Are betel nuts good for health?

 

Betel nut is an addictive food, about 50% of the people will be addicted, not only that, it also has a clear carcinogenicity
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However, as the scale of the betel nut industry has expanded to tens of billions, under the impetus of money, certain governments, experts and enterprises have spared no effort to wash it out
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Neither food nor health food can express or imply its efficacy in curing and preventing diseases, but under the cover of "Chinese medicine" and "traditional culture", betel nut has publicized its "efficacy"
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For example, some articles circulating on the Internet about washing the ground for betel nut emphasize that betel nut cannot be completely denied.
It also has health benefits and "effects", such as repelling insects, eliminating accumulation, irrigating water, refreshing, and even saying that it is anti-cancer
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I won’t comment on the concepts of Chinese medicine.
They are not scientifically proven.
Let me talk about deworming, refreshing and anti-cancer
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Parasitic diseases were once a very common problem in China, especially roundworms, hookworms, pinworms, etc.
, so that decades ago, children generally needed to eat pagoda sugar to repel worms
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However, with the changes in agricultural production methods and the improvement of the public health environment, parasitic diseases are no longer a major health threat
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And parasitic patients can just take deworming drugs (such as albendazole).
Is it necessary for normal people to chew betel nuts to deworm them?
The essence of refreshing is the excitement of the central nervous system, which is forcibly continued for one second, and does not solve the fatigue problem
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Smoking and betel nut can indeed refresh your mind.
Hunanese have a catch phrase "betel nut plus smoking mana is boundless"
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However, betel nut and tobacco are clearly human carcinogens, and using carcinogens to refresh your body is a bit of "drinking poison to quench thirst"
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There are ancient ways of refreshing "head hanging beam, cone thorns", existing tea and coffee, why do you have to chew a carcinogen?
Slap is refreshing, safe and healthy
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The anti-cancer rhetoric of betel nut is even more ridiculous, saying that it contains antioxidant catechins and other plant polyphenols
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    You know, the polyphenols in the plant world is no longer common to ordinary substances, antioxidants is all over the plant kingdom
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    Take 10,000 steps, even if a certain ingredient of betel nut has anti-cancer effects, it cannot change the fact that chewing betel nut causes cancer
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    Did you know that oral cancer's cancer ranking in Hunan has risen to seventh?  
    It is incredible that a carcinogen can talk about health benefits without shame
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    Can you really do whatever you want with money?