pan. We buy “healthy” bread, but it must be made using non-stick aluminum loaf pans!
so frustrating living in a world with everything saturated in toxins
Another great video.
Carbon steel is an alternative to stainless. It requires maintenace similar to cast iron, but is much lighter in weight.
I am glad I bought a water pick that my dentist recommended about a year ago. Wow. Dental floss???? OMGosh. But come on, after eating an apple, floss is my go to. Water pick it is from now on.
Some of us with sense and eye sight are more concerned with how you can profit off making a book “how not to age”
So just use plastic cookware and avoid high heat lest the plastic should leach into your food.
Dr gregor, you forgot about non-stick ceramic. My understanding is that this one might be safe?
I have been intentionally avoiding foods prepared with aluminum cookware and utensils after reading several independent reports regarding the effects of heavy metals in our diet. Many people believe that just because aluminum is lighter than iron and steel, it is not a heavy metal. The truth of the matter is, though, that aluminum acts as a heavy metal in the body/blood, and has been linked to elevated risk and/or occurrence of dementia, including Alzheimer's.
Also you forgot to mention the Teflon when it was invented coincidentally created an epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease. The two are very much linked.
How bad can some trace aluminium be?
Thank you so much for sharing <3
If the right food and cooking techniques is the answer to everything then what should you eat to keep your hair and maintain perfect eyesight? Like sure you're not aging a bit.
I think the best is aluminium (lol). Seriously, I believe it's iron; but I don't cook all that much anyways, although I love soup
even the dental floss in toxic, we're all doomed! DOOMED!
Do you have transcripts of your vids so i can just read this?
Doc you have good info but your speech patterns are hard to tolerate.
😮 Thank you for another great & informative video.
Don’t cook…
Thanks Dr Greger. Hope more people watch those.
If it's not in the cooking pot, it's in the water or the air or the food or the packaging or poisonous critters other people… Oh and there are earthquakes, hurricanes, black ice, blizzards, fires, crime, war, corruption, active shooters… Did I miss anything? 😂
What would we do without you ?? I don’t want to find out.
Thank you Dr Greger! You da man!
I said this one billion times ….DR G FOR PRESIDENT…. and I mean
I’ve already gotten rid of all aluminum and Teflon pans. What I’d like to see input on would be ceramic coated aluminum (like Caraway), enameled cast iron (like Le Creuset) and carbon steel. Currently using enameled cast iron pots and a carbon steel wok.
Please help my neighbour has radioactive blue light spectrum 400-500nm blue light shining into my room, my husband has glaucoma and this is damaging his eyesight and causing my eye to twitch the council don’t believe the damage of radioactive lights causing retinal damage and without providing the evidence to the officer I am unable to stop this person harming my husband’s eyesight I remember nutrition facts did a video on the dangers of green light on frogs and really need help I bought how not to age when it was released and I can’t find blue light there
What about carbon steel?
He's all over this topic like a cheap suit.
Aluminum and Aluminium are completely different metals.
thanks dr 🩺🌟😁
Thankyou for the very thorough and informative review of cooking materials. Are there inherent hazards associated with ceramic, stoneware and enamel cookware?
I’d like to know more about carbon steel and cast iron pans. Does the coating that builds up on these pans pose any kind of risk?
You're fun as hell to watch.
So stainless steel is basically the best , or cast iron ?
Thank you very much for all this important consumer information. It's so hard to keep up!
And Fukushima is dumping radioactive treated water in the Pacific. They are killing us a million different ways.
Not to add to our woe, but most parchment papers also have PFAs. Along with everyone else, I would also like to know which pots and pans Dr. Gregor recommends and how to differentiate between the “metal” pots/pans/mixing bowls that I already own. Thanks!
I wish Dr. Greger would have also spoken about ceramic coated cookware. Is that safer to use than other non-stick cookware?
Thank you for this video!
What about the Teflon Don? Nothing seems to be able to stop him lol
I was also shocked to discover 'instant potatoes" have teflon so that they don't clump.
That video answered precisely nothing
My family has been using Magnalite pots and pans since the 70s. They are made from an aluminum and magnesium alloy. Does anyone have any info o these as it pertains to aluminum and the associated oxidative stress? Thanks.
What are the best materials overall for cooking in?
Great info, though I wish it were more thorough and included potential pitfalls in ceramic and glass cookware. I'm sure we'll see an update at some point.
In my research I've found that there is also currently no safe ceramic cookware either due to unsafe forever chemical nanoparticles and glazes with undisclosed ingredients and heavy metals. I'm not affiliated with either, but Mamavation has very informative articles and recommends Xtrema as the best option but Tamara Rubin (Lead Safe Mama, also very informative) does not as she found heavy metals in the pan substrate and glaze using her XRF scanner (which is different than leach testing).
It's frightening how little control we have over the toxins we introduce into our bodies through seemingly benign sources. Good luck to everyone out here trying to protect their families and those doing their best despite limited resources. I rotate between stainless steel (despite a low grade nickel allergy), cast iron (not coated with GMO, conventional, or low smoke point oils), and lead-free glass.
What about aluminum in cans? A family member drinks two cans of flavored sparkling water daily. Has this been studied?
Very good information however this will be the last video of his I can watch because the delivery is excruciatingly painful to watch
Thank you Dr.Greger, What is with ceramic?
Are alumimum coffee pods in nespresso machines safe?
I use only clay mostly
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🍳 Assessing the Safety of Common Cookware Materials
– Examines the safety and health implications of using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and Teflon in cookware.
– Discusses the potential risks of aluminum exposure from cookware, especially when used with acidic foods.
02:22 🥘 Aluminum Exposure from Cookware and Its Effects
– Highlights the dangers of cooking acidic foods in aluminum cookware and its impact on health.
– Advises against the regular use of aluminum pots and dishes for acidic or salted foodstuffs.
– Discusses the minimal risk of aluminum foil in food wrapping, except when in contact with certain metals.
05:12 🍲 Stainless Steel and Cast Iron as Safer Alternatives
– Suggests stainless steel as a safe option, with minimal metal leaching after repeated use.
– Recommends cast iron for its additional benefit of supplementing dietary iron, but advises against frying in it.
06:35 🚫 The Hazards of Teflon and Nonstick Cookware
– Details the toxic effects of Teflon, especially at high cooking temperatures.
– Associates the use of nonstick cookware with an increased risk of health issues, including certain cancers.
– Warns against the harmful environmental impacts and human exposure to Teflon-related chemicals.
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Seems like every damn thing is trying to kill us.
The dental floss was shocking.
Titanium may be the best material for cooking safety.
stainless steal, cermaic, then cast iron
Can you please also make/present studies of the use of clear plastic bags in baking, steaming fish, or meats?
I have family and friends who go to restaurants that cook food in plastic bags. Thank you for this video and future videos.
I had 4 birds die after I filled the room with smoke form cooking with Teflon cookware! The vet explained that kills birds, I was in shock! and immediately replaced fro cast iron and ceramic.
Glad to find stainless steel cookware is okay. We’re still using the same pots and pans we had for wedding gifts 35 years ago. They’re indestructible.