So many things labeled “green” are actually quite far from being truly eco-friendly. The pots and pans labeled ‘green cookware’ are no different. This disguise is so great that many of the pots and pans are painted green and therefore are even labeled “green” or eco-friendly.
Ironically, the green paint itself has toxic ingredients (enamels and the chemicals) unhealthy for the food and the environment in many ways. Continue reading Green Cookware: Is It Equally Healthy for Planet & People?
Rice has been a staple for most of the world’s population, for ages, because it is a fast growing crop, easy to cook and is a powerhouse of essential nutrients. This gluten free grain is believed to have been grown for at least 5000 years. The most commonly consumed type of rice is the White rice but Brown (whole grain) rice is becoming increasingly popular due to its health benefits. Continue reading How to Make the Rich Carbs in Rice to Work FOR You Instead of AGAINST You? (Clue: Natural Far-Infrared Heat Cooking)
Do you still spend 12-18 hours cooking bone broth in a slow cooker? Do you know this kind of cooking not only destroys nutrients in food but also leaches toxins into it? Here’s a healthier way to make your next batch of delicious and nutritious bone broth right on stove top, in less than 2-3 hours, 10-15 mins hands on time! Continue reading Make Delicious and Nutritious Bone Broth With Pure Clay Slow Cooker
There are three kinds of materials that can be used to make a pressure cooking pot. While some are quite popular but not that healthy. This article discusses those and explains which one is the healthiest and why. Continue reading Pressure Cooking in Pure Clay: How is it better than Conventional Pressure Cooker?
For a healthy cooking, there are two main aspects to keep in mind:
It’s a common belief that cooking in a slow cooker is healthier than in a normal cooker and it doesn’t destroy the nutrients as the heat is usually kept low. But scientific research has proven otherwise. A test was done on amino acid lysine found in peanuts. It was found that 20% of it was gone after cooking for an hour and a half at 150°F/66°C heat. After two and a half hours, only 60% of it was left. When cooking for long hours even at low temperatures, majority of vitamins are lost as they have less heat stability than this amino acid. So, it is proven that this low heat for a very long period of time actually damages nutrients. Continue reading Do You Need A Conventional Slow Cooker? Not Really!
Despite following a healthy lifestyle, people are falling sick and facing health problems of so many kinds, and the list is too lengthy to mention here! This is a serious problem people are facing all over the world and we must examine what we are doing wrong.
Besides pollutants present in the environment, there is one major cause for toxins to enter into our body, that often goes unnoticed – the toxins leaching from cookware. All metals are reactive in nature and leach metal ions that react with food’s nutrients at cooking temperature. They contaminate the food and when you eat such food on a regular basis, the toxins keep accumulating in your body and cause detrimental changes to cells, tissues and body organs, and cause health problems. Continue reading Elements Leaching From Your Cookware and The Disarray They Cause in The Body
We get it, cooking delicious food and keeping it healthy can be a real problem, because if you want tasty food many times you have to compromise on the health of the ingredients etc. But will you believe it if I say, food can be both extremely healthy and delicious by changing this one thing you may be overlooking all the time – the cooking pot!
How can this possibly be true? Can you make healthy food by just changing the pot and not having to add unhealthy ingredients (like heavy cream, canned tomatoes, etc.)? Yes. A pot made of the right material and of the right design, can take care of all these things and cook delicious food every time. And what is this right material? PURE CLAY – All-natural clay cookware, unglazed and made without any contaminants. How can it do this? Read on to find out: Continue reading How to Cook Delicious Food? Secret Revealed!
Planning to buy the best clay cookware? First of all, congratulations on moving towards the healthiest way of cooking. You are already half-way through making the right choice for your family’s well-being. But you need to be a bit careful while choosing the best one as they are not all alike. While the right clay pot can ensure healthy and non-toxic food for you and your family for whole your life, a clay pot contaminated with chemical glazes and enamels may put you back from where you started – toxins leaching into your food and making you a bit more sick with every meal. Continue reading 3 Important Tips to Help You Buy the Best Clay Cookware
Cooking in clay pots might seem like a thing of the past but they are very much a need of the hour. That’s because conventional cookware (metals, ceramic and others) do more harm than good to your family’s health. There are so many health problems that people face that range from day-to-day sicknesses and allergies to life threatening diseases like cancer. Nobody seems to be too sure about the cause of these problems. It seems people have just accepted them without much ado. Continue reading Clay Pot Cooking – This Ancient Way of Cooking Beats All The Modern Ways
Clay pot cooking is the oldest and time-tested method for healthy cooking. While people are struggling to fight the ill effects of modern ways of cooking, with this safe and simple way of cooking, nobody ever had complaints. This is probably the reason people are slowly going back to their roots by switching to clay cookware.
There is a new challenge with clay pot cooking today – the clay pots available in the market are chemical laden and coated with toxic enamels and glazes (like ceramics). The more beautiful and colorful they look on the outside, the more toxins they leach while cooking. The cheaper they are, it’s possible the chemicals are used to make them faster and smoother. It’s important that you choose a truly healthy pot and here are 7 tips to make your choice easier: Continue reading Healthy Cooking in Clay Cookware – 7 Useful Tips
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