Unlike most non-stick coatings from the past and even some today, Dutch-Oven is not only safe but also very beneficial to your health. Using cast iron cookware daily to prepare your meals will add a small amount of dietary iron to your body. A far cry from the caustic, inflammatory toxic chemicals that can leach out of some non-stick coatings into food and even into the air as fumes.Another Cast Iron Dutch Oven Benefits is that they are naturally non-stick. Clean up is always a breeze if the cookware is taken care of.