I hate this about trying to be “healthy”

Who knows what’s true or false any more when it comes to health related information.

No one agrees on anything, and everyone is validated in their beliefs because there is a study out there that “proves” everything they believe.

Take the chart below for example.

•Plastic utensils are toxic it says, but silicone is great

•Aluminum foil is no good, but parchment paper is fair game.

I hope you’re ready for this. Buckle up…

I actually lifted this picture off a Facebook post. You should’ve seen the comments.

Hundreds of comments arguing back and forth how aluminum foil is toxic, and so is parchment paper, but not if it’s a natural type of parchment paper that hasn’t been bleached. And even then it’s hard to tell if it’s good because it’s still going to off gas at high temperatures.

Those plastic utensils you have in your kitchen, throw them out and swap them for some silicone ones. But don’t do any type of cooking with the silicone, because it’s highly toxic at high temps and will leech loads of chemicals into your food if you do.

Oh, and that state of the art bamboo cutting hoard you got…throw it away—unless it’s extra virgin, organic, vegan, non-bleached, non child labor harvested, and only grown in climates that don’t get above 82°F…okay some of that was made up, but that’s basically the premise of what I took away from that post.

You can’t even trust the very hands you cook with because those same hands might leech chemicals into your all wooden organic vegan oak utensils, and then bam…it’s basically like cooking with plastic.

This is why I try to make things simple and not stress people out over stupid stuff like this.

I do recommend you stop using non stick pans.

I do recommend not using a plastic cutting board.

BUT…more than anything…before you even get to worrying about silicone vs. plastic utensils…make sure you meal isn’t coming from a box most nights of the week. Make sure you’re cooking with ingredients and not microwaving a tv dinner or eating McD’s 3-5 nights a week. Make sure you’re sitting down at the table with people you care about and conversing with them about meaningful stuff.

All of those things are way more important than stressing about the potential harm your aluminum foil might be doing to you.

What’re your thoughts?

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