{"id":7813,"date":"2021-02-08T08:52:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T11:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/?p=7813"},"modified":"2025-08-25T19:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:20:53","slug":"o-que-e-bpa-e-por-que-devemos-evita-lo-em-nossos-alimentos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/2021\/02\/08\/o-que-e-bpa-e-por-que-devemos-evita-lo-em-nossos-alimentos\/","title":{"rendered":"What is BPA and why should we avoid it in our food?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BPA, also known as\nknown as Bisphenol A, is a chemical compound that serves as the raw material for\ndifferent types of plastics, such as polycarbonates, PVCs, epoxy resins and many others.\nresins and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an element\ncommon in our daily lives, present in the plastic bodies of\nelectronics, food labels, automobiles, clothing and even in the thermal\nin the thermal paper of bank statements or invoices, among other applications.\ncountless applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problems start\nwhen BPA is used in any product that comes into contact with drinks and food.\nfood, and become more serious when they are heated in microwave ovens. This\nbecause it is a xenoestrogen, a chemical that is mistaken for oestrogen by the human body.\nby the human body, which has its release accelerated at high temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But while\nestrogen is a hormone, present in greater quantities in women, which\nvital organic functions of the human body, such as reproduction,\ngrowth and metabolism, xenoestrogen is composed of chlorine gas and\npetroleum hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In medical terms,\nBPA is an endocrine disruptor. This means that it unbalances the hormonal\nsystem and, even in small quantities, can cause miscarriages, infertility,\npolycystic ovaries, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, ectopic management (outside the\nuterus) and sexual precocity, as well as heart disease, motor problems,\nmental problems, obesity and some types of cancer. And these are just\nexamples of what it can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the use of\nBPA is only banned for baby bottles and plates, forks, spoons and knives used by children.\nby children, and that's it. Nothing prevents it from being found in other products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is therefore\nthat all your plastic pots, glasses, jugs and bowls bear the BPA Free\nhave the BPA Free seal, already present on Jaguar products. It guarantees that\nyou love will always have quality and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you like the tip? Then\ntake advantage of the fact that you're here, browse the Jaguar Utilidades website and choose the\njars that will help you protect your family and your food. And remember:\nthey're all BPA Free! Share this post and spread health!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O BPA, tamb\u00e9m conhecido por Bisfenol A, \u00e9 um composto qu\u00edmico que serve de mat\u00e9ria-prima para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de diversos tipos de pl\u00e1sticos, como policarbonatos, PVCs, resinas ep\u00f3xi e muitos outros. Este \u00e9 um elemento bastante comum em nosso dia a dia, presente nos corpos pl\u00e1sticos de eletrodom\u00e9sticos e eletr\u00f4nicos, r\u00f3tulos de alimentos, autom\u00f3veis, roupas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dicas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguarutilidades.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}