Healthy Cooking With Teflon

Didn't you get the memo? Low fat is just a fad. Even Weight Watchers
has gone low carb.

TC

Tipster said:

Hey folks, cooking with Teflon is great for those of us trying to lose
those extra pounds by cutting fats from our diets. Cooking with Teflon
can certainly help make tasty food and at the same time eating healthy.

I found some interesting hints on this site, and figured I would share.

- Kelly Ann

http://www.hollyclegg.com/teflon.cfm

On 11 Jan 2006 08:27:47 -0800, TC wrote in
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Didn't you get the memo? Low fat is just a fad. Even Weight Watchers
has gone low carb.

I haven't gone low fat, at all. But I like best raw fat, or oil,
rather than cooked. 🙂

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Enrico C

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On 11 Jan 2006 07:43:02 -0800, Tipster wrote in
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Hey folks, cooking with Teflon

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Quoted message said:

I found some interesting hints on this site, and figured I would share.

Is this true?

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http://www.hollyclegg.com/teflon.cfm

| For best performance use cookware that isn't scratched. But
| non-stick coatings are pretty resilient and cooking with scratched
| cookware won't affect the safety of your food. And, even if you do
| ingest any particles, they are not harmful to your health.

Enrico C said:

Is this true?

Quoted message said:

| For best performance use cookware that isn't scratched. But
| non-stick coatings are pretty resilient and cooking with scratched
| cookware won't affect the safety of your food. And, even if you do
| ingest any particles, they are not harmful to your health.

Yes, Teflon is inert in the body and can be used for implants.

--
Ron

Silverstone Cookware
http://www.silverstone.com/

On 11 Jan 2006 13:54:50 -0800, Ron Peterson wrote in
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Enrico C said:

Is this true?

Quoted message said:

| For best performance use cookware that isn't scratched. But
| non-stick coatings are pretty resilient and cooking with scratched
| cookware won't affect the safety of your food. And, even if you do
| ingest any particles, they are not harmful to your health.

Yes, Teflon is inert in the body and can be used for implants.

Thanks! I owe you a pan (I am not going to toss away because of a
scratch)!
:-)

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Enrico C

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Yes, Teflon is inert in the body and can be used for implants.

Teflon plus serious heat = phosgene = dead.

Chypho...

Tipster said:

Hey folks, cooking with Teflon is great for those of us trying to lose
those extra pounds by cutting fats from our diets.

Anybody who thinks cooking with teflon is safe, is an idiot.

First, of all anybody who cooks with a frying pan to begin with doesn't
know jack about healthy cooking methods. Second, it is pretty obvious,
that the Teflon will gradually work its way into your body. The stuff
simply is not hard enough not to leech out into hot oil. Don't give me
that [censored] about bullets. The stuff they put on frying pans is made as
cheaply as possible. And, each year manufacturers cut corners on
quality to save money.

And, I don't mind saying so.

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:42:43 +0100, Enrico C wrote in
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PFOA, a chemical used to make Teflon
non-stick coatings....

Here' a draft from an advisory panel to the EPA about the possible
carcinogenicity of PFOA.

http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/rev_draft_pfoa_ex_sum-report_w-intro_062705.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/sab/panels/pfoa_rev_panel.htm

and how it was reported

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8408729/
"Teflon chemical cancer-causing?
June 29: An advisory panel to the EPA says there is reason to be
concerned about a chemical compound found in everything from your
frying pan to pizza boxes. NBC's Tom Costello reports."

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:08:25 +0100, Enrico C wrote in
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8408729/
"Teflon chemical cancer-causing?
June 29: An advisory panel to the EPA says there is reason to be
concerned about a chemical compound found in everything from your
frying pan to pizza boxes. NBC's Tom Costello reports."

They also report DuPont's point of view, of course:

=== QUOTE
Teflon's manufacturer, DuPont, says it doesn't know why PFOA is
turning up in human blood samples nationwide. It says there is no PFOA
left in Teflon-coated pans during cooking because the PFOA is
destroyed during the manufacturing process. And DuPont says its tests
indicate that PFOA is not a threat.

"Clearly, based on our assessment of the science, we do not believe
this poses any cancer risk to the general population," says Dr. Robert
Rickard, DuPont's chief toxicologist.

There are non-stick coatings that don't contain Teflon, but the EPA
must decide whether PFOA should be a regulated toxin.
=== UNQUOTE