What are the harms of eating betel nut?

I have introduced the benefits of betel nut to you before. It helps digestion, sobers up, and repels parasites. However, betel nut is not without benefits. Let's list the disadvantages of eating 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.

Disadvantages of eating betel nut

1. Betel nut has the disadvantage of damaging the environment

Many people like to chew betel nuts because it can stimulate the brain. In cold places, people can eat betel nuts to keep warm and eliminate fatigue after tension. However, because the juice of betel nuts is purple-red, the residue left on the ground will leave red juice, which is not easy to wash off. It affects the public health environment.

2. Betel nut contains alkaloids that can cause cancer

Betel nut is like cigarettes, chewing too much will make you addicted. Some people chew one after another, but many cases have proved that the alkaloids in betel nut can cause cancer, especially oral cancer. So it is better to chew less.

3. Chewing betel nut too much will cause dental calculus

If food is left in the mouth for a long time, it will accumulate lime, and the lime and betel nut juice will form dental calculus, which is very harmful to the teeth, causing damage to the periodontal membrane and inducing inflammation, swelling and pain of the tooth root.

4. Betel nut affects digestion

Betel nut residue reacts with saliva and hinders digestion. In addition, it can irritate the stomach wall, causing inflammation of the gastric mucosa and gastric perforation.