Why shouldnt we use non-stick vessels?

Hi all,

Hope this is the right place to enquire about this topic. Sorry if i had misleaded.

Many of us use non-stick utensils for daily use. though there are many advantages few advice not to use it for some reasons. Though i follow them i am not sure watz the exact ill-effect of using non-stick wares. Can somebody explain about the negative aspects here. thanks.

I dont know of any ill effects of using non-stiick utensils. ??!! Maybe I didnt hear about it?

Dear Cindhuja,

In our house, non-stick vessels are forever banned. My husband used to tell us, cancer causing agents are there in the coating material used. If they get scrapped during cooking, they may enter our body. Inspite of using wooden or nylon laddles(karandis), we have seen that the coating does indeed get scrapped in Indian style of cooking.

Maintaining Non stick Cookware

Cindhu,
The above thread was started by Krithika...
Go through that you might get some information regarding the usage of it..

Personally, I am slowly get the non-stick out of my kitchen...the ones I have, no way, I am using it..but after that no non-stick vessels..

sriniketan

I too have slowly reduced the use of non-stick pans. I had stopped using pots a long time ago, but was using the griddle to make rotis and dosas.
Now I love the Indian tawa with the long handle for them.

I think most of us are sailing on the same boat. Avoiding something though we dont know the actual ill effects. Remember few months "mangai" came up with some reasons behind it.

Dear mangai,

if possible plz share with us the details you know regarding the above topic.

Thanks all.

Hi everyone,

I too had doubts about using non-stick cookwares, until I did some search on the internet.
Non-stick cookwares, as we all know has a chemical coating named " Teflon" - which makes the utensils " non-stickable ". and this Teflon has know to cause CANCER!

when the non-stick is placed on the stove over high heat , it produces dangerous fumes which could kill a pet parakeet.( quote from Natural cures revealed - author Kevin Trudeau - by the way book has lots on alternative medicine and helpful tips in it!) . Also if u read the instructions that come with non-stickware, they will have a warning in fine print, which we often times overlook !

So, after being clear about the non-stick, i didn't want to use it anymore. now i use only stainless steel utensils. for me health comes first...it should be so for everyone of us!

Hope this was of any help to you all IL's.
Thanks
K

Sure was a great info Kriyash. thanks for sharing with us.

Hi Cinduja dear,
The non-stick is OK as long as we keep heat in low.But for Indian style cooking when kept in high heat it releases lot of chemicals.You can see black layers coming out. You can get stainless steel set.I think in the old thread we discussed about which one to use. Some one mentioned about a silver ware from costco.I found the price to be very reasonable.There are some environmental friendly non-stick cookware (I think which doesn't have chemical coating).I will try to find them and update this thread.

Thanks
Mangai

Originally Posted by Gowri66

Dear Cindhuja,

In our house, non-stick vessels are forever banned. My husband used to tell us, cancer causing agents are there in the coating material used. If they get scrapped during cooking, they may enter our body. Inspite of using wooden or nylon laddles(karandis), we have seen that the coating does indeed get scrapped in Indian style of cooking.

Hi Gowri,
500 ml oil, no non-stick at home, oil free recipes..
YOUR MY HEALTH GURU.I'm going to learn healthy way of living from you

Thanks
Mangai