Liver Health: Did you know that the utensils you use in your kitchen can also affect your liver? Certain types of utensils and containers can release harmful chemicals or metals into your food, especially when exposed to high heat or acidic ingredients.

Liver Health:  When we think about liver health, we usually focus on food, alcohol, or drugs. But did you know that the utensils you use in your kitchen can also affect your liver? Certain types of utensils and containers can leach harmful chemicals or metals into your food, especially when exposed to high heat or acidic ingredients. Over time, these toxins can accumulate in the body and put extra strain on your liver, which is responsible for filtering and detoxifying the foods we eat. In this article, we'll learn about 3 common kitchen items that could be silently harming your liver, and what safer alternatives you can use in their place.

1. Aluminum Utensils

• Aluminum is lightweight and inexpensive, but cooking in it regularly can result in aluminum particles leaching into your food, especially when cooking acidic foods like tomato or lemon dishes.
• Long-term exposure to aluminum can cause liver dysfunction, neurotoxicity, and other long-term health problems.

2. Non-stick cookware (Teflon)

• When overheated or scratched, nonstick pans can release toxic chemicals like PFOA or PTFE.
• These chemicals can affect liver enzymes, cause inflammation and lead to fatty liver disease if used for a long time.

3. Plastic utensils (especially for hot food or microwave cooking)

• Using plastic to store or heat food (especially in a microwave) can leach harmful chemicals like BPA or phthalates into the food.
• These toxins can disrupt hormones and increase the risk of liver toxicity and damage over time.

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PC:Prabhat Khabar