What's the harm of eat areca?

1, betel nut contains carcinogenic alkaloids, which leads to oral cancer. At present, many people suffer from oral cancer because of betel nut.

Chewing betel nut for a long time will make people's teeth black. After chewing betel nut, the residue will vomit on the ground, as red and dirty as blood, affecting public health.

3, because calcium and betel nut juice fill the mouth to form dental calculus, and because of long-term hard chewing, dentin is consumed, and even teeth are cracked or broken.

4. Oral submucosal fibrosis and leukoplakia caused by chewing betel nut, that is, the prophase lesion of oral cancer, its clinical symptoms are difficulty in opening mouth, pain, numbness, whitening of oral mucosa and ulcer.

The custom of chewing betel nut

Chewing betel nut is a custom in Taiwan Province, Hainan, Guangxi and other betel nut producing areas. According to statistics, about 10% of the population in Taiwan Province Province has the habit of chewing betel nuts, while the proportion of people who chew betel nuts in Hainan is 38.42%, and the proportion of people aged 30 to 40 is as high as 50.36%. The widespread consumption of betel nut in the local area makes chewing betel nut a local culture.

In the Han Dynasty, betel nut chewing was a hobby of Li and Zhuang women. When chewing, wrap the "Fuliu Liquid" with a small amount of mortar, put it in your mouth and chew it slowly until your mouth produces fluid and your lips turn red.

The above content refers to People's Daily Online-How to eat betel nut is the healthiest? Eat more and beware of great harm.