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These ‘Safe’ Kitchen Products Are Actually Toxic (answering your top comments & questions!)

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Today, I'm answering all of your

questions on detoxifying your kitchen.

Right now, your kitchen probably has

some of the materials that I'm going to

talk about today because these products

are being sold legally. They're sitting

on store shelves and they're being used

without a second thought. And I see

these products, I see them online, I see

them at the grocery store. I go grocery

shopping and I see these utensils and

these pans. I cannot believe they're

still selling them. But here's the

truth. Product manufacturers generally

are allowed to sell us products made

from all different kinds of materials

and they don't have to disclose what

those materials are. Nor do they have to

tell us what those materials do to our

health. And because of that, we are

being exposed daily to these toxins.

Now, I know a lot of you are like me and

you believe that knowledge is power. You

want to take control of your health. No

one else is looking out for you, right?

We're looking out for ourselves. You're

looking out for yourself. I'm looking

out for myself. And eliminating some of

these toxins from the places where we

eat and drink, like our kitchen, is a

big step and going to go a long way

towards helping us. I asked for your top

questions. I have about 16 of them to

answer right now. I'm going to roll

through some of them really quickly, but

I'm actually really excited for this

video because I did a lot of research to

bring you the best answers and give you

the best information. Okay, so the first

question, and I got this question a lot,

so that's why I'm putting this first. Is

parchment paper bad? And actually, I

have a few props to share, but this

first one is a question. I get this

question on every video all the time.

Seems to be a hot topic. You all are

wondering if it's safe to use parchment

shape paper. I shared in a previous

video that parchment paper more often

than not is coated. You will see it says

on your parchment paper, if you just

take a look at it, non-stick. If you're

like me, you're thinking, "Oh, this is

just paper. It's fine." And I'm going to

link this uh article that I found below,

but Mavation, they're a website I refer

to frequently because they do a lot of

product testing. They tested five of the

top brands of parchment paper out there

and they tested them for forever

chemicals. You've heard me talk about

those before. Those are the chemicals

that they come into our bodies and they

stick around forever because they're

really hard to get rid of. They're

really dangerous. They're endocrine

disruptors. They're known to cause

cancer. All kinds of terrible things.

Anyway, they tested these five top

brands. Two of those top brands had PAS.

I'm sorry to tell you. Number one, the

Costco brand one, the Kirkland's

parchment paper, tested positive for

PAS, and also Reynolds, which is the one

I unfortunately have, and this is the

white one. So, if you are looking for

safe parchment paper, I'm going to give

you two options. Number one, a lot of

you shared this and and I learned about

it from you all, the if you care brand

of parchment paper. This one has been

deemed safe. Also, if you don't want to

get that brand, what I would recommend,

this is also Reynolds, but this is

unbleached. But again, it says

non-stick, but if you're going to go for

parchment paper, at least get the

unbleached one. You will know that it's

unbleached because it will look like

this color rather than the pure white.

The other thing you can do for an

alternative to parchment paper is get

yourself something like this. This is

silicone. Uh you could do like a sil

pad. I used to use those for many years.

Those come from those are made in

France. This one is the netzero company

and I'll link it. This one has been

certified by a number of certifications

and it's medical grade silicone. I've

been using this one. I know a couple of

you have also bought it and you said you

liked it. So, I'm happy to hear that.

What I would say, you know, you could

use this in place of the parchment paper

if you need something non-stick like

this. And I just try not to use it uh

any higher than 350° Fahrenheit. If

you're in other countries, that's 180°

C. I didn't get this on Amazon. I got it

directly from another company. It's hard

to get good quality silicone on Amazon,

but I'll talk a bit about that in a

second in another question here. The

next question, most of us can't afford

to just toss everything toxic away and

replace it all at once. Where should we

start? What's the most important? Okay.

So, what I would do if this if this is

you, I would start with things that come

into direct contact with your food.

That's going to be your cookware and

it's going to be your food storage

containers and anything that heats up

really. So, I would prioritize cookware.

If you are cooking a lot at home like I

do, you want to make sure that you are

cooking on safe pots and pans and things

that do not contain non-stick coating.

They don't contain the forever

chemicals. They don't contain Teflon. If

you have pans that are non-stick and

they are scratched, definitely get rid

of them. Do not even think about using

those. With everything that you cook in

them, you are being exposed to a crazy

amount of chemicals. You do not want to

do that. Don't even donate them.

Unfortunately, you just you don't want

to make this someone else's problem. You

just need to get rid of them. And I'm

going to talk a bit more about cookware

in a in another question that's coming

up. But let me also tell you about food

storage. So, I would recommend getting

rid of all of your plastic food storage.

I only recommend glass. Now, yes, this

does have a plastic top. Uh some of them

come with wood. This is the glass lock.

I can link this one cuz I love this this

kind. It's a little heavier, right? Cuz

it is glass, but it's not crazy. And

this is great because it's oven safe. If

you use a microwave, it's microwave

safe. If you're using plastic, just

don't put it in the microwave. You never

ever want to heat up plastic. I see so

many people still putting plastic in the

microwave. I even see people putting

food and they'll put saran wrap or like

cling film on top of it and heat it up

in the microwave. That's the fastest way

to get exposed to a ton of chemicals in

a short amount of time. That is going to

leech right into your food. So, don't

ever do that. Back to these storage

containers. You want to get something

that's glass. If glass is a bit too

heavy for you, think about stainless

steel. I have some stainless steel

mixing bowls and they came with tops.

So, I like to store food in those. If

you get rid of the plastic, you know,

you don't have to throw it away. You can

store things in it like non-edible

things. I actually put all of my extra

makeup into it in my and I have it in my

bathroom. You know, anything that's

non-food, I think you could store in

there. You could also potentially store

dried food in there, like rice or

something like that. I think that would

be perfectly safe. But if you're storing

pastas and soups and stews and things

that you've cooked, like leftovers, just

get the glass. And listen, you don't

have to replace everything at once, you

can replace things as they wear down.

So, don't feel like you must run out and

get all new everything. Just kind of be

smart about it and do it as you can. If

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down below. It's free. Now, here's the

next question. This is on cookwware.

Finding safe cookware options is

challenging. Nickel and chromium are

often found in stainless steel pots and

pans. Any thoughts on less expensive

clean alternatives? Yes. Okay. So, a lot

of you inquire about nickel-free

stainless steel and you know that is a

bit more difficult to find, but you can

find it. I recommend if you don't have a

nickel allergy, I think the 1810

stainless steel perfectly fine. I will

link some of that and some of the um

nickelfree options that I found. I do

think that, you know, I want to be

careful of price. You want to get

quality, but you don't want to pay a

ton, right? So, I'm trying to find

things that are high quality, but not

too expensive. But I also want you to

think about the fact that when you buy

something like this, it's going to last

you forever. I've shared this before. I

have this stainless steel pan, okay?

This is over 20 years old and this is

gonna outlast me. And and and I think it

was maybe I I'm not even sure how much

it was back in the day. Maybe it was $50

or something like that. This comes from

AllClad. But it it's an investment and

it's going to last. These are things

that when you buy them, you're not going

to replace them. A lot of this the

non-stick cookware that they're selling

right now, they only guarantee it for a

few years. They only they expect you to

use it for five, six years and then

replace it. No one wants to do that. I'm

gonna buy this once and that is the end

of it. Now, I will say about cast iron

because I am going to link um some

options for some affordable options for

cast iron. It is heavy. And I I was

thrifting with my mom last week. I was

in Florida with her and we went

thrifting and I found the Lodge cast

iron pan. She's looking for a pan. So,

we were thrifting and I have to say it

was a lot heavier than I expected. I

picked it up and I was I was pretty

surprised. But, you know, you could view

it as maybe some forced exercise, you

know, arm weights, lifting of weights.

I've also heard really good things about

pure ceramic. This would be the the

uncodated ceramic. I think there's a

brand called Extrema that a lot of

people like, but again, not the

non-stick ceramic that they sell. I'm

talking about the uncodated ones.

Everything I'm talking about is uncoded.

You don't want anything that has a

coating on it at all. I've taken a hard

stance on this. I think that we have

really tried to value easy cleanup more

than we have our health and it's just

it's not worth it to me. Okay, moving on

to the next question. I'm curious about

silicone utensils. They seem to wear

better than the hard plastic ones and

don't chip or peel. Are they non-toxic?

So, I did a whole video on silicone

because I too was wondering about this

and I wanted to make sure I was

recommending good silicone. So, this is

from Pyrex. This is silicone. I shared

before when you pinch your silicone, you

don't want to see any white streaks

because that means that the silicone

likely has fillers in it. Now, the most

important thing when it comes to

silicone, I think silicone is generally

safe. Okay? I know there are times when

we need it. For example, this rubber

scraper, we need the scraping action.

Maybe you still use non-stick and you

don't want sharp utensils. I get that.

So, I'm going to say that it's generally

safe with some caveats.

It needs to be food grade silicone,

preferably med medical grade. That is

considered safe. And it's so much more

stable than plastic. What I do though, I

try not to heat this up. You know, I

don't put this in anything hot. I don't

heat my silicone above that 350

Fahrenheit, 180 C mark. I will also put

these certifications up, but I would

look for products that are labeled LFGB

certified. That's a European safety

standard. And FDA approved as well. But

the thing is, you don't want to get that

cheap silicone that has the fillers in

it. You just want to be careful that

breaks down over time. It's low quality.

You don't know what's in it. And to my

point before, you do need to be careful

on Amazon. I was going to say this. I've

bought silicone there. And I know you

guys have too, and it was labeled as

food grade. It's hard to be sure if

those claims are true, unfortunately.

Just one more thing about utensils. I

have to say this again. I know we're

talking about silicone in this question,

but I do want to share if you are using

this black plastic stuff. I'm not using

this. I've saved this as a prop. This is

oxo. This has PAS in it. You will go on

their website. They fully disclose that

it has PAS in it. You don't want to put

this in your food. This is recycled

nylon. And what it has in it, it's just

got a lot of weird stuff because it's

recycled from random sources. It's got

flame retardants and other chemicals

that you don't want. This stuff breaks

down. You put it in hot liquids. I can

see this is scratched and chipped. Where

are those chips? I've eaten them. So,

you don't want this stuff. I would still

continue to recommend things like

stainless steel. This is the best. This

was I can link this. I think I got it on

Amazon. Super lightweight, easy. And of

course, wood. Wood is the best. I will

also link some really good stuff.

Natural materials is always best as a

good rule of thumb when it comes to

utensils. Okay, moving on to this

question. I've been thinking about my

Bridto water pitcher. It's plastic of

course and water sits in it all day

every day. Any thoughts if that's

problematic and any alternatives that

won't break the bank? Okay, so first

things first, Britta filters are all BPA

free, right? Storing water longterm in

plastic isn't ideal. So, what I'm going

to say is if you want to keep your Brida

and keep on using it, what I was doing

when I had a Brida was I would fill up

the Britta, filter the water, and then I

would pour it into a glass pitcher. And

then I put that glass pitcher in the

fridge. You could leave it on the

counter. If you don't want to use glass,

stainless steel is fantastic. And if

you're looking for a new water filter,

I'll actually link a video if you want

to watch it after. I'll put a card up.

Uh, but I did do a whole video on water

safety, and I've been really enjoying

the Berky. I will say it is a bit more

expensive upfront, but I decided it was

worth it because the filters don't need

to be replaced for eight years. So,

actually over those eight years, it ends

up being cheaper. I like that because it

filters out the microlastics, but Brida

filters out about 60% of microplastics.

So, generally, that's a good option. I

would just say transfer the water into

something else after you've filtered it.

Okay, this question, what do you think

about using microfiber towels for

cleaning? Norwex was a big deal a few

years back, but now we're told it's full

of microplastics and bad for the

environment and our bodies. Thoughts,

please. So, yes. So, I also used to

recommend microfiber. I did not know

back in the day, a few years ago

actually, that it was made of plastic.

It feels like a fabric, but what they do

is they take plastic and they weave it

into this fabric like microlastic towel.

And I recommended it cuz it really does

have fantastic cleaning properties, but

because it's plastic, it is shedding

microplastics when you use it and even

more so when you put it in the washing

machine. One cool thing that I found cuz

if you love them and you want to use

them, I found this a few years ago and

and I'll put it up. It's it's called a

guppy friend bag and these are bags. You

can put your microfiber cloths into them

and then safely put them into your

washing machine and dryer and it doesn't

shed anything. It will catch all of

those microplastics. They also have this

really cool I was thinking about getting

it. Let me know if anyone has this. It's

like a washing machine filter that

catches microplastics because even our

clothing has microlastics in it. If you

have polyester, for example, that's

plastic. I would say if you can really

try to opt for cotton cleaning cloths or

Swedish dishcloths are a great option.

That would be my recommendation over the

microfiber. I got this question emailed

into me. Thank you so much because I was

also wondering this. So, um, they asked

if these Molita coffee filters had

plastic in them because I shared that

coffee filters generally contain

plastic. And even if they're not made of

plastic, a lot of times they will use

plastic glue. So, I was concerned

because I looked on here and I couldn't

find anything on it that said 100%

paper. So, I did reach out to them. I

sent them an email. They got back to me.

They were great. I'm going to put up

their response, but they basically said

to me, "Molita filter paper does not

contain any

plastic/microplastics. Our paper is

chlorine-free, cleansed using an oxygen

cleansed process, and there are no

epocchloro hydrants. All our filters

meet the needed governmental and FDA

requirements for food safety and are

biodegradable, made with wood pulp.

That's what they said to me. And the

fact that they're biodegradable lets me

know that it doesn't contain plastic.

I've had a lot of you comment that you

have compost piles and you've put your

coffee and coffee filters in there and

then the coffee filters stick around for

years. That's a clue. That's plastic.

Dishes. So, I have heard that if our

dishes don't say that they're lead free,

then they contain lead. Can that be

true? I have Pottery Barn made in Japan

and William Sonoma made in Portugal and

neither say lead free. Okay. So the FDA

started regulating lead in our dishes in

the 70s 1971 and then they made the

regulations a bit stronger after 1992.

So you can really rest assured that if

your dishes are 1992 or older that they

most likely don't have lead in them. I

will say if they come from places

outside of the US or Europe, you know,

it's hard to know for sure. The FDA,

funny enough, does not require that

dishes be 100% lead free. Instead, they

limit the amount of leechable lead to 3

micrograms per millimeter of leeching

solution. So, all that to say that at

the time of manufacture, the FDA

requires that there's no lead leeching

out. Okay. However, if it has lead and

it gets chipped, then the lead may be

leeching and that's the problem. You

know, all of this testing is done at the

time of manufacturer about the label.

So, so this is my Fiesta where you know

that I love this. It it says lead free

on the bottom. A lot of manufacturers

know that us consumers are savvy and

that we don't want to be buying lead

dishes. So, they've started saying lead

free, which is great. So, so we can know

that this does not have lead leeching

out. Some of them will say lead safe. I

would caution you if it says lead safe,

I would not use that because all that

simply means is that there is lead

leeching. It's just below the amount

that the FDA has deemed acceptable. If

it doesn't say lead free, that's okay.

It doesn't mean that it has lead. But if

you are worried and if your dishes are

older, vintage dishes in particular, do

some lead testing. I lead tested my

entire kitchen. I did not find lead in

anything except for my Corning wear

dishes that were definitely made before

the 70s, so they're pretty old, older

than I am at least. I'll link the lead

testing kit that I used. I thought it

was pretty good and it gave me a good

idea. I also tested some of my mom's

dishes and we found some lead there,

too, which was surprising. Okay, moving

along. I don't want this video to be too

long, but it's about cutting boards.

I've been looking into the best kind of

cutting boards. One says plastic is bad.

Wood is bad. Metal might be good, but it

could chip your knives. A glass cutting

board over time gets chipped. What in

the world do you do? Help. I hear your

pain. Hands down the absolute best

material you can use for a cutting board

is wood. This is this is all this is

what I think. It is safe. If you take

care of it, it will last forever. There

is some great wood out there like maple,

walnut, acasia. I think that's how you

say it. These are self-healing. So, if

you are actually cutting and you get

little nicks in your board, it will kind

of close up and seal. Wood is also

antimicrobial. The problem with plastic,

plastic can trap bacteria. And I know

you can put it in the dishwasher, but

you know what? Every time you use it,

you're cutting and getting plastic into

your food. This is happening. You do not

want to do this. Glass and metal are

good, but I do worry about dulling my

knives and I worry about the glass

chipping. So, so to me, I I say wood all

the way. And that kind of gets me to

this next question here. They say that

when you get lots of knife cuts in your

wood cutting board, eventually meat

juices can get into the cuts and not be

cleaned properly. It can get germs into

your other foods. I still use my wooden

cutting board and I clean it very good

after each use. You are doing it right.

As I mentioned, wood cutting boards are

antimicrobial. Truly, all you need to do

is wash your cutting board with hot

soapy water after you use it and then

dry it immediately so that it doesn't

warp and that's it. You can occasionally

polish it with mineral oil. I do that a

couple of times a year. You can

disinfect it with vinegar or hydrogen

peroxide if you're worried after raw

meat. I've never had a problem. And then

the next question, any affordable

cutting boards under $200? Absolutely.

You do not need to spend that much. I

will link some some really great

options. The only thing with the wood

cutting boards, you do want to be

careful that you don't get any with a

lacquer on them or any glue. Sometimes

they use glue. In a video about a year

ago, this is back to water filters. You

mentioned a water filter that you have.

Can you share the brand? I trust your

judgment. Thank you so much. I I do

check out a lot of things. I'm a little

bit fanatical about these things. The

filter I mentioned before is the

Everyrop filter. And this is actually

it's a fridge filter. And I got this the

every drop filter because we have a lead

pipe. Well, we don't have it now. We had

a lead pipe that supplied the main water

supply to our house and it was just

something that all of us on our street

have. It got replaced this past summer.

So, we no longer have the lead pipe, but

I got that every job filter because I

was very concerned about lead. I even

bought the filter. We then sent the

water out to an independent testing lab

to make sure because I have three kids.

I certainly don't want to mess around

with lead. It came back, the water was

fantastic. So, that is a great filter. I

wanted to take it a step further and I

got the Berky because that filter, all

of those fridge filters, they don't

filter out microlastics and I want to

filter out those microplastics. I'm

essentially running everything through

that fil fridge filter and then I'm

putting it into the Berky and that's the

water that we're using. Okay, next

question. I use my Same as You air fryer

most days. What do you think of the new

glass air fryers? For example, the Ninja

air crisper. The glass ones are awesome.

I think these I just wish I had gotten

them. I wish I had done more research. I

did get the Ninja. I think I mentioned

on a video that it's been offging. It

did off gas for about a month. Now, when

I cook with it, it still off gases. I

don't like that. I don't know what it's

coated with. I know that it says a

ceramic coating, but then what's the

metal that the ceramic is on top of? I

just get very worried about it. But the

glass ones are amazing. I wish I had

gotten one of those to be honest with

you. The only downside is they can be a

bit heavier and they take longer to heat

up. But you know what? Who cares, right?

So, if you use your air fryer daily,

that could be a good option. Okay,

sorry. This video is taking longer.

We're almost there, though. I'm

currently trying to find some salt and

pepper grinders that have metal gears

and components instead of plastic ones.

I recently noticed that most are made

out of plastic. Yep, totally. I did find

some metal grinders that are well

reviewed. They're durable. I'm going to

link them. Okay, next one. Which sites

are best for finding safer personal and

household products. So, I will link the

ones that I like below. I particularly

like Environmental Working Group. Um, I

think that that's good for ingredient

safety and you want to know what's in

your cleaning products or in your

personal care products. Um, there's also

the Yucka app. This is one that you all

told me about and I love it. I've been

using it. You can use it on food. You

can use it on personal care and makeup

products. It's fantastic. Next. Okay.

What about crockots, blenders, and

instant pots? Okay, let me let me just

address each one. So, so crockotss or

slow cookers, generally these have a

ceramic insert. So, that's great.

Sometimes older models could have lead

in the glaze. And I have an older one.

Fortunately, mine is okay. I think

mine's probably from the8s, but if

you're not sure, just again, you can

test it with the lead testing swab. I

would say though, stay away from any

Crock-Pot that is non-stick. You just

just want the ceramic, the pure ceramic

insert. Blenders, so many blenders are

made of plastic. I can't stand it. If

you can find some, look for the glass

blenders. They have glass pictures. Um

because even BPA free plastic, it

degrades. I'm not buying it. What I have

found is that Oster and Vitamix, there's

a stainless steel pitcher option. So,

that's a great choice. And then an

Instant Pot. Guess what? I was also

worried about the Instant Pot. You don't

have to worry. The whole inner pot is

stainless steel. Very high quality,

great stainless steel. It is the best

option and I love mine. Okay guys, if

you have stuck around, those those are

your top questions. That is everything

that you all are asking me. Thank you so

much for sending these questions in. And

the things that I mentioned as

replacements, I'm going to link them

below in the description and in the

pinned comments if you want to check

anything out. If you would like to keep

watching, I'm going to link a playlist

right here. So, click on it and I'll see

you there. And as always, don't forget

to subscribe. See you next time.

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