Plastic lunch boxes are usually made from polypropylene plastic which secrete certain antibacterial additives when they come in contact with hot food. These additives can adversely affect your health in the long run and even cause life threatening diseases like cancer and tumors. All the talk about ‘food safe’ plastics is actually misleading and you can read more about it at: http://myplasticfreelife.com/2010/03/spring-clean-carnival-get-the-antibacterials-out-of-your-plastic/.
Instead of giving your kids plastic lunch boxes and taking plastic tiffins to office, it is a healthier idea to opt for stainless steel tiffins instead. Stainless steel is known to be safe for storing food items and does not contain any harmful chemicals which may get leeched into the food that you store in them.
Health is by far the biggest advantage of stainless steel tiffins, but there are others too:
· Stainless steel tiffins last for years. So, you don’t have to replace them every few months, as is the case with plastic food containers.
· Ever notice what happens to plastic containers when you put something like pasta sauce in them? They often get stained and discolored. However, you need not worry about this with stainless steel tiffins & food containers. They are easy to clean and stay stain free.
· Stainless steel tiffins are oven and toaster safe, which means you don’t have to transfer your food to another container for heating up. Again, convenience reigns supreme.
For further information about plastic food containers, please visit: http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2010/04/05/spring-cleaning-carnival-get-the-plastics-out/
