The Worst Cookware Lurking In Your Kitchen and the Safer Swaps We Can Use with Environmental Toxins Expert Lara Adler
Dhru Purohit Show
Dhru Purohit
4.7 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2024
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Environmental toxins, such as PFAs present in nonstick cookware, pose significant health risks, including increased risk of chronic diseases, fertility issues, hypertension, and thyroid complications. These kitchen toxins are particularly concerning as they can infiltrate our bodies through the food we consume, food preparation surfaces, and even our drinking water. By understanding the impact of these hidden chemicals and their common sources, we empower ourselves to make informed consumer choices, minimize exposure, and foster better health outcomes for ourselves and our families.
Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with environmental educator Lara Adler to discuss environmental toxins in our home. Lara shares the top sources of plastic and toxic cookware in our kitchens and how we can reduce our daily exposure without feeling overwhelmed.
Lara Adler is an Environmental Health Educator and Science Communicator who teaches health professionals and individuals with health-based businesses to better understand the role of environmental chemical exposures in causing or contributing to chronic health issues so they can more comprehensively support the clients/patients they serve.
In this episode, Dhru and Lara dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- What cookware we should absolutely avoid (00:00:15 / 00:00:15)
- What the PFA’s in nonstick cookware are linked to (1:10 / 1:10)
- Particles released by nonstick cookware and what we should focus on (3:23 / 3:23)
- What should we move towards in cookware (9:37 / 8:03)
- Top sources of plastic in our homes and how to reduce our exposure (16:13 / 14:39)
- Preventing cancer through lifestyle practices (22:14 / 20:52)
- Cocktail effect (27:20 / 26:06)
- Easy swaps at home (36:15 / 32:35)
- What to do about plastics we can’t avoid (42:55 / 39:50)
- What to look for in cleaning products (48:42 / 44:56)
- The impact of toxins on sperm (57:12 / 53:48)
- Food, water, and plastics as priorities to focus on (1:04:07 / 1:00:45)
- Toxins in ultra-processed foods (1:08:56 / 1:04:55)
- The importance of clean water (1:18:56 / 1:15:37)
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| 0:00.0 | Laura, welcome to the podcast. Today we're talking about the hidden sources of toxins lurking in our home, especially in our kitchen. My number one question is, what is the absolute worst cookware that we should not be using when it comes to our kitchen. |
| 0:18.0 | For me, it's non-stick coded cookware, which is so pervasive. |
| 0:22.0 | I don't know anybody that you know the average |
| 0:24.9 | person will will undoubtedly have some some non-stick coated cookware in their homes |
| 0:31.7 | whether it's a frying pan or a stock pot or their cookie sheets that they're |
| 0:36.3 | baking cookies on. All of those are non-stick to the most part. And so this is something that is absolutely qualifies as a relatively simple and relatively low cost |
| 0:49.4 | sort of intervention to reduce exposure to some of these persistent toxic chemicals, these P-fast chemicals, |
| 0:57.0 | that a lot of people are learning about now just for the first time. |
| 1:01.2 | And so yeah, absolutely non-stick cookware is where we should start if we're looking |
| 1:06.0 | to minimize chronic exposures. |
| 1:10.0 | And what has non-stick cookware and the peafas that are inside of it? |
| 1:13.0 | What have those been linked or connected to when it comes to different ways of |
| 1:17.6 | making our body say, ouch? |
| 1:20.1 | Yeah, so I'll back up a little bit before I get to that answer. |
| 1:24.0 | So the PFASIS stands for per floral alcohol substances. |
| 1:27.8 | It's an enormous class of chemicals. |
| 1:30.6 | It's estimated that there's over 14,000 different chemicals in this class. |
| 1:35.0 | Not all of those are used in cookware. |
| 1:38.0 | There are certain specific chemicals that are used in cookware. |
| 1:42.0 | Unfortunately, science, scientists, we don't know anything |
| 1:48.3 | about the vast majority of those 14,000 chemicals. We don't even know their molecular |
| 1:52.2 | structure. We are just completely in the dark. |
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