Question 1

What is the safest cookware for your health?

Accepted Answer

The answer to this question highly depends on where you are at in your healthy living journey and what you have available. The safest cookware is the one you know you will use every day or every week.
I would say 100% ceramic cookware or glass cookware are the absolute safest options for your health. They are both inert (they don't leach or react with anything into your food) and versatile in the kitchen.
I personally use glass as much as possible in my kitchen for baking, prep and storage. However, I have to use different cookware on my stove because of what I have available. For my stovetop, I rotate between ceramic coated, cast iron and stainless steel.

Question 2

What is the most non-toxic cooking material?

Accepted Answer

I would say again that 100% ceramic or glass is the most non-toxic type of cookware purely based on what it's made of. Even though I stand behind other brands (and their manufacturing) I use, there will be no question with either of these materials when it comes to toxins.

Question 3

Is cast iron non-toxic?

Accepted Answer

This has long been thought to be the original non-toxic cookware since it has been around for so long. I still think this is true the majority of the time, however, more and more of my research has me learning about how are our bodies suffer from iron-overload (even though mainstream everything will tell you we are all anemic).
So while I don't think cast iron itself is inherently non-toxic, if you have health stuff going on which points to iron-overload or would rather avoid adding iron altogether, you may want to minimally use cast iron or eliminate it.
For these reasons, I'm such a big proponent of a consistent seasoning routine with cast iron so that I know my food is going to be safe while cooking. I also have more piece of mind simply by mixing up my cookware on a daily basis so that I'm not using the same pan all the time.

Question 4

Is ceramic non-toxic?

Accepted Answer

I would say if you are using 100% ceramic (like the brand Xtrema) that is ceramic from core to glaze, then yes.
Where you buy your ceramic is also important, so I would stay away from any overseas ceramic brands because their regulations are not as stringent as US ones.
If the website is not transparent about their how their ceramic cookware is created, always reach out the company to ask questions and do extra research.
Ceramic-coated cookware like those from The Original Green Pan or Caraway are still very safe but over time or without proper care they may get scratched or chipped. If this happens, you food will become exposed to other metals underneath the coating and would need to be replaced.

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