Didn't the older generations mostly used cast iron vessels and utensils? Aluminium utensils became more widespread because of industrialisation and mass production.
My momma knew this more than 25 years ago. She used to cook rice and plain dal in aluminum utensils, and didn't cook curry or gravy sabzi in aluminium utensils. She would say aluminium reacts with sourness of Tomato/tamarind in curry. She isn't a science graduate, but she's avid reader and new all these things. She's 68 now.
As I say in my book (Masala Lab), it’s the practical knowledge of actually spending time in the kitchen that matters, not food science. The science merely brings clarity of communication of the core principle behind why something works
Thanks for this! You wouldn't believe the level of peace your video has given me. I was genuinely worried that I had been inadvertently poisoning my family all these years.
After all he can only give you peace but not the solution What if he come with another video after few years that some reasearch find out aluminium vessels is bad So don't trust these people, they change their opinions based on every new research papers Don't use aluminium for cooking, Especially for curd, fermentation process, pickels, etc.., They are very dangerous and causes brain damage What you want is health not the peace
No, it is Poison. Aluminium is present only in traces in your food, but if you cook food using aluminium everyday, you already damaged the nerves of your family.
Very good summary, but the part that is poorly constructed is the reasoning that just because our of previous generations have been using it for a long time and they don't visibly show signs of toxicity, it is usually safe. Many forms of
Fittuber is a total nut job or just a hustler who has learned to milk the uneducated nutjobs with no critical thinking skills; I happened to watch one of his videos because it showed up on my feed but couldn’t get past a couple of minutes due to the mind numbing level of pseudoscience being spouted.
@vishal, thing is healthy people have the capacity to eliminate it is what Ashok said, now tell me definition of healthy or who falls under healthy vs unhealthy, I am not supporting fittuber or this guy, but considering people who watch fittuber are unhealthy and want to become healthy and watch fittuber, should unhealthy people consume Aluminum now ?
@@VishalKhopkar1296 that’s exactly my point, neither this guy is a doctor/expert on body physiology and fittuber guy too, to let general public know what is good or what is bad. Neither this guy says amount of milligram atleast, which at that point one would put an effort to find out what their processing. So blindly taking this guys advice is equally bad. One is spewing based out of ayurveda, one is spewing based out of common science. Criticize both, so that they give proper information and answers and make their future videos better.
Aluminium is a highly reactive metal. While this is normally a bad thing for cookware, pure Al instantly reacts with atmospheric oxygen and create a barrier coating of Aluminium Oxide which acts as a strong protective coating. Aluminium oxide is strong stuff - it takes a very substantial acid to break it down, and if the food you are consuming is that acidic, the extra Al consumed is among the least of your problems.
Define "highly reactive", because it is Oxygen which is highly reactive -- it is the second most electro-negative element after Fluorine; so nearly every metal is going to form an oxide (e.g. rust over Iron). One cannot assert something is highly reactive based on interaction with Oxygen alone. If one is worried about strong acids, the acid in our stomach (HCl, with pH that can go as low as 1.0) is stronger than most things one would ingest unless one is gulping down HCl or H2SO4.
@@0m13dude your body needs iron but it doesn't need aluminium. Here's a free tip for you my friend: Only trust internet autists when making choices about health these experts are idiots who only read headlines over the internet and have no idea of the nuances.
@0m13 I guess you misread the first line, He's talking about metals. Aluminum is a highly reactive METAL. Reactivity can be measured and grouped into three broad categories (Reacts with Water, Reacts with Acid, and Highly Unreactive) Aluminum comes at the top list of Reactions with Acid, hence it is a highly reactive metal And what I guess the original comment meant was Aluminum being reactive will produce an Aluminum Oxide layer which will prevent any Aluminum-Food contact in the first place so no Aluminum contamination for the food
Thanks, you obliged all of us, in fact even rich in small towns and villages do use some aluminium vessals, as you say avoid slow cooking and acidic ingredients,Bravo
Aren't all aluminum vessels anodized? Like when we perform experiments even in H2SO4 we have to grind the aluminium for the shiny pure aluminium to get exposed as it anodizes with atmospheric oxygen and forms an inert coating (al2o3) over aluminum, that is also why aluminium never corodes?
I replaced aluminum taking advantage of this myth amongst my family just because I am too lazy to wash dishes and the dishwasher doesn't take aluminum dishes😂😂😂😂😂.... Kaching kaching kaching ! Though later on I told them it was fake....😅😅
I share your concerns. Both of us are the minority in this comment section here, I guess.😂 Here is another source you might find interesting: "Lead Safe Mama" does consumer goods testing with XRF technology and the majority of pressure cookers she tested, tested positive for very high amounts of lead in the pressure valve, specially Indian ones, although this seems to be a worldwide problem. She is out of the US. You can google her for further details.
As someone who likes sour dishes and has no problem with leftovers, I never used to like the tomato saar reacting with the aluminum pot the next day. I also loved to scrape off and eat the browned bits of biryani at the bottom. I started cooking biryani in the oven in aluminum trays covered with foil and I noticed the steam from the biryani collecting on the foil, melting off holes in the foil and depositing it onto the biryani. Aluminum cookware is a rarity in the US because of an autopsy that found aluminum deposits in the brain of a man with Alzheimer’s. Aluminum is a biological toxin. Yes, the body eliminates it, but for some people due to unknown causes which increase blood-brain barrier permeability, it lets aluminum deposit in the brain. Also, parents and grandparents used other dishes besides aluminum, like clay pots. In my opinion, dishes that have a lot of oil don’t readily allow the acid to react with the aluminum. Because of other available options, I have transitioned almost entirely away from aluminum and I am happy to not have any cookware that reacts with and leaches into my food.
Originally in india people used to use clay , iron, copper and brass. Aluminum came later as cheaper, lightweight alternatives . Along with that came the nonstick and pressure cookers.
He will not answer why alzhiemer has increased over the years, why nuero issues have increased over the years. He still believes in calories in-out theory. Whichever cause-effect relationship science has not yet proven please use common sense. There is a huge conflict of interest for food and pharma industries
Krish, I wish you gave a few more seconds to what one should NOT cook in aluminium vessels. I have seen several households happily making Sambar/Amti/Dal with tanarind/Kokum/tomatoes in aluminium vessels. 😢😢
If this happened, we’d have known by now. In any case, when people have kidney or liver issues, doctors might recommend using materials that don’t leach into food.
@@krishashok Thanks for prompt response however it would have been nice if there is a warning especially for people suffering from kidney or liver issues bcz Indian middle class is highly depend on aluminum cook wares, and hardly visits doctor until unless they encounter major health issues.
Bad thing about Aluminium is that it is a very porous metal & hard to clean. No one talks about that. That's why it's an unhygienic metal for cooking. Triply SS is beat
Krish..you prove it again and again that you are a 'food saviour' for us!! I was clueless to what these influencers' demotivation regards to aluminium since we have literally grown upon eating aluminium 😂 and touchwood! Turn out to be decently healthy
Utterly bs. This video has just debunked myths. But it fails to understand why aluminum is bad on our gut. Our gut bacteria are programed to digest heavy metals. Unfortunately aluminum is not one of them. Even copper and other heavy metals likes iron are in excess very harmful. The reason why it is still recommended even in the west to cook on a cast iron is the because it leaks iron. But our body needs to lot more iron than the utensils leak in the food. So iron gets utilized. So is gold, silver and brass. Eating on a gold silver or brass utensils is recommended but not recommended to cook on it. Because then it will leak a lot that might become harmful. So is the case of copper. It's only recommended to drink 8 hour old water from copper utensil, any longer and there is a chance that copper leakage in water might be higher. Aluminum is also very highly toxic like copper but it leaks less comparatively. But the moment you start cooking sour things or long cooking it is extremely dangerous. The reason is aluminum is not digested in body, so it might leave our body or it might get stored in body. Disturbing our body structure at a cellular level. All these mass marketed products came from the west. Milk, aluminum, wheat exactly during industrial and green revolution. Anything that's directly toxic is easy to manage like copper, but the things which are slow in toxicity becomes the problem as they are bad but slow, so they become a part of lifestyle. But eventually our body gets destroyed. This video is very ignorant towards all these areas
I'm sorry what? Gut bacteria "digest" heavy metals? Absolute news to me! Of course excess aluminium is harmful, just like copper, iron or any other metal. The point of this video is to highlight how little of that comes from cookware
I noticed long time back lemon rice wrapped in aluminum foil , that was brought to a hot picnic day had small holes on top. the acid in the lemon reacted with foil. I never use Aluminum pots after that. No Teflon, No Aluminum, no Microwave in our house. In olden days people used clay pots to cook soups, rice etc. those are the healthiest.
Sorry to inform you that I have disliked your video for the very first time as I believe that your information is misleading to me. As being a certified fostac holder, an experienced chef, and a nutritionist cooking in aluminum is toxic to us published by FSSAI and FDA. Aluminum is toxic in nature and that's the only reason that utensils companies are using sandwich techniques to produce better health utensils in fact in professional kitchens, we never use any aluminum utensils as we chefs are equipped with skills to produce good food at good speed without the use of aluminum. In fact, during my science of gastronomy time, there were certain claims regarding poor health conditions due to prolonged use of aluminum. Also in older days people uses cast iron and earthen port utensils to cook and store food rather than aluminum.
I suggest you research a bit more since it’s the single most widely used cookware material across India. My own mother and grandmother used it all their lives as did millions of others. As the video says, it’s about sustained exposure yes but NOT from cookware. Cookware represents an insignificant source of Al. FSSAI’s concerns are about food products, not cookware.
@@krishashok25 years ago, as a newly married Indian, I thought owning aluminum vessels was below my dignity. But even today I prefer the same stainless steel and “Lodge” cast iron vessels as alternative. Courtesy : Dr.Christiane Northrup
It's a good perspective because.. yes we are rich. Yes I do have a posh urban kitchen. I'm middle class American, but I have every modern comfort. We are not reminded enough that there are people with far, far less.
(197) I prefer clad cookware, and also enameled cast iron (the light kind, not the really thick stuff). I just think aluminum cookware feels "weedy". The light nature of it just does not impress me.
When Krish Ashok makes a video on something, it is THE video on it. You do a great job of presenting the facts in a clear and accurate way, and make sure to address all the relevant sensationalism or fearmongering.
This guy is a quack influencer. No scientific basis to anything at all. Just personal opinions. Everyone need to start reporting him for misinformation
@@krishashok Blind leading the blind And both fall in ditch Logic leads to some level and then it gets clueless Why eat food For energy and raw materials to build and repair body Why not direct energy from the Sun and water And various elements directly ? Some reason will be given Say Because X Then Why X Because Y Why Y Because Z And Ask 6 to 10 times in a row And you will reach a stage where You have no more reasons left Just have to keep mum or Say It is So Hence it is so If I sound naive and far fetched in this Please accept then what Richard Feynman has to say on this Power of Why ? And limit of its use. Swans are white by some logic Till in Australia they discovered Black swans Atom was smaller particle till Dalton only ... Many of us who study science and vouch for it Often Start to take high stand that it has all answers It hasn't It's limits is matter and energy Beyond that The " Consiousness" about it It knows almost nothing No doubt It took People in western medical profession to learn in this century only that mind and body have connection Read Book Molecules of Emotion by Cadence B Perth about how homeless is the level of knowledge of These who claim to be modern and scientific They have only scratched at the surface of Mind And Atma ? Power of Atma that created this whole body and maintains it and then let's it fall apart These scientists Are as good as duffers though Pandit in their own eyes Kudos to you for having passion for science but then Feel sorry for this that you take it to be be all and be end all of knowledge
Great compilation and please refer the study carried out in Guatemala on the effect of pressure cooking using Aluminium Pressure Cooker before dismiss the impact.
@krishashok can you cite all your sources in all videos going forward. Easy for folks to convince family members instead of saying one more UA-camr said so
This has definitely made me feel a lot more at easy. I was worried about cooking my rice in my aluminum pot. Also, side note I am used to seeing you on Instagram and I am subscribed to you over there, nice to see you have a channel here on you tube as well.
Low carbon percentage in S.S.304/ SS 316 /SS316 L as compared to aluminium. In Pharma & Food Industry uses 316 L wherever there is direct contact of Pharma products or food products worldwide. I spent my whole career in I. V. Fluid manufacturing ( Saline Bottle ) . No one uses aluminium in any process industry . Among all Stainless steel SS316 L has < 0.03 % carbon ( it is very low )
Being from South Canara/ Dakshina Kannada region, both My grandmothers cooked in clay pots, In olden times they used firewood after LPG was available they used gas but the cooking was mostly done in earthenware they lived to cross 80+ My parents mostly used SS and SS with copper bottom, My dad passed away at 62 my mom is diabetic with hypertension at 69. Lifestyle and activities have a huge influence on longevity.
@@vinishshetty8055 Vinish have you heard of the term life expectancy? If yes, please check the life expectancy of Indians before and after independence
Neuroscientist like "Christopher Shau" and many scientist and his team have found it neurotoxin deseases like alzheimers and breast cancer etc and even made a film on it that how they age putting it in vaccines, cosmetics, deoderants, contrails and why aluminium industry would not interview scientist. research needs lot of money with consistent years of research who would provide to do it when we are targeting billion dollar industries.
I was my mother’s care provider throughout the 10 years that she was going through her journey with Alzheimer’s. There are still several groups that believe aluminum indeed can “contribute” to dementia and Alzheimer’s. I’m going to err on the side of caution and say “when in doubt, throw it out!” It’s simply not worth the risk when there are easy solutions available to us.
Not in the UK. People historically stainless steel and before that cast iron. Yes expensive and this is why it was commonly given as a wedding gift. Lasts forever unlike modern cookware.. Aluminium used to be expensive, but now dirt cheap and toxic. Eveb in deoderants..
Aluminium Is The Finished Product; What Paul Keating Called: "Congealed Electricity!!" It's Not "In The Ground! Perhaps You Mean Bauxite, The Main Ingredient Which Is By No Means Common!! Anyway, Very Interesting, Thank You.
yo dude aluminium reacts with water and form aluminium oxide , Aluminium is not safe to use in indian cooking atall uses acidic stuff like tamarind vinegar all react with aluminium.YOU DID NOT JUST CHECK THE GOOGLE UNIVERSITY BEFORE PUTING THIS VIDEO..are you working in an aluminium factory to defend aluminium like THIS?
@krishashok first of all thanks for debunking the myth. Even I am the one trying to avoid AL in cooking. But I have more deeper question to this one. I was using AL pressure cooker & Kadhai (not a plated one). The reason I stopped using was it gets blackish from inside and when trying to wash I could see the blackish or greyish water after scrubbing with steel gauze. I am a lot worried about if it can come in day to wash then it will also get mixed in food. Would you be able to shed some light on this one? Really appreciate
when you scrub your cookware like that, what you're removing is the aluminium oxyde layer on top, which will reform on surface after some exposition to oxygen, later.
Google "Lead Safe Mama". She does consumer goods testing with xrf technology. She found that in most pressure cooers except very few exceptions have pressure valves that contain lots of lead. The Indian ones she tested tested all positive for lead. Moreover cast Aluminium is aso very often lead conterminated. Personally I don't use AL at all in cooking, but when I read the comment section I discovered pretty much 99% of people are very fond of it and are very happy to getting the comforting news in the video. I beg to differ, haha, but that's just me.😂 But no matter if people like AL or not, in terms of pressure cookers folks, please look up this information. It's no laughing matter. One question, I have though. Many people in the coment section thank the host for the scientific debunking. What part of it was especially scientific? Just him saying that? 😅😅😅 Whatever, that's just me, a random bloke on the internet. Coming back to your question: I think your instinkt is spot on. I would also not feel safe using it.
Thank you for providing scientific and research backed evidence about food and its consumption. A small request - can you please make a video on whether it is ok to cut vegetables and then store them in the fridge? or buy cut up vegetables from the market and store them in the fridge? How long do these last? Specically vegetables like cabbage and beans. Thanks in advance.
It's a trivial precaution for most of us to avoid using Aluminium cookware directly. Maybe it makes a difference in the long term, maybe not. We'll probably never really know but at least it shows we're thinking about long term health which is always good - as long as we don't get too hung up on it.
About 527 items banned in EEU because cancer elements added as preservative, your comments please. Also, a lot spices are now banned in Singapore & Hongkong due to same reason!
No. Aluminium mining and processing is a very recent, early 20th century thing, so once it became available, our great grand parents absolutely started using it because unlike us, their brains weren't turned into mush by WhatsApp scaremongering
Something to also consider is the origin of the cookware and the quality of the aluminum used. Is it food grade aluminum made in a reputable factory from a reputable source? Or is it recycled from who knows what? There are videos on UA-cam of artisanal cookware makers in India where they would use all kinds of aluminum scraps, from bicycle components to car engine intake manifolds, radiators, electric conductors; anything aluminum would all go together in a furnace to melt and become cookware. The problem with this is many of these parts are made of different alloys containing other metals to give them specific properties such as tensile strength, resistance to cracking from heat cycles, high pressure, etc. They can include various levels of tin, lead, zinc, silver, copper, chromium, iron, and other metals. Some of these parts may be welded or brazed together, introducing even more contaminants. While it is technically possible to separate aluminum from these other metals, it was clear in the videos I've seen that they were not doing that at all. The melted aluminum would become discs that would be pressed to form cookware and that was that. You don't really know what's in there and what can leach into food later.
I knew someone someday will come and change our view about aluminum. Aluminum vessels shld remind us how poor we have become after being invaded and colonized
Thank you. I have several military style mess kits like the British Army mess tins as well as other military style kits that I use for camping. I became worried after hearing the rumors about aluminum, because I am now 63 years old and I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my senior years more at this stage of the game. Your video has helped allay my fears. I guess now I cane focus on everything else vying to take my old ass out!😂😂😂
OK, myths of Al dispelled. How about brass? Many use this alloy but its allergic to some. I am one of them. I dined once in a restaurant where every vessels used were brass make including the dishes. I was aware that I was allergic to brass but while gossiping with friends, I didn't notice. I had a bad upset stomach with a high temperature. Didn't take long to associate my sickness to brass as I had experienced that earlier also.
What about aluminium oxide formed from aluminum vessels which is considered as dangerous? Aluminium vessels hence not suggested for usage? If iron vessels used, rust is not good, if copper used, copper oxcide not good, same applies for aluminium oxide, right?
an absolute fan of yours......from narrative to attitude. please throw light on another scaremongering / concern - bromate in bread and how much of it is harmful ..... please
Looking at the comments to this video, I realised that no amount of researching you do to debunk a myth, we will continue to believe what we want to believe :(
Slow cooking/ fast cooking/ gravy/ non gravy/instead of doing so many calculations better to avoid aluminium. Aluminium is abundant and easily available but why then it was not introduced to our lifestyle by our ancestors?
Is there such a thing as maximum safe temperature (thats realistically possible to reach in kitchen) that we should try avoid reaching with aluminum cookware?
This i disagree. We have no data on how well the body processes aluminum. If it toxic in large amounts who is to say that a particular body is failing g to process it well. And if it is so widespread, isn’t there actually a case to use it less where we do Have a personal choice about it?
I do not think aluminum vessels would react much with acidic dishes anyway because of the oxide layer , however if you are scraping the oxide layer with a metal spatula then there is a chance of aluminum oxide build up in food. Correct me if I am wrong 😅
It's amazing how things that provide convenience are somehow now being termed as dangerous, Thank you masala sahab for debunking these myths and providing logical context. Todays world is replete with scare mongering and control and your videos are like a ray of hope. I hope more people move towards logic
Didn't the older generations mostly used cast iron vessels and utensils? Aluminium utensils became more widespread because of industrialisation and mass production.
It was introduced to India specially during British rule. You know why
So what? Older generations didn't get cancer?
You are very right.
No we've used aluminum since 80s . Only rich people used cast iron since old days.
@@deepthinker1710 yes that’s bcz British looted many of our families and made us to use aluminum
My momma knew this more than 25 years ago. She used to cook rice and plain dal in aluminum utensils, and didn't cook curry or gravy sabzi in aluminium utensils. She would say aluminium reacts with sourness of Tomato/tamarind in curry.
She isn't a science graduate, but she's avid reader and new all these things. She's 68 now.
As I say in my book (Masala Lab), it’s the practical knowledge of actually spending time in the kitchen that matters, not food science. The science merely brings clarity of communication of the core principle behind why something works
This is 100% true. Just because it's not toxic doesn't mean that it doesn't make food taste bad.
Thanks for this! You wouldn't believe the level of peace your video has given me. I was genuinely worried that I had been inadvertently poisoning my family all these years.
After all he can only give you peace but not the solution
What if he come with another video after few years that some reasearch find out aluminium vessels is bad
So don't trust these people, they change their opinions based on every new research papers
Don't use aluminium for cooking,
Especially for curd, fermentation process, pickels, etc..,
They are very dangerous and causes brain damage
What you want is health not the peace
So true!!!!
No, it is Poison. Aluminium is present only in traces in your food, but if you cook food using aluminium everyday, you already damaged the nerves of your family.
😄😁Your comment made me chuckle!
Seriously
Very good summary, but the part that is poorly constructed is the reasoning that just because our of previous generations have been using it for a long time and they don't visibly show signs of toxicity, it is usually safe.
Many forms of
Please explain how else will you prove the toxicity of a material?
@@ecoideazventures6417 The life expectancy was 50 years, much of long-time toxicity effects start showing after you turn 80.
You single handedly debunk the nonsense spewed by youtubers like Fittuber. Great job!!
Fittuber is a total nut job or just a hustler who has learned to milk the uneducated nutjobs with no critical thinking skills; I happened to watch one of his videos because it showed up on my feed but couldn’t get past a couple of minutes due to the mind numbing level of pseudoscience being spouted.
So true. Fittuber I've never trusted.
@vishal, thing is healthy people have the capacity to eliminate it is what Ashok said, now tell me definition of healthy or who falls under healthy vs unhealthy, I am not supporting fittuber or this guy, but considering people who watch fittuber are unhealthy and want to become healthy and watch fittuber, should unhealthy people consume Aluminum now ?
@@arjuns1012 as he said, aluminium doesn't make a difference. Having a balanced diet does
@@VishalKhopkar1296 that’s exactly my point, neither this guy is a doctor/expert on body physiology and fittuber guy too, to let general public know what is good or what is bad. Neither this guy says amount of milligram atleast, which at that point one would put an effort to find out what their processing. So blindly taking this guys advice is equally bad. One is spewing based out of ayurveda, one is spewing based out of common science. Criticize both, so that they give proper information and answers and make their future videos better.
Aluminium is a highly reactive metal. While this is normally a bad thing for cookware, pure Al instantly reacts with atmospheric oxygen and create a barrier coating of Aluminium Oxide which acts as a strong protective coating. Aluminium oxide is strong stuff - it takes a very substantial acid to break it down, and if the food you are consuming is that acidic, the extra Al consumed is among the least of your problems.
Define "highly reactive", because it is Oxygen which is highly reactive -- it is the second most electro-negative element after Fluorine; so nearly every metal is going to form an oxide (e.g. rust over Iron). One cannot assert something is highly reactive based on interaction with Oxygen alone. If one is worried about strong acids, the acid in our stomach (HCl, with pH that can go as low as 1.0) is stronger than most things one would ingest unless one is gulping down HCl or H2SO4.
@@0m13dude your body needs iron but it doesn't need aluminium.
Here's a free tip for you my friend:
Only trust internet autists when making choices about health these experts are idiots who only read headlines over the internet and have no idea of the nuances.
@0m13 I guess you misread the first line, He's talking about metals. Aluminum is a highly reactive METAL. Reactivity can be measured and grouped into three broad categories (Reacts with Water, Reacts with Acid, and Highly Unreactive)
Aluminum comes at the top list of Reactions with Acid, hence it is a highly reactive metal
And what I guess the original comment meant was Aluminum being reactive will produce an Aluminum Oxide layer which will prevent any Aluminum-Food contact in the first place so no Aluminum contamination for the food
Anodised Al renders it non reactive
@@southernequinoxcorrect
Thanks, you obliged all of us, in fact even rich in small towns and villages do use some aluminium vessals, as you say avoid slow cooking and acidic ingredients,Bravo
Most restaurants also! Its a fantastic conductor
Aren't all aluminum vessels anodized?
Like when we perform experiments even in H2SO4 we have to grind the aluminium for the shiny pure aluminium to get exposed as it anodizes with atmospheric oxygen and forms an inert coating (al2o3) over aluminum, that is also why aluminium never corodes?
Yeah
I replaced aluminum taking advantage of this myth amongst my family just because I am too lazy to wash dishes and the dishwasher doesn't take aluminum dishes😂😂😂😂😂....
Kaching kaching kaching !
Though later on I told them it was fake....😅😅
Aluminium is very soft and can leech in significant quantities if the pan or kadai is repeatedly and rapidly scraped while cooking.
source: Trust me bro
@@Aamirmhmd99 Experimenting with metal spatula and pan is not that difficult, I believe.
I share your concerns. Both of us are the minority in this comment section here, I guess.😂
Here is another source you might find interesting: "Lead Safe Mama" does consumer goods testing with XRF technology and the majority of pressure cookers she tested, tested positive for very high amounts of lead in the pressure valve, specially Indian ones, although this seems to be a worldwide problem. She is out of the US. You can google her for further details.
An't no body got time for this give me old school. I feel like I have to to school.
@@Aamirmhmd99 that's the source this video is using too. He should've provided *citations* for why the fears are unjustified.
All pure affordable metals have similar properties except Cast-Iron which in any condition is safe...
Stay away from Aluminum in cooking. Don't believe this guy
As someone who likes sour dishes and has no problem with leftovers, I never used to like the tomato saar reacting with the aluminum pot the next day. I also loved to scrape off and eat the browned bits of biryani at the bottom. I started cooking biryani in the oven in aluminum trays covered with foil and I noticed the steam from the biryani collecting on the foil, melting off holes in the foil and depositing it onto the biryani.
Aluminum cookware is a rarity in the US because of an autopsy that found aluminum deposits in the brain of a man with Alzheimer’s. Aluminum is a biological toxin. Yes, the body eliminates it, but for some people due to unknown causes which increase blood-brain barrier permeability, it lets aluminum deposit in the brain. Also, parents and grandparents used other dishes besides aluminum, like clay pots.
In my opinion, dishes that have a lot of oil don’t readily allow the acid to react with the aluminum. Because of other available options, I have transitioned almost entirely away from aluminum and I am happy to not have any cookware that reacts with and leaches into my food.
Long answer is yes it's toxic
Originally in india people used to use clay , iron, copper and brass. Aluminum came later as cheaper, lightweight alternatives . Along with that came the nonstick and pressure cookers.
Why to put load in kidney lever... avoid aluminum utensils at home atleast... outside you anyways don't have any control
He will not answer why alzhiemer has increased over the years, why nuero issues have increased over the years. He still believes in calories in-out theory. Whichever cause-effect relationship science has not yet proven please use common sense. There is a huge conflict of interest for food and pharma industries
Krish, I wish you gave a few more seconds to what one should NOT cook in aluminium vessels. I have seen several households happily making Sambar/Amti/Dal with tanarind/Kokum/tomatoes in aluminium vessels. 😢😢
The video quite specifically explains what not to cook!
Our grandparents used clay pots and an iron skillet. Still nowadays,clay pots are used.
Clay pots painted with lead containing paint
Clay naturally contains aluminium oxide.
I just love the way you are educating your audience about health and nutrition . Plz keep uploading more .
Will do !
Wow thank you so much.... Ive been trying to replace all my alluminium untensils to steel and other expensive materials..but now i get it. 🙏
I really needed this video. It brought me so much peace❤ Thank you for this
I'm so glad!
Not everyone is genuinely healthy. what if it starts accumulating inside due to lack of detox performed by liver and kidney(genuinely unhealthy ones)?
If this happened, we’d have known by now. In any case, when people have kidney or liver issues, doctors might recommend using materials that don’t leach into food.
@@krishashok Thanks for prompt response however it would have been nice if there is a warning especially for people suffering from kidney or liver issues bcz Indian middle class is highly depend on aluminum cook wares, and hardly visits doctor until unless they encounter major health issues.
Bad thing about Aluminium is that it is a very porous metal & hard to clean. No one talks about that. That's why it's an unhygienic metal for cooking. Triply SS is beat
Krish..you prove it again and again that you are a 'food saviour' for us!! I was clueless to what these influencers' demotivation regards to aluminium since we have literally grown upon eating aluminium 😂 and touchwood! Turn out to be decently healthy
Utterly bs. This video has just debunked myths. But it fails to understand why aluminum is bad on our gut. Our gut bacteria are programed to digest heavy metals. Unfortunately aluminum is not one of them. Even copper and other heavy metals likes iron are in excess very harmful. The reason why it is still recommended even in the west to cook on a cast iron is the because it leaks iron. But our body needs to lot more iron than the utensils leak in the food. So iron gets utilized. So is gold, silver and brass. Eating on a gold silver or brass utensils is recommended but not recommended to cook on it. Because then it will leak a lot that might become harmful. So is the case of copper. It's only recommended to drink 8 hour old water from copper utensil, any longer and there is a chance that copper leakage in water might be higher. Aluminum is also very highly toxic like copper but it leaks less comparatively. But the moment you start cooking sour things or long cooking it is extremely dangerous. The reason is aluminum is not digested in body, so it might leave our body or it might get stored in body. Disturbing our body structure at a cellular level. All these mass marketed products came from the west. Milk, aluminum, wheat exactly during industrial and green revolution. Anything that's directly toxic is easy to manage like copper, but the things which are slow in toxicity becomes the problem as they are bad but slow, so they become a part of lifestyle. But eventually our body gets destroyed. This video is very ignorant towards all these areas
I'm sorry what? Gut bacteria "digest" heavy metals? Absolute news to me! Of course excess aluminium is harmful, just like copper, iron or any other metal. The point of this video is to highlight how little of that comes from cookware
I noticed long time back lemon rice wrapped in aluminum foil , that was brought to a hot picnic day had small holes on top. the acid in the lemon reacted with foil. I never use Aluminum pots after that. No Teflon, No Aluminum, no Microwave in our house. In olden days people used clay pots to cook soups, rice etc. those are the healthiest.
100 %
What's wrong with microwave?
@@themanape google that question
@@michaellawson6533 What should I find?
Microwave ain't bad. We are surrounded by microwave. You get more radiation from Sun
Wonderful illuminating video. I often avoid using aluminum or look down on food cooked in such vessels. Keep up the good work. Thanks
Sorry to inform you that I have disliked your video for the very first time as I believe that your information is misleading to me. As being a certified fostac holder, an experienced chef, and a nutritionist cooking in aluminum is toxic to us published by FSSAI and FDA. Aluminum is toxic in nature and that's the only reason that utensils companies are using sandwich techniques to produce better health utensils in fact in professional kitchens, we never use any aluminum utensils as we chefs are equipped with skills to produce good food at good speed without the use of aluminum. In fact, during my science of gastronomy time, there were certain claims regarding poor health conditions due to prolonged use of aluminum. Also in older days people uses cast iron and earthen port utensils to cook and store food rather than aluminum.
I suggest you research a bit more since it’s the single most widely used cookware material across India. My own mother and grandmother used it all their lives as did millions of others. As the video says, it’s about sustained exposure yes but NOT from cookware. Cookware represents an insignificant source of Al. FSSAI’s concerns are about food products, not cookware.
TELL US WHICH INDIAN DISH TAKES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES TIME...? BIRYANI RECIPE REQUIRE MORE THAN 4HOURS TO COOK....
Egg dishes like masala omelette
U hv broken a myth that alzheimer can be caused by aluminium vessel. I am a new age mom who bought only steel due to this myth after my marriage😂😂😂
Hehe, in India, most pseudoscientitic myths are often associated with adding more inconvenience to newly married women
Hahaha
@@krishashok25 years ago, as a newly married Indian, I thought owning aluminum vessels was below my dignity. But even today I prefer the same stainless steel and “Lodge” cast iron vessels as alternative. Courtesy : Dr.Christiane Northrup
@@krishashoksir, don’t put aluminum and copper in the same box. While aluminum is toxic, copper is a micronutrient & you cannot survive without it.
@@krishashok truth bombs😅
Simply fantastic. Thank you for such beautiful presentation. Be blessed.
Thank you
Al is also implicated as a possible cause of male infertility
what a world,all are great doctors and knowledgeable guys,all seem correct with each contradicting each other,not sure whom to believe.
Just use iron/stainless steel utensils.....
It's a good perspective because.. yes we are rich. Yes I do have a posh urban kitchen. I'm middle class American, but I have every modern comfort. We are not reminded enough that there are people with far, far less.
(197) I prefer clad cookware, and also enameled cast iron (the light kind, not the really thick stuff). I just think aluminum cookware feels "weedy". The light nature of it just does not impress me.
Thumbs down for this video
When Krish Ashok makes a video on something, it is THE video on it. You do a great job of presenting the facts in a clear and accurate way, and make sure to address all the relevant sensationalism or fearmongering.
Thank you!
This guy is a quack influencer. No scientific basis to anything at all. Just personal opinions. Everyone need to start reporting him for misinformation
@@krishashok
Blind leading the blind
And both fall in ditch
Logic leads to some level and then it gets clueless
Why eat food
For energy and raw materials to build and repair body
Why not direct energy from the Sun and water
And various elements directly
?
Some reason will be given
Say Because X
Then
Why X
Because Y
Why Y
Because Z
And
Ask 6 to 10 times in a row
And you will reach a stage where
You have no more reasons left
Just have to keep mum or
Say
It is So
Hence it is so
If I sound naive and far fetched in this
Please accept then what Richard Feynman has to say on this
Power of
Why ? And limit of its use.
Swans are white by some logic
Till in Australia they discovered
Black swans
Atom was smaller particle till Dalton only
...
Many of us who study science and vouch for it
Often
Start to take high stand that it has all answers
It hasn't
It's limits is matter and energy
Beyond that
The " Consiousness" about it
It knows almost nothing
No doubt
It took
People in western medical profession to learn in this century only that mind and body have connection
Read
Book Molecules of Emotion by
Cadence B Perth about how homeless is the level of knowledge of These who claim to be modern and scientific
They have only scratched at the surface of Mind
And
Atma ?
Power of Atma that created this whole body and maintains it and then let's it fall apart
These scientists
Are as good as duffers though Pandit in their own eyes
Kudos to you for having passion for science but then
Feel sorry for this that you take it to be be all and be end all of knowledge
Not peer reviewed ! It’s a joke !
@@itmaslanka Which study are you referring to?!
Very informative....
But I will stick to using steel vessels😂
Absolutely! This was meant for users of aluminium being scared about social media fearmongering
Hail Masalalab! thank you ...i can now sleep better!
Yay
Great compilation and please refer the study carried out in Guatemala on the effect of pressure cooking using Aluminium Pressure Cooker before dismiss the impact.
@krishashok can you cite all your sources in all videos going forward. Easy for folks to convince family members instead of saying one more UA-camr said so
The problem with these things is that you can’t find a single paper or study that says X.
Weve been only used aluminum vessels since childhood. I must've died if all these myths sre true
Haha exactly
Cost Convenience cannot overwrite core competencies in any manner whatsoever, else pay the hefty price in terms of deterioration of body organs
This has definitely made me feel a lot more at easy. I was worried about cooking my rice in my aluminum pot. Also, side note I am used to seeing you on Instagram and I am subscribed to you over there, nice to see you have a channel here on you tube as well.
This is easier to share on whatsapp and also allows a longer duration to get into harder subjects
@@krishashok I totally agree, I subscribed to you hear as well. This platform is preferred as well for the reasons u mentioned 😊
I still use aluminium. Not economically weak,not rural house., still i use
Go ahead!
What about Indoleum vessels used in kitchens looking similar like aluminum??
Low carbon percentage in S.S.304/ SS 316 /SS316 L as compared to aluminium.
In Pharma & Food Industry uses 316 L wherever there is direct contact of Pharma products or food products worldwide.
I spent my whole career in I. V. Fluid manufacturing ( Saline Bottle ) .
No one uses aluminium in any process industry .
Among all Stainless steel SS316 L has < 0.03 % carbon ( it is very low )
absolutely wrong........all used pottery or iron utensils previously............i think you are not knowledgable enogh
is aluminum foil paper is safe
Yes it is
Being from South Canara/ Dakshina Kannada region, both My grandmothers cooked in clay pots, In olden times they used firewood after LPG was available they used gas but the cooking was mostly done in earthenware they lived to cross 80+ My parents mostly used SS and SS with copper bottom, My dad passed away at 62 my mom is diabetic with hypertension at 69.
Lifestyle and activities have a huge influence on longevity.
Individual examples are always anecdotal
@@krishashok collective examples are nothing but a collection of Individual examples, Narrative suits the Narrator.
@@vinishshetty8055 Vinish have you heard of the term life expectancy? If yes, please check the life expectancy of Indians before and after independence
Omg my grand something anecdote. Ahhh
Neuroscientist like "Christopher Shau" and many scientist and his team have found it neurotoxin deseases like alzheimers and breast cancer etc and even made a film on it that how they age putting it in vaccines, cosmetics, deoderants, contrails and why aluminium industry would not interview scientist. research needs lot of money with consistent years of research who would provide to do it when we are targeting billion dollar industries.
Please see the citation in the video - aluminium being found in plaques does not mean aluminium cookware caused it
I was my mother’s care provider throughout the 10 years that she was going through her journey with Alzheimer’s. There are still several groups that believe aluminum indeed can “contribute” to dementia and Alzheimer’s. I’m going to err on the side of caution and say “when in doubt, throw it out!” It’s simply not worth the risk when there are easy solutions available to us.
Psuedologic.😢
Biryani has yogurt generally.
Yes but not enough to be primarily a sour dish
Not in the UK. People historically stainless steel and before that cast iron. Yes expensive and this is why it was commonly given as a wedding gift. Lasts forever unlike modern cookware.. Aluminium used to be expensive, but now dirt cheap and toxic. Eveb in deoderants..
Aluminium Is The Finished Product; What Paul Keating Called: "Congealed Electricity!!" It's Not "In The Ground! Perhaps You Mean Bauxite, The Main Ingredient Which Is By No Means Common!! Anyway, Very Interesting, Thank You.
yo dude aluminium reacts with water and form aluminium oxide , Aluminium is not safe to use in indian cooking atall uses acidic stuff like tamarind vinegar all react with aluminium.YOU DID NOT JUST CHECK THE GOOGLE UNIVERSITY BEFORE PUTING THIS VIDEO..are you working in an aluminium factory to defend aluminium like THIS?
Sir is running a aluminum factory😢😢😢😢
Haha I wish 😂
@krishashok first of all thanks for debunking the myth. Even I am the one trying to avoid AL in cooking. But I have more deeper question to this one.
I was using AL pressure cooker & Kadhai (not a plated one). The reason I stopped using was it gets blackish from inside and when trying to wash I could see the blackish or greyish water after scrubbing with steel gauze.
I am a lot worried about if it can come in day to wash then it will also get mixed in food.
Would you be able to shed some light on this one?
Really appreciate
Clean using lemon peels. Add the lemon peels while cooking your food
when you scrub your cookware like that, what you're removing is the aluminium oxyde layer on top, which will reform on surface after some exposition to oxygen, later.
Google "Lead Safe Mama". She does consumer goods testing with xrf technology. She found that in most pressure cooers except very few exceptions have pressure valves that contain lots of lead. The Indian ones she tested tested all positive for lead. Moreover cast Aluminium is aso very often lead conterminated. Personally I don't use AL at all in cooking, but when I read the comment section I discovered pretty much 99% of people are very fond of it and are very happy to getting the comforting news in the video. I beg to differ, haha, but that's just me.😂 But no matter if people like AL or not, in terms of pressure cookers folks, please look up this information. It's no laughing matter. One question, I have though. Many people in the coment section thank the host for the scientific debunking. What part of it was especially scientific? Just him saying that? 😅😅😅 Whatever, that's just me, a random bloke on the internet.
Coming back to your question: I think your instinkt is spot on. I would also not feel safe using it.
Nowadays iron cookware are costlier than aluminium
Thank you for providing scientific and research backed evidence about food and its consumption. A small request - can you please make a video on whether it is ok to cut vegetables and then store them in the fridge? or buy cut up vegetables from the market and store them in the fridge? How long do these last? Specically vegetables like cabbage and beans. Thanks in advance.
Will do
It's a trivial precaution for most of us to avoid using Aluminium cookware directly. Maybe it makes a difference in the long term, maybe not. We'll probably never really know but at least it shows we're thinking about long term health which is always good - as long as we don't get too hung up on it.
About 527 items banned in EEU because cancer elements added as preservative, your comments please. Also, a lot spices are now banned in Singapore & Hongkong due to same reason!
So our ancestors are fools for not using alluminium
No. Aluminium mining and processing is a very recent, early 20th century thing, so once it became available, our great grand parents absolutely started using it because unlike us, their brains weren't turned into mush by WhatsApp scaremongering
Weak analysis..
Something to also consider is the origin of the cookware and the quality of the aluminum used. Is it food grade aluminum made in a reputable factory from a reputable source? Or is it recycled from who knows what? There are videos on UA-cam of artisanal cookware makers in India where they would use all kinds of aluminum scraps, from bicycle components to car engine intake manifolds, radiators, electric conductors; anything aluminum would all go together in a furnace to melt and become cookware. The problem with this is many of these parts are made of different alloys containing other metals to give them specific properties such as tensile strength, resistance to cracking from heat cycles, high pressure, etc. They can include various levels of tin, lead, zinc, silver, copper, chromium, iron, and other metals. Some of these parts may be welded or brazed together, introducing even more contaminants. While it is technically possible to separate aluminum from these other metals, it was clear in the videos I've seen that they were not doing that at all. The melted aluminum would become discs that would be pressed to form cookware and that was that. You don't really know what's in there and what can leach into food later.
I unsubscribed him after this video
Why?
Serious consequences; we have a rise in turbo cancers ! Explain that !!!!
I knew someone someday will come and change our view about aluminum. Aluminum vessels shld remind us how poor we have become after being invaded and colonized
In restaurants one dish may be cooked fast but the aluminum vessel is consistently in use.
Yea
My rice cooker has an aluminium bowl in which the rice is cooked. Rice is cooked daily and the bowl is washed daily. Is it safe? Please answer.
Do you have research papers on aluminum vessel for cooking
You should ask the people saying "aluminium cookware causes alzheimers' to provide research papers, not me
@@krishashok I think Rajiv dixit had research papers on aluminum utensils , unfortunately the government murdered him , because of his research
Thanks for busting pseudoscience of Rajiv dixit.
The man who harmed India the most.
Thank you. I have several military style mess kits like the British Army mess tins as well as other military style kits that I use for camping. I became worried after hearing the rumors about aluminum, because I am now 63 years old and I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my senior years more at this stage of the game. Your video has helped allay my fears. I guess now I cane focus on everything else vying to take my old ass out!😂😂😂
What about nonstick coated pans
They are fine
😂well said
OK, myths of Al dispelled. How about brass? Many use this alloy but its allergic to some. I am one of them. I dined once in a restaurant where every vessels used were brass make including the dishes. I was aware that I was allergic to brass but while gossiping with friends, I didn't notice. I had a bad upset stomach with a high temperature. Didn't take long to associate my sickness to brass as I had experienced that earlier also.
What about aluminium oxide formed from aluminum vessels which is considered as dangerous? Aluminium vessels hence not suggested for usage? If iron vessels used, rust is not good, if copper used, copper oxcide not good, same applies for aluminium oxide, right?
Thanks.Ultimately we have to be Greatful to our Liver, Kidney and the great Creator.God bless you💎
an absolute fan of yours......from narrative to attitude. please throw light on another scaremongering / concern - bromate in bread and how much of it is harmful ..... please
Looking at the comments to this video, I realised that no amount of researching you do to debunk a myth, we will continue to believe what we want to believe :(
Slow cooking/ fast cooking/ gravy/ non gravy/instead of doing so many calculations better to avoid aluminium. Aluminium is abundant and easily available but why then it was not introduced to our lifestyle by our ancestors?
Is there such a thing as maximum safe temperature (thats realistically possible to reach in kitchen) that we should try avoid reaching with aluminum cookware?
Is Krish Ashok a doctor or scientist ?
Neither. A science communicator
Anodised aluminiumnis a coating of aluminum oxide on aluminium is as hard as diamond in sratch resistance. And conducts heat very well.
I'm in love with aluminum 😂
Haha
This i disagree. We have no data on how well the body processes aluminum. If it toxic in large amounts who is to say that a particular body is failing g to process it well. And if it is so widespread, isn’t there actually a case to use it less where we do
Have a personal choice about it?
Can we leave Sour sambar overnight in an aluminium vessel and use it?
It's alright, don't break your head
@@krishashok Thank you,I used to fight with my wife on this issue.
@krishaahok how do you define healthy vs unhealthy ?
Tooo good
I do not think aluminum vessels would react much with acidic dishes anyway because of the oxide layer , however if you are scraping the oxide layer with a metal spatula then there is a chance of aluminum oxide build up in food. Correct me if I am wrong 😅
The ground water containing fluoride ( natural or from industrial waste) makes use of aluminum vessels dangerous.
Just like eggs. 0ne day its bad
Next day its good.
Ship ot and dont have the worry
It's amazing how things that provide convenience are somehow now being termed as dangerous, Thank you masala sahab for debunking these myths and providing logical context. Todays world is replete with scare mongering and control and your videos are like a ray of hope. I hope more people move towards logic
Your comment on krish ashok is absolutely right.. You have written it so nicely
It’s a slow process. I hope people think for themselves and be skeptical. The last thing I want is for people to blindly trust anyone, me included
They shouldn’t !your one study isn’t peer reviewed !
Aluminum Is Very Bad For Utensils Purpose. Stop Saying More Nonsense
He is rich 😂😂
Please post sources to back your claim.
He is carefully uses the word mostly... That says it all... Nice video
Think you just shouldnt make moonshine in aluminum maybe 🤔 I forgot lol
Oh!!! And i already sold my all aluminum utensils and replaced with triply🙄