As people become more aware of the ill effects of cooking food in conventional cookware, crock pot cooking is gaining popularity once again. Some might be surprised to learn that cooking in clay cookware is as old as human civilization. It is evident from the ten thousand year old artifacts of great and powerful civilizations: you can find cookware and utensils made of clay.
It changed only a few decades ago when manufacturers began using metals and chemical-laden ceramics to make cookware. They probably weren’t aware of the long-term side effects of cooking in such toxic cookware.
Why are metals and ceramics unhealthy for cooking?
Metals are naturally reactive and food is a biochemical entity. During cooking, heat acts as a catalyst, and metal ions react with nutrients in food to form toxic compounds. The ceramic contains metal oxides that leach metal ions in a similar way. These contaminants begin to accumulate in the body’s organs and in the blood: the immune system is compromised and our body begins to get sick. These contaminants contribute to health problems ranging from minor infections to deadly diseases like cancer.
How do clay cookware heal your body?
Clay is naturally non-reactive. Cookware made from pure clay will NOT leak like conventional pots and pans. The body is fully capable of cleaning out the toxins already accumulated in it if the intake of these poisons is stopped. Over time you will begin to notice that your state of health is improving. Some have claimed that they even cure diabetes simply by switching to cooking with pure clay.
Another health benefit of clay cookware is that it keeps the nutritional value of wisely chosen healthy ingredients intact. While metals and ceramics destroy delicate nutrients like complex carbohydrates with their high heat, pure clay locks in those nutrients, making it easy to cook nutritious foods every time.
The body needs water-soluble nutrients every day; they cannot be stored like fat-soluble nutrients. These nutrients freely escape in the form of steam while cooking in conventional cookware. But thanks to the excellent steam management of pure clay cookware, it stays inside the food even after cooking. In this way, you can cook highly nutritious food with clay pot cooking.
The popularity of clay cookware
Healthy cooking is the need of the moment; it is not an option, but a necessity to keep you and your family healthy. This is the reason why people are slowly switching to this ancient but healthier way of cooking. A number of positive reviews from people who decided to try pure clay cookware prove this fact.
Pure clay is truly a gift of nature for healthy cooks. It’s only a matter of time before people start going back to Mother Nature and turning to this natural material for healthy cooking.
