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A good set of mason jars is great for lunches, for salads and pastas and the like. They seal better than tupper, they're microwave-safe, they're standardized s
by Pxtl 3y ago
A good set of mason jars is great for lunches, for salads and pastas and the like. They seal better than tupper, they're microwave-safe, they're standardized so you can get replacement lids easily, and they're pretty rugged. I use metal when the kids are too young for glass.
- Msw242 3y agoMetal usually has a plastic coating though, doesn't it?
- clnq 3y agoCoca-Cola cans, and probably many others, have plastic coating with BPA on the inside. But that doesn’t matter much in comparison, because PFAS (corrected) are in the product, allegedly: https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/19/simply-orange-juice-coca-cola-pfas-class-action-lawsuit https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/19/simply-o...
- Grazester 3y agoI don't think someone trying to be totally healthy is going to be drinking Soda or any of these juices with their ridiculously high sugar content anyway.
- clnq 3y agoTwo things: 1. Lots of drinks come in metal cans with BPA lining on the inside. 2. You can absolutely be reasonably healthy and drink some of these drinks, including the variants that are not sugar-free. I don’t think most people try to be perfectionistically healthy. But I think PFAs are not anywhere closer “reasonably healthy” to consume.
- ifyoubuildit 3y agoIt's kinda like saying people can be reasonably healthy and still smoke some cigarettes. True enough, but if someone is trying to be healthy that's a pretty obvious change to make.
- saiya-jin 3y agoI don't think I ever considered drinking from cans healthy, it is just a desperate move if no better option is present. Same beer tastes significantly worse compared to glass (but if you drink cheapest crap you probably don't notice nor care).
- kijin 3y agoWine would be a better analogy. It contains a large amount of a known carcinogen (alcohol), but plenty of people who try to be healthy don't feel particularly guilty about drinking some wine every now and then.
- ifyoubuildit 3y agoI don't know if it's a better analogy, but I agree that it's a good one. There are tons of things that won't outright kill you on first exposure, but are good candidates for minimizing if you want to improve your health.
- pitaj 3y agoIt's not BPA anymore, but something very similar. Also, PFAS is not the plural of PFA - those are actually different classes of chemicals.
- chrisco255 3y agoBPA is not plastic.
- giantg2 3y agoFood/drink cans do. Reusable storage made from stainless steel usually doesn't.
- isametry 3y agoBy "too young for glass", I'm assuming you mainly hint at weight – which happens to be basically the only, but quite significant downside to glass. The material itself is already about 1.5× to 2× as dense as your average container plastic, plus since you're aiming for at least a decent strength, on top of that the wall thickness will probably be several times larger too.
- cout 3y agoPlain glass jars can break if dropped (or thrown) off the table. If I'm sure a jar is borosilicate then I might consider letting my child drink from it, otherwise it's not worth the risk.
- masfuerte 3y agoI've heard of a very small child being offered a sip from a thin glass and biting a chunk off the rim. Fortunately no harm was done.
- saiya-jin 3y agoThis happened to us on vacation in Italy 2 weeks ago, my almost 2 years old daughter was drinking water from glass wine (since some better restaurants there don't give you any other type of glass regardless of drink). We obviously freaked out and acted immediately, the staff was a bit concerned but it wasn't their child chewing glass shards. Daughter fortunately developed quite a skill or pushing stuff she doesn't like from her mouth using tongue, so she pushed out everything quickly, small cut in her inner mouth, 2 minutes of crying, us running around and that was it, with some evening worries (wife is a doctor but still...). Not recommending this experience, better check what they give to your young ones (say below age of 3) beforehand, or just bring your own unbreakable one, even if (good) plastic.
- derekja 3y agoI had presumed he meant breakage and the shards turning into little knives.