I have also recently heard this and have been looking into buying alternative pans however there are so many available on the market, I am unsure what would be the right one for me. I find cleaning pots and pans hard work and they don’t clean easily. I read recently that this can be due to the way you cook your food.

In addition to my comment below about pots and pans; it is also very easy to take care of stainless steel pots and pans and other stainless steel items in the kitchen. I have a regular schedule for cleaning all stainless steel products; it does make a difference when all items are maintained.

I have always bought and used stainless steel pots and pans in the kitchen when cooking in the kitchen. These pots and pans are easy to use and cooking in them is not at all complicated. They are easy to clean and also very easy to store in the cupboards.

My husband gifed me a Hexclad set which is meant to give the best of both. They are about 6 months old and I have found that I need to treat them like stainless anyway or they stick. So I would probably just get stainless steel next time.
I season them regularly and find heating them up on medium, then adding oil works. Also when I add what I am cooking I do not move it until it’s formed a crust, moving the food around too early causes things to stick.

This year I upgraded to a beautiful stainless steel scan pan set, and I tried to learn as much as I could before using it. The trick is to heat the pan before anything hits it, even oil. If you splash a drop of water on the pan, it should bounce around before sizzling. That’s how you get your food to not stick. Then every month I give them a clean with some liquid bar keepers friend to get them looking schmick again

I have gone from a non stick pan to a ceramic coated. I find them great. I switched over all my pots and pans to ceramic coated and I find them even better than a non stick pan. Maybe give one a try and see. Aldi often has pots and pans on sale and they’re ceramic coated too. Hope this helps.

I would love to hear the answers to this question. I’m making a very conscious effort these days to reduce unnecessary toxins, preservatives, additives, etc but one thing I’m finding very hard to swap out are non stick pans. Its just so much easier when I’m juggling young kids while cooking but it’s always at the back of my mind how bad this couls be for our health. So many non stick products now state they are safe, so are they safer compared to before or are they just as bad as toxic as before?