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Cooking with aluminum foil
Could this cause aluminum build up in your body? I use it for wild alaskan salmon when baking or grilling. I'll only allow the side with the skin to touch the foil. I've avoided using foil for chicken or beef because it doersn't have the skin as a buffer. If the meat could absorb the aluminum would the skin on the salmon protect it? What does everyone think about this?
Yanks- Posts : 612
Join date : 2010-03-12
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
This never even occurred to me, thx for posting. Will have to switch to wax paper when cooking fish.
sdguy- Posts : 402
Join date : 2008-08-06
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
I'm pretty sure it can. I used to put vegetables in foil with oil and grill them. I just use oil or spray to grease pans and there's no need for foil really.
Paradox- Posts : 1496
Join date : 2008-07-14
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
Yea I would assume that it would leach, but I just wonder if the skin on the salmon creates an efficient enough barrier to block it out. It just makes clean up so much easier when it comes to fish especially.
What kind of oil do you use? I avoid cooking with olive becase it's unstable at high temps. I would cook with coconut or palm, but I just don't find it necessary most of the time. I'm lazy when it comes to cooking. I go for the most healthy without really caring about taste. I do love some good tasting food though.
What kind of oil do you use? I avoid cooking with olive becase it's unstable at high temps. I would cook with coconut or palm, but I just don't find it necessary most of the time. I'm lazy when it comes to cooking. I go for the most healthy without really caring about taste. I do love some good tasting food though.
Yanks- Posts : 612
Join date : 2010-03-12
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
Yanks,
I agree that olive oil is unhealthy, so I don't fry anything with it. I will use a little to grease a pan when broiling fish though. I don't like to use the sprays so I'll just dip a paper towel in some and rub it on. You could do the same with coconut oil I suppose, but you may have to heat it first. I'll bake fish or chicken in butter sometimes too.
I agree that olive oil is unhealthy, so I don't fry anything with it. I will use a little to grease a pan when broiling fish though. I don't like to use the sprays so I'll just dip a paper towel in some and rub it on. You could do the same with coconut oil I suppose, but you may have to heat it first. I'll bake fish or chicken in butter sometimes too.
Paradox- Posts : 1496
Join date : 2008-07-14
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
I've wondered also about aluminium foil and haven't heard it discussed before. I've never seen any research on it.
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Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
Here is a list of aluminum cookware that's leached in food
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If you do use aluminum cookware or aluminum foil, avoid aspartame like the plague at same meal.
ubraj- Posts : 2245
Join date : 2009-06-19
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
Abstract
Objectives/Goals
Aluminum has recently been implicated in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease. The objective of my project was to find whether a substantial amount of aluminum dissolves when aluminum foil comes in contact with acidic foods. My hypothesis was that aluminum does leach out of the foil.
Methods/Materials
Three common acidic ingredients, vinegar, lemon juice and ketchup, were tested on aluminum foil. Strips of aluminum foil were kept in contact with the acidic material in a kitchen tray at room temperature and at 50^o C for various time intervals. Samples were taken out of the tray and mixed with Aluver3 reagent, which gives a red color in presence of aluminum. The intensity of the color was measured in a spectrophotometer. Using the "Standard Curve" technique, the concentration of aluminum in each sample was determined.
Results
My results showed that under my experimental conditions, up to 25 ppm of aluminum leached out when vinegar was used for 60 min at 50^o C. Little aluminum was detected when ketchup was used. Leaching in case of lemon juice was moderate (max 14.4 ppm). Heating definitely increased the rate of dissolution. At room temperature, the rate of leaching was modest.
Conclusions/Discussion
Collectively, the results show that aluminum does dissolve in acidic foods and heating accelerates the process of dissolution. Therefore, precautions must be taken when acidic foods are cooked in aluminum foil, pots, pans and utensils. Ingestion of dissolved aluminum could lead to brain disorders.
I've been thinking about this too. One option is just to put the food on top of a layer of lettuce or something, which you can discard afterward. I think this would prevent the leached aluminum from absorbing into the food.
imprisoned-radical- Posts : 493
Join date : 2011-08-10
Re: Cooking with aluminum foil
sdguy wrote:This never even occurred to me, thx for posting. Will have to switch to wax paper when cooking fish.
Stay away from quinolone-coated ones, it could be problematic as well (chromium).
I'd go for silicone-coated papaer.
Quisque- Posts : 50
Join date : 2010-03-24
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