Are AIR FRYERS UNSAFE to use?! Acrylamide and...CANCER?! | ASK A DIETITIAN
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- A lot of recent info sharing everywhere stating air fryers are unhealthy, unsafe and to some extent, have cancer causing compound in food cooked in an air fryer.
But is this fact or just gimmicky headlines with information blown out of proportion?
DISCLAIMER:
The info provided in the video are summarized and simplified to reach a bigger audience. I encourage everyone to read up more on acrylamide, the EPA, lethal dose and how to safeguard yourself.
References:
Foods 2020, 9, 573; doi:10.3390/foods9050573
J Food Sci. 2015 May;80(5):T1120-8. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.12843. Epub 2015 Apr 13.
Mandeep K. Virk-Baker, Tim R. Nagy, Stephen Barnes & John Groopman (2014) Dietary Acrylamide and Human Cancer: A Systematic Review of Literature, Nutrition and Cancer, 66:5, 774-790, DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2014.916323
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Thank you. This is exactly the straight forward information I was searching for. (as compared to ads from manufacturers) Now I'm off to see the rest of your vids. Best.
When you buy processed foods in the store, they may contain more of the oils that can make the foods turn into acrylamide. Most packaged foods are really unsafe due to low quality oils and ingredients. Safer way is to use only unprocessed foods. A potato is safe when you cut it and use it to cook in your air fryer. It takes practice to get right, but you know what is in there.
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I'm not seeing others COMMENTS. Is CZcams doing this??
You must be aware of GMO producst. They are labeled as "good" by the same ones labeling as "good" all processed foods.
I ate a chimichanga today and I 100% cosign you on that one. Could feel the heart attack potential building up in my soul halfway through
It’s not the air fryer. It’s the food you’re cooking in it.
100%
Correct & only if you do things a certain way, it's an oven good grief & life's too short anyway, eat, be happy.
You r generally stvpid . The air fryer does releases toxic heat that’s the point of this video but he stated that it’s not “that dangerous” since it’s not powerful enough or as long as we didn’t overcook. Not only food gave cancer please educate yourself on that. Bye.
Exactly.
Thank you I was just so heartbroken when I saw a video talking about how you should throw away your air fryer when I just got one two days ago for Christmas I was looking for recipes and you made me feel so much better thank you. I plan on using that for cooking most of my meals but I’ll stay away from french fries and things like that that are starchy.
This is how you educate your viewers. Once again this is the right way to do it. Clear, precise, straight to the point, and most importantly he provides literatures! Thank you continu on doing this and you'll grow in no time!
Agree. I followed him without fast forwarding. He is pretty good.
the biggest factor is how toxic it is to cook with devices made from plastic, this is far more harmful. cancer causing chemicals are released when the plastic is heated such as;
- Bisphenol A.
- Phthalates.
- Polystyrene.
- Acrylic.
- Polyester.
- Polyvinyl chloride.
Plastic contains harmful or toxic chemicals that disturb the human system. In addition, if it is heated, the plastic starts to release an excess amount of these chemicals. Therefore, ensure that the foods are not reheated in plastic containers to prevent such toxicity.
I only think about such health worries if the fryer smokes and gunks up. A clean air fryer is smokeless and gunk free. NEVER SPRAY OR APPLY OIL TO AN ALREADY HOT AIR FRYER BASKET AND CATCH BASIN and you get no tarry gunk build up. Apply super thin layer of oil to the cold surfaces and it will form a second no stick hard enamel seasoning that repels tar and gunk. Less scrubbing, less scouring, less ware on your no stick surface. Easy soft sponge and hot dish water rub off. Occassional deep cleaning involves 1 hour soaking in hot dish water with baking soda to increase caustic grease breakdown
Soaking ruins surface
@@back2the80s Ironically, that is what my Ninja Foodee instructions recommend and I have followed many hundreds of times. No degradation to the ceramic no stick surface. Teflon is quite inferior to high grade ceramic.
The main problem is people crank the heat all the way up thinking they will shorten the cook time. I always set for the same temperature I would use for frying. For prepackaged fries/tater tots I sprinkle a little salt on them before cooking. I do 5 minute increments and salt/shake them in between. I don't expect an air fryer to cook faster, I just like that it doesn't use as much energy as a full sized oven. They really should market them for their efficiency as opposed to being faster.
the problem is people are scared so easily but when it comes to vaccines most people are willingly inject themselves with untested substances. We are like sheeps , easily scared we are not using our brains anymore.
I watch butlers empire vids .
Cranking the heat up isn't to shorten time, it's to mimic the effects of frying with convection heat.
Im not 100% on this but i do think if you cook on do high heat jus to cook faster some say it cooks the good nutritions out of it to much
Thank you for fyi. So it's safe to cook in air fryer, as long i don't make it brown.
well he said making it brown over an extensive amount of time or overly brown.
Damn I just burnt my bacon till it wax back and I ate it
I like that I can "fry" something on a whim! An oil fryer takes so much more time to clean and prepare czcams.com/users/postUgkxD4Qeo-HRLxMfom_PDinM_SBfes00qJsB a chore which usually kept me from frying all together. Also, the lack of needing oil to fry means that my family and I are eating healthier... while still enjoying the crispiness of fried foods.
You had me concerned with the title! Glad I watched it all the way through. Thanks for the info and background detail regarding those studies.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi. I was wondering - does the non-stick give off a lot of forever chemicals - especially with all that hot air circulating around - wondering whether to buy or not?
Same
Use air fryer parchment liners. And it also keeps ur air fryer clean
I recommend everyone gets a air fryer oven and make some space for it on your counter top. I have an iconites air fryer oven from Amazon and I love it. I've been using it for about two years and it's always worked great.
Yess! It's so versatile.
Thank you for sharing this info. I remember when people said microwave food will kill you. But here we are decades later and I don’t believe I have heard anyone getting cancer from the microwave. I believe that eating fresh food and reducing bad fat intake is good and cooking in the air fryer is better than deep frying. Thank you for sharing your points.
That doesn’t mean microwaves don’t cause cancer. I’m not saying they do, but the evidence your using to draw this conclusion is extremely misleading, that’s why some social studies have revealed that following your own experience as a predictor or decision maker, is unwise, it just suffers from to many biases especially if your not aware of how flawed It is , one professor went as far as saying “ your own experience is a really bad way to predict future outcomes” I wouldn’t go that far, but you should at least be aware that you’ll rarely draw accurate conclusions frpm anecdotal information, only, particularly if your using that kind of reasoning to make decisions for your children.
Exactly
Microwave indeed is pure shit
@@Vgallo agreed , it’s what we would call a fallacy .. maybe cherry picking fallacy ?
Oh nah microwaves are hazardous. It literally poisons food through radiation.. it’ll be hot tho lol
What about plastic and BPA present in Air Fryers, could you give me some information please?
I have a PowerAirFryerXL. I recently noticed the copper-colored coating on the basket has been flaking or peeling off and sticking to the food. Do you know if there are any health risks associated with consuming this coating? I'm not even sure what the coating is.
That is the nonstick coating coming off. Toss it out and get a new one. The nonstick coating is toxic if you consume enough of it. It is okay for cooking things under 300 degrees Farenhightth...if it flakes...throw it as far as you can.
Line the bottom with perforated parchment paper.
My question is about the material the surface is made of where the food cooks. I don’t use nonstick pans. I know a lot has changed about Teflon and similar surfaces.
But I didn’t think about it until I got mine. I haven’t used it yet. I have been wondering if I want to send it back and get an air fryer oven that is made from stainless steel.
It’s a little more but wondered if I would be happier
The teflon material is perfectly fine to use; unless you purposely scratch the coating out when cooking; it's harm is very minimal at best.
Get a glass convection oven.
What about presto halogen low fat air fryer? I’m worried the light is damaging to the eyes after reading a review about it on Amazon. The lid is made of see through glass so the light is really bright and shines. I cover it with a tea towel just to be safe
"You also, have an air fryer just like this."
Me while holding pan: yes indeed
I don’t think the air fryer per se is the dangerous part. But I would be a little concerned with this non-stick accessories, that come with the air fryer, when those accessories begin to break down (because they are probably made of some Teflon-type materials…not sure if it is Teflon exactly I think they started trying to phase out that dangerous material, but I think the material that is non-stick in general isn’t best/safest for you to use… so when it begins to chip, still beware) … but I use paper and silicone liners with the appliance to decrease the chance that any non-stick paints will break off and leach into the food. If you want an interesting and entertaining, close enough, depiction of what exactly happened with Teflon years ago, go watch the movie Dark Waters. It was very good and close enough. I would say that those materials are still used today, and people are unaware they only cook safely until the material begins to chip and scratch, when that occurs it is time to throw it out and replace.
The movie is about Teflon manufacturing though, specifically PFOA. Finished Teflon as you'd have in an air fryer is inert and according to (among many!) the US FDA, Teflon chips are not dangerous to accidentally consume.
PFOA is also not allowed to be used in manufacture today.
Can I use 60 hertz air fryer on 50 hertz electricity ?
I just bought it and Im afraid to connect it will this issue ruin it
And thanks
An air fryer is simply a small benchtop convection oven. So how anyone could single it out as an unsafe cooking method is beyond me!
For views
It's not the same it's coated with a ceramic same are non stick pans.
@@mannycali334 is it like microwave? Coz microwave got harmful rays... Which heat airfryer gives inside
Cuz they're gay
@@sfworld4368 apparently you don’t know how microwaves work. The cooking waves travel vertically inside a faraday cage. Microwaves pass through food with zero effect, but water inside the oven goes through cavitation. The cavitation causes friction and heats the food. Microwaves never impact the food or operator directly.
The main problem with air fryers is the Teflon-like coating.
O have a pro plus 7 n1 I don't think I have that problem..
It doesn't matter how you prepare it, oven, pan or airfryer, the color of the food after preparing matters only. The government from my country made a TV commercial with the slogan " Bake golden yellow and not golden brown" . Also we are warned about baking and grilling, included stirfrying,that it is causing air pollution ( fine dust) inside the house on very high levels and even higher than along the highway road. So you should always do that under an kitchen extractor hood on the highest setting or open windows if you don't have an extractor hood going directly to outside. So in that matter I also put the airfryer under the extractor hood. I personally care more about clean air inside the house simply because it is prooved that fine dust is very bad for your arteries and shortens peoples life. Sorry for my foreign english grammar.
Can you send a link that fine dust causes risk from cooking? I'd like to learn more.
What country?
@@hagaras82030 Google it i found plenty
@@LiamGutierrez then show links. Don't be a pha-gut about it. Lol
@@hagaras82030 Wow.....poor lawrence, about as IGNORANT as can be !! Why should he or anyone do your work for you ? Also.....whenever/if i ever have to ask someone a question.....it's always please..t.y. and you're welcome. It goes FAR with intellectuals but nowhere with ignorant people like YOU (name calling like a 6 yr old was so lame) ! Happy holidays now sparky ')
Boiling will ensure there is no acrylamide. Baking may cause a small amount depending how over done you cook. Air frying is in the same category
We every week eat French fries and okra fries from air fryer should we limit or cut the frequency please guide sir
So if we cook food in air fryer at low temperatures and lesser time or in intervals so it could reduce the risk of acrylamide formation?
Can we use airfryer if coating is peeling off.... If not then can use with slcon tray or not ?
What's the symphony in the bg? I cant recollect its name, pls help
Clear, straight to the point, thank you
I read that the non stick coating in air fryers contain polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and like no stick pans, the PFAs can get into your food if the coating on the air fryer gets scratched or damaged. Would using air fryer liners help prevent this?
Nice vid! How about TMAOs found when cooking meats at high temperatures, as in grilling, and also linked to cancer? Any concern about them when using an air fryer?
The thing is no matter how I rinse it with clean water, still smells like dishwasher after the next use...please advise.
I just purchased a stainless steel airfryer, but I’m really gonna miss my old one. I love it! I did it because I discovered that the Teflon ones are toxic. They have PFAs, PFOAS and PTFEs.
which one did you buy? thanks
same
Stainless steel still cause cancer
Which one did you get?
I cut a red potatoe into slices then i add some seasoning and avocado oil and cook at 400f for 20 min same goes for chicken breast is this bad?
Oh wow I just bought an air fryer! Nice content.
As with all foods and dietary related things… too much is not good. Eat in moderation everyone, it goes a long way! Learn to calculate what you need and consume based on your BMI, there are alot of apps and websites to help you. And find out what dirty dozen foods are, you will be surprised! And cook at home instead of eating foods from outside as much as possible, so you can know and control what u eat.
So your telling me i shouldnt eat anything? So i can die of starvation ?
So is it safe to eat simple chicken breast cooked in an air fryer. I don't put anything apart from salt and pepper on chicken so as to keep it low calorie . Can it be consumed daily cooked In an air fryer ?????
Yes.. he said processed foods are bad with high heat
Thank you!!!! Keep up the good work!!! Peace and Light!
This is a great video for people who don't really want to stop eating certain foods. For me, it's simple. Stay away from it. There are other ways to eat.
Informative and balanced report 🙏 thank you!
What about finding one that BPA free? Does it matter? Some dont list air fryer to be BP free.
I normally make seaweed chicken and those frozen snacks so should I stop or
Hi Leonard, a little peering is coming off the fryer is it still safe to use?
Hey, yeah it's generally fine.
Isn't an Airfryer just a hot coil with a fan circulating the heat?
May I know what is the max temp we should set to be safe. Besides if we use oven at 180C, will it be bad for health?
It's a tricky question, while higher temperatures can be bad from a health POV, if the overall cooking time is short it can actually be better.
For example, 180 d C at 20 minutes may be worse that 200 d C at 6 minutes, from an acrylamide POV.
personally, go high and fast if you can, or go super low and slow.
@@LeonardYTVern Great info. Thanks! 😀
@@LeonardYTVern bruh I like eating frys chicken pizza rolls and most fried foods extra crispy… am I good
Frozen fries are pre-fried. I'm 100% sure there's going to be a strong build-up of all sorts of stuff in the factory along with acrylamide, they'd be recycling the oil of course. The pre-frying is also what helps in getting the extra crispiness, but it can be mimicked at home by double frying.
I make sweet potatoes at around 250 celcius after 25 minutes. I don't see any browning tho
Thanks Dr. Leonard! What worries me is that most have teflon and that kills birds when it gets too hot. I have a large parrot and have not been able to find one that does not have teflon.
Don’t try and cook ur parrot?????
@@sbuyea407 🤣🤣🤣
You dont need the air fryer , its for lazy people
good remark. i have been screaming head and tail about the scare article. but in all honesty, acrylamide isnt ONLY produced through air fryer. technically, any means of cooking the starchy food. as long as u REACHED the reaction temperature, the same food will turn into acrylamide anyway. In short, what type of appliances is quite irrelevant. Acrylamide production is defined by the Food you cook. and the temperature you cook at.
Not the APPPLIANCES you decided to use. this is important such that u know, regardless if you Oven bake your fries, Deep fry, BBQ the Fries/ Potato, when it reaches the SAME reaction temperature, It WILL produce Acrylamide. this is why the targetting focus of Just air fryers are absurd. you might as well just put the original article as 'any means of cooking any potato/ french fries and starchy food at XXX Celcius will give u acrylamide' this sentence is far more accurate than the focus associating it with ONLY Air fryers.
Hope my description clears the air for the rest of the world. And personally, i think whoever that perpetuated this 'study' on the 'dangers' by putting into the picture with 'air fryers' must have been the competitors of air fryers (Conventional Pot & Pans and cooking oil producers ) HAHAHA
Perfectly said. Any time you fry a starchy food using any machine, it can cause acrylamide, which may or may not be bad.
What about the teflon danger?
Thank you! This answered my questions fully along with this video. I thought baking in the oven would be fine, but realized it's just all about temperature.
Acrylamide was found to be way higher in airfried food than in deep fried.
@@takeiteasymommy8697 there is also acrylamide in cofee or cookies... Etc...
I have a question. What about the 11 litre air fryer? The conventional oven where you can lay your pizzas on the tray and chips in the rotating meshed . What about those? Is that unsafe as well? Processed foods are not good. Sweet things are not good. Too much of everything isnt good. Moderation is what I've been taught. Fruits.vegetables.chicken. meat. All in moderation
. So, can you explain the 11 litre air fryer? Thank you.
umm...no it is not
What about the plastic tray of the air fryer on which food is placed for frying? Wouldn't that plastic secrete chemicals when heated to high temperatures?
Generally speaking, those plastics are specially designed to withstand such temperatures, and are normally for the outer layers only, in between other materials or insulators. This is where the old adage, of trusting reliable brands comes in handy. Hope this helps!
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What about far infrared radiation from some of the air fryers ? Some of them use this form of heat and its toxic af. Also the Plastic coatings on some of the inside of the air fryers cause massive hormone problems . What are your thoughts on this ? i am doing research because my mother wants one and i keep telling her to just cook the veggies in the oven.
Airfryers are the new convection ovens or the bulky turbo broilers in the 90s. If you're scared of the all metal air fryer then just get the convection type from the 90s with the glass body and stainless steel grill. It uses the same hot air circulating in an enclosed area.
@@kimyah do you have a brand you suggest?
@@zoenoore840 none. We just use the generic ones. My relatives even have one that has been around for 20yrs. They are just too bulky and heavy though because of the glass but maybe they have ones now that are smaller in diameter. Because the old one were usually made for turkey
I love how you're so caring and loving towards your mother. God bless you both ❤❤
Hi I use harvels airfryer it's good or bad
What's the difference between air fryer and a oven?
Tysm for the insight! Just recently got mine!
What about phthalates ? And the warning signs on some of these air fryers ?
Let's talk about the refined sugar they put in our proccessed foods--makes us sick and diabetic. GMO foods causing cancer. Our medications cause cancer. I just found out mine does. Do we really think we can avoid it?
My mother is 83 years old who love her foods brown all the time or crispy all her life and she still healthy .
Good genetics
Asian?
@@thinkingagain5966 yep lol
My granny smokes; He is 85 and healthy; therefore, smoking is harmless. Yeaaah 🎉
Great common sense advice.....driving your car is 10000x more dangerous than air frying.
What about the teflon danger??
What about teflon air fryer? Is it dangerous pls explain
What about non stick material used in air fryers?
Thank you for clarifying acrylamide !
Thank you for this short yet info packed video! i got really scared when i saw this guy on tiktok being very aggressive with his info and stands on using air fryers and i reaaaally didnt wanna throw mine out ! XD
Can't agree more. Thank youuu 🙏🙏❤️
Its a heating element with a fan lol, insane that people think it can give u cancer...
starch in food such as potatoes is what causes the Acrylamide if you are making your french fries from your own potatoes, peel, cut then soak in water to get excess starch out then dry well on paper or linen kitchen towel before air frying to get rid of excess water that cuts down on Acrylamide it is something present in starchy food also cook a lower temp and don't over cook
@@sunnidays dude what about meat?
Like chicken meat?
I think there was no mentioning of PFOA and PTFE and BPA? PowerXL doesn't state PFOA, PTFE, BPA free.
What about the none stick coating on the basket?
What about Teflon? Should we buy ceramic air fryers to protect ourselves?
absolutely
sweet potato purple has highest acrylamide / just potatoes chip?
I love this review. Thank you for sharing sir. 🙏😊
Thanks so much for this clear and informative video. New subscriber
Forgive me I might have missed this but do veggies have Acrylamide if browned to much
He said starchy foods like potatoes. Green veggies are not starchy foods.
@@dylansaavedra4971 Thank you kindly
Think this way....the best way to eat veggies are either raw or steamed. Cooking is okay to a certain extend. Once in a while it is okay to eat fried or browned food but just don't do it often. Best to be eaten raw as salad or steamed it coz it will be easier when it comes to digesting coz once the food get digested easily that's when the colon absorbs the most nutrients. We need to make the conscious and mindful decisions on what we put in our mouth :)
Thanks for making this video. It was good clear information.
Very helpful title! Very encouraging! God bless…
Only when you eat char bits, or burnt fries, carbo, if u freeze rice or potatoes, it increases Acrylamide content as well.
Keep below 180DegC...
But think about it, I know people who avoid high fats food but smoke 2 packs cigarettes aday....
Good factual demo !.
Very well spoken and concise video! Thank you so much :))
My air fyer is less the three months old and not only dose it emit a strong burning plastic ordor it makes my food taste very weird..
You should abandon that one since your food is probably getting contaminated from the plastic of the air fryer, that's the reason for wierd smell and taste
@@thundergamesmedia1421 What plastic ? The plastic which holds the electrical components in place or the plastic feet . or what.
Great info... thanks for enlightening us Leonard.
Im good on air frying. I will continue to fry in my virgin unrefined coconut oil. It’s just like when microwaves came out, now come to find out those are unhealthy too.
Good info...just get the fryer with stainless steel inside components instead of the toxic non-stick coating.
is airfryers good for baking cake i hope it doesnt create acrylamide
How do I remove acrylamide from my body?
Drinking more water, a lot more water for some of us, will probably be the most important thing you can do to get rid of Acrylamide. However, make sure you are drinking pure water; otherwise you may inadvertently increase your exposure. Taking herbs to improve kidney and liver detoxification may be helpful.
Any starch based food or even coffee contain Acrylamide. Other things we do daily have higher chance of death anyway. Air fryer has been an absolute godsend for me! It’s not the air fryer, it’s how we cook!
Hey man I really appreciate the heads-up thank you I was wondering about that air fryer
Just breathing the air nowadays is Cancerous, what can we do but do our best to use common sense and find balance xx
This was an awesome video. Thank you.💙
So the issue isnt with the air fryer itself. Its with the browning (over browning) of starchy foods. And we could get it from any cooking method.
I was scared at first to watch this because i just got an Air fryer for Christmas and i was like Noooooo😱. But now i feel better! Thanks!🥰
Luckyly u to watching this
Can you use a Teflon baking pan in a airfryer?
Yes but how about pfoa and ptfe? A lot of air fryers have those
Not only does air frying still run the risk of creating acrylamides, but polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines can result from all high-heat cooking with meat.
Those studies regarding those are also bullshit. Mice given 10,000-100,000 the doses humans are exposed to. Dyor
Well, the FDA says acrylamide is from a combination of sugars and the amino acid asparagine cooking at high temps.
What about the Teflon coating
So basically acrylamide come from overcooked food: food turning brown or worse, black! But what's funny is we can get those brown or blackened food not only from air fryer but also other means of cooking. Even overly done bbq food can have those blackish substance on your foods. So that's why it is very unfair to say that air fryer produces cancer-inducing substance when any way of cooking can cause such chemical to be produced. So it's important to get our facts straight. Thanks for your informative video.
As a Moroccan , that black trademark is ALWAYS in tajine bottom , i always say to mom if microwaves causes cancer then asia is going to be the heart of it .
Very well said Jannah. I was thinking the exact same thing
Thank you for the honesty
Suggestion: there are many videos out there where is teaching you how to cook fries from normal potatoes which everyone have in their cupboard, so cook stuff as much natural as you can ❤ , also there are like paper trays to put at the bottom of the air frier tray so your food won't touch the non stick coat if you are afraid of that
Is there such a thing as a teflon free air fryer?
Do air fryer inserts reduce acrylamides? 🤔
I‘m about to sell it … and what about the Teflon sprayed inside ?
Where the heck did he get that giant air fryer?
It's a product of intense heating of starches. You won't produce acrylamide cooking beef in the air fryer.
Furthermore, acrylamide is likely already present in freezer fries before cooking.