justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/30/08 at 00:25:58:



Prostate and colon cancer.

What's this? No Lava? No Gritty hand cleaner? Soap up & grab the callous remover.

I was really surprized when tearing down an engine at how much oil was left in it.  Went to scratch my head and stopped... hand full of oil.

So I thought for a bit, scratchless, how do I change my oil?  Put the front wheel up on a block so I can get a pan underneath  
All that oil was pooled up in the tranny.

So next time I changed my oil, I did my usual thing.  But, before I plugged up the bottom again, I put in a shallow pan and took the block out.  Viola, another 1/4 qt. came out.

subbing

Alzheimer's

Didn't know there was a prob w/ teflon?

I have visions, inefficient, but quite useful for an old bachelor like me.
Someday I will have a good set of cookware.
Also Al is the best heat conductor. I have to turn up the heat a couple clicks on the visions to get the same results as Al.
That make it much cheaper to operate, so there is a place for it.
Visions take twice as long to come to heat as Al.
I understand the fears, better safe than sorry, however this is
still debated :

"There is no basis for it in human research," Maria Carillo, PhD with the Alzheimers Association said.

Scientists say nothing in your kitchen cabinets will lead to the disease.

"Aluminum doesn't cross the blood brain barrier," Kiminobu Sayaga, PhD with the University of Central Florida said. "That's the safety barrier we have."
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=9807494&nav=3w6r

Not sure that all Alzheimer's victims even have aluminum in their plaques. The plaques are the prob, not the aluminum,  cholesterol is a bad boy. So cooking w/ butter in stainless may be worse as far as Alzheimer's goes. In fact, there's some indication that a predisposition to the disease may be hereditary.
Tomatos & other acidics will pick up trace amounts of whatever metal pan is used. So perhaps use one of the others to make spagetti sauce etc until something is proven?

'One of the most publicized and controversial theories concerns aluminum, which became a suspect in Alzheimer's disease when researchers found traces of this metal in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Many studies since then have either not been able to confirm this finding or have had questionable results."
http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/guide/controversial-claims-risk-factors

more info: http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=99


justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/11/09 at 18:01:03:

flaking Teflon cookware is said to be a carcinogen.

And I've read that about aluminum too.

of course as soon as someone comes out and says this or that.  The affected group pays for a study to disprove it.

They said clamidia causes alzy too.  That hasn't stop anyone from doing the dirty deed yet.  

My mom had this huge old cast iron frying pan. She cooked everything in it and never washed it...just wiped it out and oiled it. What couldnt be cooked in the frying pan went into her big black cast iron soup pot. Two items, a complete cookware set.

My Grandma got us to switch to cast iron. All she will ever use. I like how once you get it warm you can turn it down and keep going. Also going camping, just toss it in lol. Hard to mess it up. Don't have to worry about someone using a metal utensil either.