A message about "betel nut" triggered a "war of words", some people think that they can eat it, and some people argue that there is no problem in eating it themselves, which may be "out of nothing". What is this betel nut message? ——"The Chinese Consulate reminds: Betel nut is recognized as a drug by Turkey, please Chinese compatriots do not bring betel nut into Turkey", a number of Chinese citizens were arrested for carrying betel nut when entering Turkey on different flights.
Isn't that a bit unreasonable? We are all taken to eat things, why in Turkey is considered toxic, this is impossible, in fact, it is true that there are substances that are harmful to people in betel nut, of which betel nut contains betel nut because it has hallucinogenicity, so it is recognized as a drug by Turkey.
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Betel nut we also call "betel nut, big belly, binmen, olive, green boy, etc., in various places the name is not the same, now the world's betel nut varieties have reached 36 species, and different betel nut production, the betel nut ingredients contained are not the same. Betel nut is native to Malaysia, in recent years, with the rise of betel nut, Asia, Africa, Europe and other places have been planted, equivalent to becoming an industry, of course, some countries also use it as an ornamental plant, and will not be used to eat.
Generally speaking, in the high temperature, abundant rainfall humid climate environment area is easy to grow, the plant is very long, under normal circumstances the plant is more than 10 meters high, up to 30 meters, so it can be used as a "garden plant". China also has planting areas, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi and other places, betel nut because it is a famous medicine in the Materia Medica, for a long time, it has been identified as a very beneficial species to humans, of which some ethnic minorities in the south also have the fruit as a chewing hobby.
Indeed, in traditional medicine, it has always been considered to have the effect of killing insects, deflating stagnation, and hydration and wetting, and has also been used to treat parasitic infections such as tapeworms, hookworms, and roundworms. But with the development of science, betel nut is not as good as everyone thinks, has become a "life-saving snack" that makes tens of millions of people crazy obsessed, chewing betel nut has become a habit of many people, even now in our country can see many people eating, obsessed with its taste.
Therefore, we say that some people have seen the news that "betel nut is recognized as a drug by Turkey, please Chinese compatriots do not bring betel nut into Turkey", which has triggered a war of words, and some people say that this may be "made out of nothing" and think that there is no problem. Some people say that it is true that it cannot be eaten, so can it be eaten in the end? Indeed, betel nut is harmful to people's bodies, eat less can be, eat more is really not enough, and may even indirectly bring a fatal crisis to people.
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As we mentioned above, betel nut contains a species of "betel nut", which can be extracted from betel nut, but also can be synthesized by artificial, and is used in today's medical treatment, mainly betel nut for the treatment of glaucoma, and can also be used as an anti-tapeworm drug.
However, after that, through this scientific assessment, it was found that the carcinogenicity of betel nut (arecoline) is very strong, and at the same time, when the toxicity of rats and mice is verified, it is also found that it has toxic effects, cancerous changes, and the defined type is also "acute toxicity", so it is not excluded that there is a certain probability that it may cause fatal effects.
In 2003, the World Health Organization defined it as a first-class carcinogen, and in 2017, China also listed betel nut fruit as a class of carcinogens, so the threat of betel nut to humans can be determined. And Turkey explained - betel nut contained in the betel nut because of its hallucinogenicity, mainly in the problem of betel nut, betel nut has a stimulating effect on the human body, it will stimulate the secretion of endogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone release hormone, and then let the pituitary gland release more adrenocorticotropic hormone, so that the adrenal gland produces more adrenocortic hormone.
So after entering the human body, it will make people excited and easily addictive feelings, which is prohibited. However, "chewing betel nut" has become a custom for some parts of China, so a reasonable "chewing betel nut" is also allowed, especially in Hainan, Guangxi, etc. The most common, for example: the proportion of Hainan people chewing betel nut has reached 38.42%, of which 30 to 40 years old people are as high as 50.36%, so it is completely impossible to ban it, so it can only be determined that it can be used.
However, in addition to betel nut is a carcinogen, chewing betel nut on the teeth, oral cavity is very harmful, often chewing betel nut, will seriously wear teeth, teeth become red, black, and even fall out in advance. In addition, long-term chewing will increase the weight of the temporomandibular joint, which will cause facial deformation and so on, so it is a threat. There was once such a saying, that is, "ten oral cancer, nine chewing betel nut", in fact, here is a direct point to a factual basis for the harm of betel nut to the human body, so betel nut has become a threat to human beings "life-killing snack".
According to relevant data, the consumer population of betel nut finished products in China has exceeded 60 million people, and sales have maintained an annual growth rate of 20%, so this is a nightmare for the Chinese people. Here we have to remind you, chewing betel nut friends to pay more attention, eat less can, but more do exist to the threat to humans, Hunan Xiangya Hospital has released a data, in the oral and maxillofacial surgery 46 ward, now 50 hospitalized patients have 45 people suffering from oral cancer, of which 44 people have a long-term, large number of chewing betel nut medical history, it can be imagined that the impact is not a little small.
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Although betel nut is still appearing in our country today, it is certainly impossible to ban it, as a cash crop, it is beneficial to human beings, so it is impossible to ban it completely, but as a substance harmful to the human body, I also hope that everyone will eat less and not eat too much. Hobbies and customs are all "quantities" that you can control.
There may still be many people who do not know how harmful betel nut is, now let you know, it is best to eat less, do not have physical problems, and then come to find a way to be late, because it still has a high addiction, may make you can not stop, this is the most dangerous.