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Non-stick cookware has been adopted most of people due to its cooking qualities but they are unaware about health risks associated with them. PFOA is special type of chemical that is used to layer non stick cookware surface. This chemical is further added to food to some extent and cause severe indigestion problems; this chemical is not only added to food but also absorbs heat. The temperature reaches to high level without any indication due to heat absorption property. When the temperature reaches to 500 degree F, PFOA is destabilized, when the temperature reaches 600 degree F, vaporization occurs and fumes are exhaled from cookware causing flu and severe headaches. Recently, a research is carried out over 12,000 children with the tap water contaminated with PFOA which has shown high cholesterol levels in them. This has been further linked with PFOA surface of non stick cookware. To deal with high cholesterol levels, statins are prescribed by most of doctors which further cause kidney, eye, liver damages in future. It would be better choice to get shifted from non-stick cookware to stainless steel or anodized aluminum cookware.


It were times when people shifted from aluminum cookware to non-stick cookware underestimating the side effect associated with non stick cookware, but now, in this age of information technology, people are aware about health risks associated with different type of aluminum cookware. The non-stick cookware is special type kitchen equipment that is used to produce food without usage of stick; the most charming factor of this product is that it wouldn’t let the food burn. Non-stick cookware surface is linked with special kind of chemical which is responsible for all of it non stick quality. This chemical is known as PFOA or perfluoroalkyl acid. The very reason that urges people to adopt non stick cookware is its temperature retention system which prevents raw food from burning.

Non-stick cookware absorbs heat even at low temperatures. There is not any temperature level indicator in non-stick cookware thus it becomes difficult to know the temperature while cooking. The temperature at which the PFOA instigates to destabilize is 500 degree F. When temperature reaches 600 degree F, PFOA begins to vaporize and converted to toxic fumes, which further cause severe headache and flu. According to researchers, fumes extinguished by PFOA, aid carcinogens to some extent. The non stick cookware surface is badly affected by applying metal utensils while cooking. The explanation behind this phenomenon is that the application of metal utensils tends to mix up non stick surface in food and cause severe indigestion problems in humans. Apart from these, many other health risks are associated with non-stick cookware.

Recent research and studies regarding PFOA has revealed that cholesterol levels in body are linked with PFOA layer. The research has shown high levels of cholesterol in user especially bad cholesterol level. People suffering with cholesterol disease have to undergo special treatment and this treatment further involves the usage of statins as they are considered as an active agent to degrade the cholesterol level in most of patients. But, there are severe side effects observed by the patients undergoing statin remedy. These drugs produce hazardous aftereffects in body such as you get your liver and kidney damaged. Most of patients have suffered with muscular weakness and many eye complications. Now we can observe the situation where people utilizing PFOA chemicals and digesting to get infected with cholesterol problem which is further leading to severe health complications.
If you are still using non stick pans and pots, you can save yourself from hazardous effects by adopting precautions associated with them. Non-stick cookware should not be heated a lot before cooking or it may be heated at very low temperature. Wooden or silicon utensil should be utilized while cooking food with metal utensils to prevent the absorption of PFOA in food. The kitchen should be well ventilated so that the toxic fumes produced due overheating PFOA may get ridden easily.
The research study on 12000 children with local tap water contaminated with PFOA revealed there may exists possible link between non stick cookware and cholesterol level due to PFOA surface of cookware. To prevent yourself from any health risks and damages, you can shift to stainless steel cookware as they bear very less side effects as compared to non stick cookware and you can bake healthy, tasty and vital food. Stainless steel cookware absorbs the right amount of heat as emitted from burner. The very reason which compels consumers to shift to stainless steel cookware is its light weight property. Stainless steel cookware surface is not easily dissolved in food so no matter which metal utensil you utilize for cooking, your food is safe and completely hygienic.