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Cooking utensils and nutrition

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Cooking utensils and nutrition

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Cooking utensils can have an affect on nutrition.

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The utensils that are used to cook food often do more than just hold the food. Molecules of substances can leach from the utensil into the food that is being cooked. Three of the substances that are used in utensils are aluminum, lead, and iron. Both lead and aluminum have been associated with illness.

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