Emmo Logic Health

The topic of this post sounds crazy if you aren’t already aware of this issue. We use food containers usually on a daily basis after we have prepared a larger batch of food – we put the food that we don’t eat immediately, in the container while it is still hot, and we put the container in the fridge after it has cooled a bit. Often we heat the food in the container using the microwave, and we do this especially when we are using the container to bring lunch to work or when we have packaged the food for our kids for lunch at school or at home. So what is the problem here? I’ll tell you what. Simply put, Bisphenol-A.

For decades the plastic industry has used this compound shortened BPA to create a softer and a more viscous type of plastic that will be easier to make waterproof lids and and durable containers from. Hard plastic will break if you drop it – not necessarily the first time, but in time. Soft plastic will just deform on impact, and reform after that. Unfortunately there are studies from as early as the early 70′s that have shown there might be a connection with BPA and health issues such as reproductive problems, different forms of cancer and mutations. Does this make you want to buy food storage containers without BPA? If not, let’s continue.

There are studies that have shown that children are at a larger risk of suffering from the side effects of BPA. The reason for this is that they often are exposed to a similar dose, but their bodies are much smaller, and their livers are not yet as developed as an adult liver. Liver does most of the work in detoxifying our bodies from BPA. Many times it is the kids that use plastic products, and this put them at an even greater risk. How many times have you told your kid to use a plastic mug for their drinks, because you are afraid of them breaking your drinking glasses when they drop them? How many times your kids have wanted to buy a nicely colored and decorated plastic water bottle? Yes. We encourage our kids to use plastic, where in fact at the same time we are usually poisoning them.

In studies the biggest problems with BPA were usually found when a small repeated dose was used for a long period of time. Plastics that contain BPA leak this toxic compound readily when they are exposed to heat. Food containers are something that we use on a daily basis, and we often put hot food inside them. Also we many times heat the food inside the container, which increases the risk. If you haven’t already, we recommend that you start using BPA free food containers, water bottles, and everything else that is in contact with your food and drinks. Especially if your kids use it!

If you’ve just arrived here then you’re going to see a lot of great content all about health, dieting, exercise, beauty tips and all that kind of thing.

Health is (or should be) important to us all which means keeping a careful eye on what we eat, getting more active and that kind of thing.  It’s not just about looking good on the outside – it’s about feeling good inside too.

When you’re healthy you feel much happier with life in general.