Thread by @aayurarogyam

Why you should avoid using non stick teflon coated vessels for cooking and food storage??

Per Ayurveda, The utensil which is used to cook and store food adds value to food nutrition

It emphasises cooking on specific metal ware for certain diseases

Our traditional cookware, ranged from clay to even gold

Non stick cookware, most sought, sold and pushed as healthy cookware consuming less oil for cooking actually does more harm than good to its users

- Non sticky feature of the vessel is achieved by a chemical coating process using distinct of following polymers
-Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
- Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
- Fluorotelomers

Popularly known by its brand name as "Teflon " coating

Low cost non stick cookware have alternatives of these to get the non stick feature
-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
-perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
-perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS)
-“GenX” chemicals

The Genx are mostly a recycled polymers

In layman terms, These are a toxic plastic derivative coating coated over stainless steel or aluminium cookware

Further to give a glossy look, a miniscule percentage of animal tooth / bone extract are being added

(You will never know what is the animal source )

So what these does when you use for cooking

Cookware used for cooking has direct impact on your gut health

- These toxic chemicals although in miniscule percentage, these could not be digested by our digestive systems and get converted to carcinogen on our tissues

- These are primarily responsible for following health hazards

-Endocrine disruption and harmonal imbalance

- High blood pressure

-Studies on lab rat proved that nonstick increases the risk of certain tumors of the liver, testicles, mammary glands (breasts), and pancreas

On the prolonged use of nonstick cookware due to increased carcinogen presence we increase the risk of developing

-Testicular cancer in men
- Ovarian cancer in women
- Kidney, thyroid, prostate and even bladder cancer

One instant health hazard the user can experience on using this cookware is " polymer fever or teflon flu"

This is generally observed when overheating the nonstick pan or when heating a pan with bruised coating layer

The toxic fumes of these polymer instantly causes fever vomiting and eye irritation to person who was cooking

This is generally mentioned in fine print of all nonstick ware sold abroad suggesting not to use abrasive wool or replacement when bruised

The polymer lobby of West is so powerful enough to paint a picture that it's a healthy cookware

Ironically, to make these low-cost the companies are promoted by cancer drug pharmaceutical companies (Ensuring supply chain? )

Non stick cookware = Sickness ware

By all means, whether it will provide nonstick cooking or not for sure this will will make you and your family forever risky sick