“What are the best materials for cookware? Some people are nuts about clay, other swear by cast iron or stainless steel. And what about aluminum—is that bad for you?”
- iron pot
iron pot is the most traditional and widely in the world,it is good of uniform temperature distribution,cheap price,chemical property is stable,healthy and safety.But too heavy of weight,just fit for small family,and need too much oil when cooking,then have much lampblack,and easy to rust.Because of the rust,food should keep short time in the pot,otherwise it will reaction to produce Fe2O3,and it will harm for liver if intake too much Fe2O3.So we should clean the rust in time if use iron pot.
about iron pot can be given the supplement
Although many people use iron pot to cooking,not because of its advantages,just feel it is healthy than others,but about the supplement of iron is no any virtual meaning.In fact,it is one of the mental pollutant, iron ion will enter in to food when the food touch iron pot,but only less be absorbed,it’s no any help to supplement iron,choose the correct food it’s more reliable.
2.S/S pot
Stainless steel is made up of iron chromium alloy and adding nickel, platinum, titanium.And salt, soy sauce, vinegar can’t keep long time in stainless steel cookware,otherwise it will reaction to produce harmful material, then harmful to the body.S/S is not easy to rust,and wears well,but need much oil and lampblack.
3.aluminum pot
Aluminum pot has its advantages,such as light of weight,not easy to rust,heat transfer well,good of uniform temperature distribution,price is cheap and so on.But if misuse it will be harmful for health.
Aluminum pot is not made up of pure aluminum,it has protective film in surface of aluminum.It is safe to use because the protective film can prevent the food touch aluminum direct.So we need protect the coating and avoid be broken by spatula,we should use silicone or wood spatula.The most important is we need stop using the pot if the coating is broken,otherwise it will be harmful for you.
