Kitchen tips : Cooking with these metal utensils dangerous for your health

We always try to cook nutrient-rich and healthy food for our family. But sometimes unknowingly we use some utensils that may dangerous for your health. Because while preparing specific food sometimes specific cookware reacts with the food and ultimately affects our health. So to prevent these here is the kitchen tips and tricks on cooking with these metal utensils dangerous for your health.

We all know drinking water in copper cookware is a healthy thing. As well as copper utensils have the ability to retain the warmth of the food for a long time.

But do you know cooking with copper cookware is dangerous to your health it is because of copper cookware’s highly reactive nature towards salty food.

The major compound present in most salt is iodine which quickly reacts with copper present in utensils, consequently releasing more copper particles and making your dish harmful to your health.

Copper in high amounts or long-term exposure can be the reason for liver and kidney damage. So never use copper utensils for cooking.

Another popular utensil in Indian kitchens is Aluminum. Though it is very presentable when you cook and serve in aluminium utensils it may harmful in the long term.

As we know aluminium is an excellent heat conductor hence it heats very quickly and easily reacts with acidic foods such as tomatoes, vinegar, and citrus foods, then this chemical reaction of aluminium gets mixed with the food while cooking.

This food, when consumed, might harm your immune system over a period of time so it is advisable to avoid cooking such foods with these utensils.

To protects erodes on the aluminium baseline you can use a wooden spatula instead of a steel one while cooking in an aluminium vessel.

Stainless Steel utensils are another most commonly used cookware in Indian kitchens. Stainless steel is a metal alloy, created by mixing chromium, nickel, silicon and carbon for this it can retain heat for a long period of time and excel when it comes to durability.

Though, stainless steel does not react with acidic foods just like copper, aluminium, and bronze. But before purchasing stainless steel utensils, check the quality because it is created by mixing of metals, which if not created in the right way can be harmful to the human body. So, always buy high-quality and durable stainless steel utensils.

Among the all other utensils iron cookware is the best metal utensil which we can use in our daily usage. When iron cookware is put on flame, this metal utensil naturally releases iron, which is essential for the better functioning of the body.

Make sure you buy only good iron cookware rather than fake iron utensils where a black colour painted all over the utensil will vanish easily after one usage and also harmful to your health.