Do you like to eat betel nut? Betel nut is a good fruit for residents in southeast coastal provinces of China to welcome guests and entertain relatives and friends. For southerners, chewing betel nut when they have nothing to do is the same as eating melon seeds in the north. But for girls, they should never eat betel nut. Do you know the harm of eating betel nut?
1. Damage to periodontal tissue
Girls eat betel nut will damage periodontal tissue. Specific analysis: because the areca fiber is rather thick and hard, it will stab the gum or block the gap between teeth, causing the pressure of interdental papilla and inflammation, and also because of chewing hard, it will cause damage to the periodontal ligament, causing inflammation, swelling and pain around the root.
2. Tooth loss
Girls eat betel nut for a long time may also lead to tooth loss. Specific analysis: due to the accumulation of calcareous and areca residue, it will make the tooth stones more and more thick, which will cause periodontal disease such as gingival damage, swelling, suppuration, root exposure, etc., and eventually the teeth fall off or have to be extracted. For girls, tooth loss is a very damaging thing.
3. Cause oral diseases
Chewing betel nut can cause oral submucosal fibrosis and leukoplakia, which is the pre lesion of oral cancer. Its clinical symptoms are difficult to open mouth, pain, numbness, oral mucosa whitening and ulcer. Tips: girls should not eat betel nut. If you eat it occasionally, it is recommended to brush your teeth immediately and wash away the residue of betel nut in your teeth.
4. Affect the beauty
Areca juice stains the black lips, teeth and cheeks, affect the vision, damage the taste nerve and saliva secretion, hinder the digestive function, areca dregs stimulate the gastric wall, cause inflammation and even perforation of gastric mucosa, affect the absorption of nutrients, resulting in malnutrition. Tips: all in all, girls eat betel nut is very harmful, it is recommended that you do not eat too much, just eat the right amount, eat the right amount, it is good for your health.
Girls should not eat betel nut
1. As long-term consumption of betel nut, not only cancer, but also addiction, therefore, girls should not eat too much betel nut. Especially pregnant women and lactating women are not suitable for eating.
2. Eating betel nut often does great harm to the teeth. It can wear the teeth, make the teeth black, and even make the teeth fall off. This is very bad for girls and does harm to their image.
3. Areca catechu contains a lot of arecolin and alkaloids, which are cytotoxic. The reaction between oral mucosa and the alkaloids in Areca catechu will lead to oral mucosa fibrosis, which is easy to cause cancer.
4. An appropriate amount of edible areca nut has the function of antiviral and antifungal, can enhance the body's immunity and resistance, and play a role in strengthening the body. 5. Betel nut can be used to treat irregular diet, qi stagnation, expectorant and other diseases. It has certain medicinal value. Proper consumption is beneficial and harmless to human health.