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Cooking utensils and nutrition   

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Definition:

Cooking utensils and their affect on nutrition.

Functions

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

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