There are so many health-related benefits are reside according to the ancient Ayurveda. It is quite helpful in balancing your tri-dosha according to the Ayurvedic textbooks. Commencing with converse on the subject of “The Benefits of eating in metal utensils” on proper scientific bases and systematic way.

What are the different types of utensils available for cooking and eating purposes?

• Clay
• Earthenware & enamelware
• wood
• bronze
• brass
• stainless steel
• copper
• iron
• aluminum
• silverware
• gold
• glassware
• ceramics
• lead
• plastic

History of metal utensils

Since the centuries there are many forms of eating utensils being used from the historic era when community start to get acknowledge about how to eat cooked food which is also safe to eat for mankind. In beginning at Stone Age period, people normally ate with the help of their hands and bone fork. Latterly its move ahead to the banana leaves, wooden (vessels, spoon, jug), clay and earthen utensils various metal also adopted afterward gradually like- gold, silver, bronze, iron, and steel. Gold usually denote the royalty of the person.

From the Stone Age, Roman Empire, ancient Greece, Indus Valley civilization and middle ages (5^th to 15^th century) all are accepted and latterly adopted this importance of metal utensils on their ways in their life. Afterward, such civilization known and recognized by their utensils, coin, and houses represent their cultural growth on that particular period of the era.

In the 19^th centuries all over the world seems dramatic changes come across in the utilization of utensils, in the markets suddenly full of different types of metals or non-metallic utensils availability raised high.

What are the health-related benefits when you eating in specific utensils?

Gold

this metal is hot in nature. such utensils prepared by gold metals they also have therapeutic properties in them according to Ayurveda and as well as modern science. They can also resolve health-related problems in human. If you eat your meals in pure gold utensils or even cook on that pot your body will get stronger from outside as well as inside.

Benefits: improve your eyesight, helps in healing, boost in oxygen regulation in the body, temperature regulation, enhance body strength, immunity enhancer, stamina & vigor, reduce the symptoms of Asthma and cough, medical industries it is used for anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), used for glowing skin complexion.

Silver

it is cold in nature. Many of us already aware about of major silver health-related benefits associated with the human being. Silver is an anti-bacterial property. According to the Lab studies, silver can destroy or kill 660 bacteria, fungi, mold, and parasite. If you make use of silver utensil for the daily eating purpose it helps in promoting health-related benefits. So many health-related issues may be resolved simply using of silver utensils. The silver vessel is not good for cooking foods but it has so many health-related benefits as eating in silver vessels.

Benefits- help in sharpening your brain, helps acidic refluxes, improve your eyesight, and reduce symptoms of the physiological condition.

Bronze

One thing always remembers during cooking food with bronze metal vessels don’t cook or serve any sour kind of foodstuff. It is easy getting reacted with this metal and turns the dishes toxic and unsafe for the human being. In terms of durability, bronze utensils are much stronger than a brass. Bronze comprises tin, copper, and phosphorus.

Benefits- purify your blood, boost up your appetite.

Brass

it is the metal which is build up by two essential metals Zinc (25-30%) and copper (70%). Eating and cooking with brass utensils improve your health.

Benefits- help in balancing your Vata Dosha. Remove toxins if you consume food for a long time, eliminate worm’s related disease.

Iron

iron is the most beneficial metal. According to the doctors if you cook foods and make bread over on it, helps in eliminate iron deficiency naturally from your body. Precautions making use of iron vessels- don’t keep water in iron vessels and jug. Avoid sour and acerbic foods preparing on this metal.

According to Ayurveda, you can eat foods which are prepared over iron pots and vessels but one should avoid eating in iron plates and utensils.

Benefits- anemia, improve brain functionality, oxygen level increases.

Copper

copper utensils widely used all over the world for their health-related benefits. Quick looks on all health benefits which you acquire from this metal.

• Fulfill copper requirements to your body.
• Aids better functioning of your thyroid glands.
• Detoxify your body and reduce your liver issues.
• Purifies the blood.
• Improves memory.
• Consumption of copper water in the morning time before going to the washroom (try to left the water in the copper pot and jar for the whole night it will recharge the water) helps the individuals in constipation or supportive in passing stools.

Steel

there is no-health related benefits or harmful effects associated with this metal so far although if you are cooking foods in high flame. According to the scientific researches, it shows up once you cook over on steel vessels it not going to releases any deadly or toxic chemicals to your foods. Whether this utensil is highly used for eating and cooking purposes around the world.

Note- there is no advantages or disadvantages of cooking food on steel utensils rather than one it does not release any kind of chemicals while cooking foods at high temperature.

Clay Pot

it is considered as a much reliable source of Mother Nature which is coming up with a blessing of natures supply of vitamin & minerals once you cooked your food along with this vessels or pot. Flavors of food and nutrition’s are not reduced after a longer duration of usage.

Benefits- cooking in clay pots help to preserve minerals and vitamins of foods, reheating of food is not required and also increases the flavor of food.

Banana leaves

you can also use banana leaves instead of utensils for daily eating purposes. The present of chlorophyll in the leaves also helpful in preventing intestinal cancer and lessen chances of skin related disease. If you eat in a fresh banana leafs it releases all-natural essence which one well mixed with your serving foods. Banana leaves contain polyphenol which is helpful in a fight off free radicals within the body.

Benefits: Boost up your immune system, aids digestion, purifies your blood, lower cancer, and heart-related diseases.

If you eating on banana leaves you will find flavor may increase comparatively. You can check it right away by own self. Why does this happen? Naturally, banana leaves come up with a natural waxy coating while serving of hot foods on the surface of banana leaves it will start to melt and mix along with your foods.

Harmful utensils they have negative impacts on the human bodies!

Aluminum

most of the study suggest that if you are eating in aluminum vessels for a longer period of time then, you may risk your life such as- early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, also not good for you liver health. Heating your foods in the wrap of aluminum foils results will remain the same.

Non-sticky pans

utilization of this cooking pan is highly increased among the peoples all over the world during this days. Due to durability and time-saving benefits related to it. Most non-sticky pan come-up with the Teflon coating, that is called “perfluorooctanoic acid” (PFOA). If you heat-up slightly more than it limits it releases fume which is considered as a health-related hazard for human-being like- learning disabilities, infertility in men and women,

Plastics

recent year’s people are more aware of BPA which is basically promotes health-related issues such as- cancer, effects on brain and heart negatively and bring infertility in human. Also Such kind of habits, heat up your foods in plastic cookware and utensils.

Although, drink in plastic bottles is also put the negative impacts on human health recently BPA water bottle movement raise this issue in the society which is quite helpful in upbringing awareness in the public and promotion of fewer uses of such products which are formed by dangerous plastics materials.

Lead-containing cookwares

there are so many unsafe health concern dreadful impacts detected in the past few years related to this metal while using of this cookware, negative impact rather bar high in terms of kid’s health. If you are using citric foods such as tomatoes, lemon and oranges there has more chances of leaching leads to your foods.

Some products come up with labeled which has clearly mentioned over there some proportion or percentage of lead has been used in the manufacturing of this products. High and low both quantity of lead exposure is not safer for human’s health.

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Conclusion

All above-mentioned metals utensils have their own unique health-related benefits. Choose wisely according to their needs or individual wealth, health, and lifestyle criteria match according to their requirements.