Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods during cooking (2013)

Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by aeternum on Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:57AM (#30629163)

Iron from the pan is not absorbed as easily as the iron in foods but it is still generally good for you rather than bad for you (like chromium).

If kids are low in iron, doctors still recommend cooking using iron pots & pans (in addition to supplements).

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Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by TAKEMYMONEY on Thursday March 10, 2022 @12:06PM (#30629288)

I found this related study interesting:

> Ethiopian children fed food from iron pots had lower rates of anaemia and better growth than children whose food was cooked in aluminium pots [1]

And to your point about Chromium, the type of iron leached by cast iron may not contribute to cardiovascular disease (the same way as heme iron) [2]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10073514/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25439662/

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Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by aeternum on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:47PM (#30635925)

I cannot access the full-text of the second article, but is it really thought that heme iron is the component of red meat that contributes/causes cardiovascular disease?

Did the authors somehow adjust for the fact that a high heme iron intake generally implies a diet high in red meat?

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