At one time or another, it seems like we’re told just about everything is both good and bad for us. Do this, no, do that. I remember years ago they, the all-knowing mysterious ‘they’, were saying lettuce caused cancer. Of course, obstinate me postured of course it does, everything can, because for example, if we don’t eat that offending lettuce, don’t eat anything at all, we won’t die of cancer, we’ll die of starvation. See? No cancer. The experts were right.
Just like in Weeding the Internet we each face the challenge of weeding the available information, and deciding what makes sense to us, what we agree with, and what we do not. All open to change when circumstances warrant, like when they do finally conclusively prove that thing about lettuce…
One thing however that I really do try to avoid contact with, and in particular, consumption of, is aluminum. Not easy to do given it’s the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust. There are differing views in the scientific community about aluminum’s toxicity and the dangers to our health. But for me? I’ve chosen to avoid it where I can. Just like I see no point in mercury amalgam fillings in my mouth in case they leach, I see no benefit chancing the aluminum in deodorants/antiperspirants breast cancer connection, or the aluminum exposure/consumption Alzheimer’s connection.
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One thing that didn’t occur to me until after many years of using an old espresso machine, was that a lot of the boilers are made out of aluminum. Somehow the idea of water I’m going to drink being pressurized and heated while surrounded by aluminum, did not sound so good. Sure enough, that Braun one I’d so enjoyed, was aluminum. So began my search for one with a stainless steel boiler. The search was not easy then, so I thought I’d share a few products I’ve come across. I can’t believe how many espresso/cappuccino machines still have aluminum boilers, and how many stove-top espresso makers are all aluminum. Fortunately, one site that does have some stainless products is Cooking.com(Currently not shipping to Canada unfortunately, but may again.)
Update: Products originally listed below are no longer available where previously found, and have consequently been removed. But many wonderful other stainless products can fortunately be found locally or online.
