What are the things to keep in mind when using aluminum products?

Although the performance of the aluminum product itself is not bad, you must learn to maintain it reasonably, otherwise the service life of the aluminum product will still be affected. As far as the aluminum products used in daily life are concerned.

In recent years, researchers have found that aluminum can significantly reduce the content of norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin in the brain, and block neurotransmitter conduction, thereby causing a decline in learning and memory. This conclusion provides a scientific explanation for the "senile dementia" and "mental developmental disability" caused by aluminum. At the same time, they found that the combination of aluminum and citric acid can promote the absorption of aluminum in the gastrointestinal tract, and easily enter the brain tissue through the blood-brain barrier, thereby interfering with the conduction function of nerves and normal metabolism, and can accumulate in bone tissue. , to decalcify bone.

The study also revealed that regardless of the dose, aluminum can denature the enzyme activities of liver cells and proximal convoluted tubules of the kidney, resulting in a decrease in the activities of succinate dehydrogenase and adenosine triphosphate, which play an important role in metabolism, thereby seriously interfering with the tricarboxylic acid cycle. conduct. Ultrastructural observation also confirmed that the mitochondria in liver and kidney cells appeared cristae fracture, dissolution and collapse. This shows that the effect and damage of aluminum on liver and kidney is the most obvious. In addition, aluminum can also affect the normal process of myocardial metabolism and cause structural damage.

Another important finding of the researchers was the adverse effect of aluminum on immune function. Experiments have shown that aluminum can significantly reduce the transformation ability of the body's T lymphocytes, and significantly inhibit the function of antibody-forming cells and macrophages, resulting in a decline in the body's immunity and increased susceptibility to disease. Due to the long-term accumulation of aluminum ingested by the body, although there are few obvious symptoms of poisoning in the short term, with the increase of aluminum accumulation in the body, it will eventually lead to damage to brain, heart, liver and kidney functions. related symptoms appear.

The use of aluminum products has the following taboos:

1. Do not use aluminum containers to store food for a long time, because the acidic substances in food will dissolve a large amount of aluminum, which will cause the human body to eat too much; it is forbidden to use aluminum pots to cook milk to prevent children from being harmed at a young age.

2. If the spatula is made of aluminum when cooking, the softer aluminum spatula will be worn into powdery particles by the stainless steel pot or iron pan, which will enter the human body with the food. On the contrary, if an aluminum pot is used instead of a shovel or a stainless steel shovel, the aluminum in the aluminum pot will be easily ground off by the shovel tip of the shovel or stainless steel shovel and enter the human body. In this way, in just two or three years, the aluminum shovel or aluminum pot will wear off a lot, and the amount of aluminum in the human body will soar many times. Use an aluminum pan for cooking, preferably a plastic or wooden rice spoon.

3. Do not use aluminum products to hold acidic or alkaline foods, such as juice, wine, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.

4. Avoid stirring eggs in aluminum products. When the egg white touches the aluminum, it turns grayish white, and the yolk turns green when it touches the aluminum. Porcelain is a better container for mixing eggs.

5. Avoid using aluminum products to store flour for a long time. The starch in the flour will produce organic acid after fermentation, which has a corrosive effect on aluminum. If it is stored for a long time, it will produce carbon dioxide gas with the moisture in the air. Under the erosion of acid, water and carbon dioxide gas, it is destroyed and rusted.

6. Avoid using aluminum pans to store food for a long time. Aluminum has poor corrosion resistance, and alkali, acid and salt can react chemically with aluminum. If people eat food stored in aluminum pots for a long time, it will cause harm to human health.

7. Avoid using aluminum products for decoction. Decoction with aluminum products will make the medicine ineffective, and may also generate toxic substances that are harmful to the human body.

8. Avoid mixing iron and aluminum cookware. It is the most common thing to mix iron and aluminum cookware, but such usage is very harmful to health. After the iron and aluminum collide and rub, the softer aluminum will drop many powdery particles, and these particles will enter the human body with the food, so that the amount of aluminum in the body increases rapidly, forming a chronic accumulation. Harm to human blood and brain function.

9. Do not use new aluminum products to boil water. Boiling water with new aluminum products will make the aluminum products black, and you should use the new aluminum products to cook rice or meat food first.

Everything needs careful care, and aluminum products also need to be maintained. When using aluminum products, care should be taken to handle them with care. Aluminum pots that have not been used for a long time are most likely to be damp and corroded. If they are not used for a long time, they should be cleaned, then smeared with a layer of edible oil, wrapped in clean paper and placed in a ventilated and dry place.