Health Benefits

Benefits of Cooking in Clay Pot

Cooking in a clay pot has a variety of health benefits with adding up more flavors and nutrition. Due to its numerous health benefits, ayurveda suggests cooking in a clay pot. The porosity and natural insulation properties of clay cause heat and moisture to circulate throughout clay pots.

1. The foremost health benefit of clay pot cooking come from its ability to circulate steam throughout cooking. This provides plenty of moisture and means that you can cook with less oil and fat.

2. Since Clay is alkaline in nature and when food is cooked it neutralizes the pH balance of food and hence acts as a natural detox. You will be surprised to know that mud contains all the possible vitamins; even Vitamin B12.

3. Slow cooking process retains all the nutrients of the food that we cook and hence the food is much tastier.

4. Reheating the food always leads to loss of nutrition but if you cook in a clay pot it retains the temperature for a longer time and no worries for reheating. Hence there is no need to transfer it to other vessels.


Why Aluminium Cookware is Harmful ?

1. Various diseases are caused due to minute particles (Ions) of these metals entering the body

Even if a steel spoon is brushed with force against aluminium vessels, minute particles of aluminium will appear as residue. When food cooked in these vessels is consumed, these particles enter the body through the food. On an average, 5 milligrams of aluminium is consumed everyday through food.

2. Ions in the vessels dissolve faster in acidic materials

When aluminium vessels are used for cooking, ions in the vessel mix with the food, especially if the food contains acidic material such as lemon, tomato etc.

3. Aluminium accumulating in the body becomes slow poison

The human body has limited ability to expel such metals. If the metals accumulated in the body reach beyond this ability, these will start getting stored in the muscles, kidneys, liver, bones etc. Aluminium also stops the growth of brain cells. Thus, aluminium accumulated in the body becomes slow poison.

4. Diseases caused due to food cooked in aluminium vessels

Depression, worry, anxiety, memory loss, osteoporosis, eye disorders, reduction in the ability of the kidneys, diarrhoea, hyperacidity, indigestion, stomachache, colitis, mouth ulcers, skin problems such as eczema etc.