Choosing what you eat is vital for your health, and choosing how you cook is also important. Glass, Corningware, ceramics, and stainless are your best options. Aluminum, iron, copper, and nonstick cookware are your worst options. Aluminum easily leeches into cooked foods, and the toxic effects of small amounts are cumulative and highly toxic. Iron and copper cookware both leach metals into the food that can accumulate to toxic levels. Nonstick coatings are made with perfluorocarbons (PFCs), which give off toxic fumes when heated. PFCs are also found in food wrappers, other consumer products,
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