#头条创作挑战赛 #
When I was a child, I often heard the cheerful song "Picking Betel Nuts", "Tall tree knots betel nuts, who climbs first who tastes first, who climbs first I dress for whom... At that time, I naively thought that betel nut was a sweet and delicious fruit that grew on the tree like a banana apple.
When I grew up, almost every commissary I went sold betel nuts, usually in a position similar to chewing gum, so that people could grab a bag when they paid for it. I also secretly wondered in my heart, what is so special about this strange smell, something as black as tree bark that can attract so many people to eat.
Recently, a singer, Fu Song, died of oral cancer, and once again pushed the betel nut to the cusp of the storm.
Fu Song is a singer from Hunan, famous for participating in "Happy Male Voice", suffering from oral cancer due to perennial consumption of betel nut, and recurred three times. On June 6, 2022, Fu Song told everyone in his VLOG that half of his face had festered. He said that the greatest happiness is that the wound is not painful when sleeping at night. Fu Song was unable to overcome his illness, and on September 10, at the age of 36, he left the world that made him love and hurt. It is a pity that such a young life has passed in this way, and I hope that there will be no disease in heaven, only music that he loves.
In fact, betel nut itself is a chinese herbal medicine, the main treatment: insecticide, breaking accumulation, gas, water. However, after the hunan people have carried out special processing of betel nuts, they have become "plant chewing gum", and many people habitually chew it after tea and dinner. In the advertisement, betel nut can be used to refresh the mind, can freshen the breath, can make friends, etc., and even has "betel nut with wine, the more you drink, the more you have; The folk saying that betel nut adds smoke and races past the gods shows how deep the hunan people's obsession with betel nut is.
In recent years, many oral experts have clearly pointed out that oral cancer is directly related to excessive consumption of betel nut. The chemicals in betel nut are said to form nitroso after chewing, which is a carcinogen. And because the betel nut texture is relatively hard, it will cause trauma to the oral mucosa when chewing, and it is easy to have cell necrosis mutations and become cancer cells.
As early as 2017, the mainland authorities have listed betel nuts as a first-class carcinogen. In 2019, the National Health Commission proposed to intervene in high-risk behaviors such as long-term chewing of betel nuts to promote the development of healthy behaviors and lifestyles among the masses.
I hope that friends who do not leave their mouths can deeply understand the harm of long-term excessive chewing of betel nut from Fu Song's encounter, take responsibility for the health of themselves and their families, cherish life, and eat less betel nut.