What are the harms and benefits of often eating betel nut? Why can't girls eat? Eat can cause cancer why not forbid?

Betel nut is very common in our life. Many people in the south like to chew betel nut. It is not only a kind of medicine but also a snack. It has medicinal value, but it is more harmful. The following brings you the harm and benefits of betel nut, why can't girls eat it? Eat can cause cancer why not forbid?

First, the benefits of eating betel nut regularly

1, after eating betel nut, the body appears "mental excitement, red cheeks, slightly sweating" and other symptoms.

2. Function: protect against cold and eliminate fatigue.

3. It has the effect of "killing insects, breaking accumulation, lowering qi and stagnation, hydration and dampness".

4. Treatment: infection of parasites such as taeniasis, hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, roundworms, ginger worms, etc.

Second, the harm of often eating betel nut

1, long-term betel nut chewing, serious tooth wear, will make teeth black, cheeks wider, because betel nut juice is purplish red.

2. Betel nut fiber is thick and hard, piercing the gums or blocking the teeth, resulting in gingival inflammation.

3. Betel nut juice causes mucosal lesions and turns into oral cancer.

4. The thick and hard betel nut residue stimulates the gastric wall, resulting in gastric mucosal inflammation and perforation.

5. The betel nut residue spit out on the ground affects the environment, because the juice of betel nut is purplish red.

Third, why can't girls eat betel nut

Affect healthy pregnancy

The harm of betel nut to human body is relatively small, female consumption of betel nut will not lead to infertility, but will have a certain impact on the growth and development of the fetus.

Some experiments have proved that betel nut has a certain toxicity to mouse embryos and can delay the development of fetal mice, especially the unprocessed betel nut. Eating too much may lead to underweight and imperfect development of the fetus.

Oral diseases

The consumption of betel nut needs to be chewed in the mouth for a long time, many of the residue of betel nut is sharp wood, long-term chewing will lead to oral mucosal damage, which is one of the main reasons for the increase in the incidence of oral cancer in recent years.

Tooth damage

The main composition of teeth is calcium, betel nut contains a lot of lime and betel nut juice, in chewing, the lime in betel nut will precipitate around the teeth, adhere to the teeth, form dental calculi, seriously affect the cleaning of teeth.

4. Why is it not prohibited to cause cancer caused by betel nut

The causes of cancer caused by betel nut:

Physical damage: when chewing betel nut, the friction of betel nut fiber will cause local trauma and mucosal damage of oral mucosa. Long-term betel nut chewing will lead to prolonged injury and local chronic injury, resulting in chronic inflammation, enhanced oxidation and cell proliferation. Studies have shown that the frequency of oral mucosal cell exfoliation increased significantly in betel nut chewing patients.

Biological toxicity: areca nut contains a lot of polyphenols and a variety of alkaloids, of which arecoline is the most important component, which is about 1% of the net weight of dried betel nut. Arecoline can significantly promote apoptosis of epithelial cells and interfere with the precipitation and degradation of extracellular matrix macromolecules (collagen, elastin, etc.). In addition, the flowers and lime chewed with betel nut also have certain genotoxicity. It is mainly due to the joint action of nitrosamines, eugenol polyphenols and active oxidants.

Promoting cancer with tobacco: simple betel nut chewing can significantly promote the occurrence of oral cancer, while betel nut lovers who smoke at the same time are more likely to develop oral cancer. Smoking itself is a separate risk factor for oral cancer. Studies have shown that chewing betel nut containing tobacco can significantly increase the toxic substances in saliva and destroy the process of cell DNA synthesis.