How to eat betel nut

Betel nut is a unique fruit produced in Hainan and Taiwan, China. This fruit can be eaten fresh or made into dried fruit. It can also be used as medicine. However, this fruit is highly addictive and people should not eat too much of it. Below are the different ways of eating betel nut in different regions. I believe that after reading this, you will understand how to eat betel nut.

[Warning] Betel nut is a Class 1 carcinogen on the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer list of carcinogens. Chewing betel nut can increase the risk of oral cancer.

How to eat betel nut

1. Eating betel nut and betel leaf together is a special way of eating that is popular in India. Some residents in India love eating betel nut very much. They often take out fresh betel nut fruits, cut them into small pieces, dip them in a proper amount of white ash, and then wrap them with betel leaves on the outside and chew them directly in their mouths. Betel leaves are a medicinal plant that can treat many respiratory diseases.

2. Chewing directly is the way that residents in Hainan, China, eat betel nuts. When eating betel nuts, locals will cut them into slices, and then remove the stems and the older and harder parts. In addition, when eating betel nuts, locals will smear some lime on the betel leaves, then roll them up and put them in the betel nut fruit, so that the betel nuts will have a better taste when eaten. It is said that if one of the lime and betel leaves is missing, the betel nuts will lose their original taste.

3. Chewing betel nut and tobacco together is also a common way to eat betel nut. This method of eating is very popular in Taiwan. When people eat betel nut, they chew several substances together. When people spit out the residue, the residue is red, just like spitting blood. Frequent consumption of betel nut can cause many oral diseases, but it also has the effect of preventing diseases and beautifying. It is a fruit with both advantages and disadvantages.