Although raw foods have many advantages over cooked, nourishing soups and a variety of other dishes can be made healthfully. One of the ways to ensure wholesome cooked food is the careful selection of cookware.

When preparing foods, use only glass, stainless steel, or iron pots and pans. Do not use aluminum cookware or utensils. Foods cooked or stored in aluminum produce a substance that neutralizes the digestive juices, leading to acidosis and ulcers. Worse, the aluminum in the cookware can leach from the pot into the food. When the food is consumed, the aluminum is absorbed by the body, where it accumulates in the brain and nervous system tissues. Excessive amounts of these aluminum deposits have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease.

Other cookware to be avoided includes all pots and pans with nonstick coatings. Too often, the metals and other substances in the pots' finish flakes or leaches into the food. Ultimately, these chemicals end up in your body.

MoonDragon's Health Information: Aluminium Toxicity

MoonDragon's Health Information: Alzheimer's Disease & Aluminium

• Guidelines For Selecting & Preparing Foods
  
• Avoid Foods That Contain Additives & Artificial Ingredients
  
• Is Aspartame A Safe Sugar Substitute
  
• Increase Your Consumption of Raw Produce
  
• Avoid Overcooking Your Foods
  
• Use Proper Cooking Utensils
  
• Limit Your Use of Salt

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LINKS

The Dangers of Aluminum Toxicity: Alternative Medicine At BellaOnline

HealthWorld Online: Minerals - Aluminum

Aluminum Toxicity

Stay Away From All Aluminum

FDA.gov: Consumer - Is That Newfangled Cookware Safe? (October 1990)

Health 101: Hazards of Microwaving Plastic-Wrapped Food

Health 101: Hazards of Microwaving Your Food

What's Wrong With Plastic?