A trip to Guangxi, Fujian and Taiwan will show you how much betel nut is loved by the locals. Everywhere you look, there are pedestrians chewing betel nut and vendors selling betel nut. It's not a food for thought, but it's a favorite.

Because it has three main functions:

1. Refreshes the mind

Betel nut contains catecholamine analogs that can cause nervous system excitation when ingested by the body. People who chew betel nut for the first time may have obvious redness and difficulty in breathing. Regular chewing will not be so serious, and can be similar to smoking or tea refreshing effect. Moreover, the chewing action itself will promote the blood supply to the head, making the mind more agile.

2. Deworming of parasites

Undoline in betel nut has the effect of paralyzing tapeworms, and combined with pumpkin seeds can expel tapeworms whole from the intestines. Therefore, regular chewing of betel nut can effectively prevent and treat tapeworm disease.

3. Promote digestion

On the one hand, betel nut is very pliable and the chewing action causes a reflexive increase in peristalsis in the gastrointestinal tract. On the other hand, betel nut contains betulin which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, so the two work together to promote food digestion. Chewing betel nut after meals not only promotes digestion, but also can use betel nut inside the coarse fiber to clean teeth. It's a great way to get the most out of your meal.

But there are two sides to everything, and more of a good thing is not better.It is easy to get addicted to chewing betel nut because it brings a feeling of pleasure. I have seen many people in southeastern Taiwan with red or even black teeth because they chew betel nut almost all the time. And to make the betel nut taste better, it is also filled with a red stone powder. Over time this causes the teeth to be stained red. There are even many people who think betel nut is not powerful enough and want to take the cigarette with them - the so-called "betel nut and cigarette, the power is boundless".

This infinite fervor for betel nut among the people of southeastern Taiwan has resulted in the highest incidence of oral cancer in all of Asia, and to this day, Taiwan ranks among the top in the world in terms of oral cancer treatment.

So chewing unhampered nuts does have benefits, but it should be controlled to a degree that is too much.

When I went to college, I often sat in front of the drop of Hunan students, they every day that mouth is non-stop chewing ah chewing, that was many years ago, I just from the song and movie works inside heard of betel nut, have not seen nor eaten.

These Hunan students, there is always an indescribable sweet smell, like smoking and candy mixed with the smell, once I really wondered, I asked them, are you often eat sugar ah? Chewing gum? They said no, it's betel nut. Then they took one to me.

I look, like what fruit shells like things, quite hard, smell is a sweet and greasy flavor, I pinch, so hard I do not dare to eat. I said, "Why do you eat it? What's the use? They said, eat a refreshing, betel nut and cigarettes, unlimited power! If you stay up late and play games, you won't be sleepy after chewing it!

Later, I graduated, and within a few years after graduation, I heard the news that one of the two of them got oral cancer in a party group. I was young and just got married, which made me feel heavy hearted. Later I realized that betel nut is the culprit, the stimulation of oral mucosa by chewing betel nut for a long time, as well as the alkaloids in betel nut, are all high risk factors for oral cancer.

A word of advice, try not to chew betel nut, this thing is easy to get addicted, maybe you are lucky enough to be fine now, in case time passes and oral cancer comes to you, then it is too late to regret!

Speaking of betel nut, love to chew a lot of people, China's Hunan region people, especially love to chew betel nut.

How far does the love go?

It is said that many people are from the mother's womb out of the teeth have not grown on the chewing (exaggerated claims ah ~), the locals meet greetings, the first hand on the piece of betel nut.

Why do so many people like to chew betel nut?

Naturally, there is a reason for this. There is a saying that "betel nut and cigarettes have unlimited power; betel nut and alcohol have the world at your disposal", which shows how much pleasure betel nut chewing brings to people.

It's all about the betel nut alkaloids.

Many people will feel refreshed and addicted after chewing betel nut, with accelerated heartbeat and blood circulation. In fact, this is all due to the effect of betel nut alkaloid to stimulate the nerves, just like a stimulant.

However, the betaine is not a good thing.

Chewing betel nut often destroys your face, teeth and mouth.

Betel nut alkali will stimulate the oral mucosa on, to the oral mucosa atrophy, fibrous tissue degeneration, hyperplasia, loss of elasticity, the mouth becomes smaller.

Moreover, betel nut has coarse fibers, which make it hard to chew, which makes the chewing muscles of betel nut chewers become developed and their faces become wider.

In addition, the teeth can be severely worn down, making them sensitive and susceptible to cavities and inflammatory infections.

You can also chew your way out of oral cancer.

As early as 2003, betel nut was recognized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 carcinogen with definite carcinogenicity.

Regular betel nut chewing and betel nut alkali can cause repeated damage and irritation to the oral mucosa.

Indians love to chew betel nut, and the country with the highest incidence of oral cancer in the world is none other than India.

Therefore, it is recommended to reduce the frequency of betel nut chewing for the sake of health.63

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Hainanese people eat betel nut is divided into two kinds, eat raw or sun-dried to eat, eat raw is picked from the tree directly after eating, sun-dried are generally to be boiled, and then sun-dried, can be preserved for a long time.

Eat betel nut inside to put fishing leaves, and shellfish powder (like lime), long-term eaters teeth are black, eat betel nut people rarely have cavities, teeth after washing will also be very white. This thing will have a long time dependence, my brother ate all year round, once to Beijing on a business trip for a month, a week to eat can not be, call the family courier over. I can't eat, once drunk, that kind of drunk is very painful, more difficult than drunkenness.

But people who eat betel nut often have a high risk of esophageal cancer, oral cancer, lung cancer, so don't eat it if you can.

Let's start with the effects of eating betel nut.

Betel nut can be used as medicine. The Materia Medica has written about it, saying:

Chewed with Fu Liu leaves and clam ash, it can ward off miasma plague, and remove the bad gas in the chest.

It is also believed that betel nut can kill worms, and in the past it was traditional to give newborn babies "Si Mu Tang", which is said to be good for the baby's stomach and intestines. In addition to ginseng, sedum, and black cohosh, betel nut is also included in the Four Milled Soup.

In addition, in the south, and many places in Southeast Asia, there is the custom of chewing betel nut.

The catecholamine analogs in betel nut stimulate the nervous system and refresh the mind. The custom of chewing betel nut has a long history, dating back to the Han Dynasty. There is also a poem from the Ming Dynasty:

The green jade is chewed with a different flavor, and the red tide of the cheeks is even. The heart contains exquisite dew to nourish the cold teeth, and the color has turned to the fat on the lips.

From this perspective, betel nut can be considered an addiction.

Then there are the side effects of eating betel nut.

It's not that something with a long history is harmless; betel nut is recognized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Class 1 carcinogen.

Class I carcinogens, substances for which the evidence of causing cancer in humans is now clear.

And indeed many studies have found that betel nut chewing increases the likelihood of oral mucosal lesions and the incidence of oral cancer. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, where betel nut chewing is prevalent, the incidence of oral cancer is also high.

In China, too, there are 27.4 cases of oral cancer per 100,000 male residents in Taiwan, and Hunan, where betel nut chewing is prevalent, is also a high incidence area for oral cancer.

Betel nut is damaging to the oral mucosa in many ways.

For one thing, betel nut fibers rub together in the mouth and there may be damage to the oral mucosa as a result. It can be healed once or twice, but long-term betel nut chewing will make it difficult for the damage to heal, and there may be inflammation, cell proliferation, and so on.

Secondly, betel nut also contains betel nut alkaloids, betel nut alkaloids will promote apoptosis of epithelial cells, but also interfere with collagen, elastin and other extracellular matrix macromolecules precipitation degradation, is a certain degree of biotoxicity.

Plus many betel nut chewers also love to smoke, tobacco plus betel nut 。。。。。 Risk factorup.

The side effects are so bad, it'll kill you!

When I was in college, I met a Taiwanese friend, Ben, in a debate tournament. When we played together in private, Ben was always chewing. When I asked him what he was eating, he threw me a small, round, hard fruit, and that was my first introduction to betel nut. I said, "You eat it all the time, is it that good? Ben said that this thing is addictive, eat can wake up the brain, as the saying goes, betel nut and smoke, magic power!

When I saw Ben again half a year later, he had quit betel nut! I laughed at him, "I thought you said betel nut has unlimited power"! As a result, Ben told me that he had ulcers and white mucous membrane spots in his mouth, which the doctor considered to be precancerous lesions of oral cancer and highly suspected to be caused by betel nut chewing.

Surveys have shown that the incidence of oral cancer among Taiwanese has increased by 10 times in recent years, which is closely related to their betel nut chewing eating habit. The Ministry of Health has also classified betel nut as a class 1 carcinogen! The alkaloids in betel nut can excite the cholinergic nerves and make people happy, but at the same time, the alkaloids can cause fibrosis of the oral mucosa and lead to oral cancer. Water can carry a boat and it can also capsize the boat, betel nut is the same reason! Although not everyone who chews betel nut will get into trouble, it is better to stay away from the risk factors!

Being a Hunanese and a veteran betel nut lover, I can answer this question with personal experience.

Betel nut is a kind of Chinese medicine, which has the effect of eliminating food and removing stagnation, which was written into the Compendium of Materia Medica by the grandfather Li Shizhen. Nowadays, it is still customary in Hunan to give children the Four Milled Soup, in which betel nut is an important component of the medicine. Probably because of this habit, betel nut, which is not produced in Hunan, has been made into a big industry by the people of Hunan, and the annual output value is estimated to be tens of billions of dollars. More likely, the people of Hunan did a good job of starting with their children, and had the habit of drinking Si Mu Tang since they were young, so they grew up with betel nut in their mouths. 😀 😀 😀 😀

It is now basically a unanimous judgment that betel nut is a class 1 carcinogen. There are bricklayers to argue this, I have no way to refute. But I personally think that cancer is not cancer, it should be more related to the individual's genes, lifestyle habits, and any factor that makes something cancer-causing, I think it is not rigorous to say that it is the cause of cancer. There are many examples of this, such as smoking, and I find it even more hilarious that there is a recent clamor for fresh ferns to be eaten sparingly, as they can cause cancer! Anything can cause cancer if you eat too much of it, right? Even rice can cause cancer if you eat too much of it every day!

Of course, eating too much betel nut is definitely harmful to the body. There is no need to avoid this. In my experience, betel nut is the most harmful to the body is to hurt the teeth. If you eat too much betel nut, the wear and tear of the teeth is very large, so you can eat anything that does not smell good, especially fruit, it is really painful, looking at want to eat, but can not eat. Over time, the lack of fruit nutrition, may slowly reflect the consequences in the body. Therefore, I personally think that although betel nut has the effect of refreshing the mind, but the bad side is also obvious, coupled with the littering of betel nut residue on the environment has an impact, I personally think it is better to be able to quit then quit it! In fact, quitting betel nut is much easier than quitting smoking!I'm a bag of white sand, all from my own personal experience, honestly. Thank you for reading! 🙏🙏🙏

First of all, thank you for your question. Betel nut is very common in our life, many people in the southern region more like to chew betel nut, it is both a kind of medicine and a snack snack. It has medicinal value, but it is more harmful, more and more people should chew betel nut to suffer from oral cancer in these years. Betel nut has long been proved by the International Agency for Research on Cancer to be a carcinogen of the first grade, it contains a large number of betel nut, alkaloids, which alkaloids will react with the oral mucosa, make the oral mucosa fibrosis, increase the chances of cancer. People who like to drink, smoke and chew betel nut have a higher chance of developing cancer, so for the sake of your health, try to chew betel nut as little as possible. The betel nut we eat is a pickled product after air-drying, it is harder and more abrasive to the oral cavity when chewing in the mouth, so people who often consume betel nut, its oral mucosa is in a damaged state for a long time, weakening the protection of the oral cavity and increasing the chance of cancer. Smoking is also lead to cancer, there are always people say, betel nut plus smoke, magic power, they together will accelerate the formation of oral cancer.

Although betel nut has medicinal value, it is more harmful, so for your own health, you can eat betel nut in appropriate small quantities, do not consume it for a long time. Chewing betel nut for a long time is a serious abrasion of the teeth, which will make the teeth black and the cheeks widen, because the betel nut juice is purple-red in color. Betel nut juice causes mucosal lesions that turn into oral cancer. Betel nut residue is coarse and hard to stimulate the stomach wall, leading to inflammation of the gastric mucosa and perforation symptoms. Excessive chewing of betel nut by pregnant women may cause miscarriage.

I hope the above answer will help you.

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Oral "killer"- betel nut

Research conducted by the Cancer Research Center of the World Health Organization (WHO) has proved that betel nut is a class 1 carcinogen due to its high content of betelin and alkaloids, and that long-term chewing of betel nut will affect health, and in serious cases, will lead to cancer. This is because the alkaloids in betel nut will react with the oral mucosa, causing fibrosis of the oral mucosa and increasing the chance of oral cancer.

There are also manufacturers who add tobacco to betel nut to alter the chewer's taste experience. However, all kinds of betel nut products, including betel nut with or without tobacco, may cause nasopharyngeal, oral or esophageal cancers. For the sake of our health, it is better to minimize betel nut chewing.

What are the dangers of betel nut?

1. High alkaloid content, easy to cause cancer

Betel nut contains a large amount of alkaloids. After chewing, the alkaloids will react and form nitrosamines, which is a major carcinogenic substance that can easily lead to oral cancer. Recently, more and more people are suffering from oral cancer because of chewing betel nut in large quantities.

2. Fibers are coarse and hard, abrasive to the oral cavity

Chewing betel nut as a snack is cured after air-drying. Betel nut is hard and will seriously wear the oral cavity, if consumed frequently, it will make the oral mucosa in a long-term damaged state, and is very susceptible to cancer. Moreover, betel nut fiber is coarse and hard, easy to hurt the gums when chewing, triggering inflammation.

3. Damage to the dentition and widening of the cheeks

Chewing betel nut for a long period of time can severely wear down the teeth, making one's teeth darker and also prone to the formation of dental calculus, which can even lead to chipped or broken teeth. And long-term betel nut chewing will lead to widening of cheeks.

4. Hazardous, pregnant women may cause miscarriage when consumed

Consuming betel nut in large quantities can be harmful to the human body, and if a pregnant woman consumes an excessive amount of betel nut, it can seriously lead to miscarriage with serious consequences.

5. Impact on environmental health

The juice of betel nut is purplish-red in color, and if you spit the residue on the ground after chewing, the juice is like a blood stain, affecting public health.

Above I have given you a total of 5 points about the hazards of betel nut, although betel nut has a better medicinal value, but its harm is not small, so for the sake of your own health, you should try to avoid eating a lot of betel nut. If you really like it or need it, you can consume it in small quantities, but do not consume betel nut in large quantities for a long time.

Many people are unfamiliar with betel nut, especially many northerners may not have seen betel nut. The main production areas of betel nut are in Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan. People in these places like to eat betel nut to freshen their breath. But because of betel nut, it is easy to cause cancer.

Betel nut is a traditional Chinese medicine, and many people find that they have an active mind and increased neurological excitability after eating betel nut. The reason is that betel nut contains betel nut alkaloids that stimulate muscarinic and nicotinic receptors to produce parasympathetic effect, which can act on the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system, so that people have a sense of euphoria, accompanied by sweating, red palpitations, fever and other physiological reactions, so when people chew betel nut after the performance of an active mind, the efficiency of doing things will also be improved. The unique flavor of betel nut can freshen the breath and get rid of the bad taste in the mouth.

Although eating betel nut has so many benefits, the carcinogenicity of betel nut is not to be ignored. Betel nut contains a large number of betel nut and alkaloids, which are cytotoxic. WHO Cancer Research Center has released the results of a survey showed that 60% of oral cancer may stem from chewing betel nut, and Taiwan and India are listed as the popular areas of oral cancer caused by eating betel nut. If people who usually like to chew betel nut and also have the bad habit of smoking, they will be more prone to oral cancer, tongue cancer, pharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and other diseases.

Regular chewing of betel nut will not only cause wear and tear of the temporomandibular joint surfaces, which may result in occlusal changes and temporomandibular joint pain or even lesions; it is also very likely that the chewing muscles will be developed, which will affect the appearance of the aesthetics. Overall, betel nut is still relatively harmful, it is best to try not to eat or eat less.

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