Betelnut to be avoided
Chewing betel quid (also known as areca nut or paan) is associated with significant increases in all-cause death, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and a range of other metabolic conditions.
The study highlights the need for better education on the harms of this popular stimulant in a part of the world where both the habit and diabetes are on the rise. While the habit of chewing betel quid is common to Asian and Western Pacific countries.
Risks associated with betel-quid chewing as compared with nonuse were significantly increased for cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and chronic kidney disease.
Betel/areca nut contains four arecal alkaloids, and their nitrosated compounds are known to be carcinogenic. World Health Organization has deemed betel-quid chewing a risk factor for oral and esophageal cancer.
Betel nut also contains substances that appear to increase the release of inflammatory mediators and reactive oxygen species that have the potential to cause chronic inflammation, hypothesized to play a role in the development of both diabetes and coronary disease.
Arecoline, found in betel quid, may promote appetite and potentially alter insulin secretion. Other neurological effects have also been proposed, linking betel-quid use to increases in heart rate and altered hemodynamics.
All of these potential mechanisms need to be studied in more detail. more
The study highlights the need for better education on the harms of this popular stimulant in a part of the world where both the habit and diabetes are on the rise. While the habit of chewing betel quid is common to Asian and Western Pacific countries.
Risks associated with betel-quid chewing as compared with nonuse were significantly increased for cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, and chronic kidney disease.
Betel/areca nut contains four arecal alkaloids, and their nitrosated compounds are known to be carcinogenic. World Health Organization has deemed betel-quid chewing a risk factor for oral and esophageal cancer.
Betel nut also contains substances that appear to increase the release of inflammatory mediators and reactive oxygen species that have the potential to cause chronic inflammation, hypothesized to play a role in the development of both diabetes and coronary disease.
Arecoline, found in betel quid, may promote appetite and potentially alter insulin secretion. Other neurological effects have also been proposed, linking betel-quid use to increases in heart rate and altered hemodynamics.
All of these potential mechanisms need to be studied in more detail. more
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Thanks Dr. This is such good platform for sharing. Wish we could also give access to the not so literate population who eats Paan Supari Gutkaa several times in one day. more
Oct 18
Thanks so much for this valuable information.we would also like to share that today every thing we eat or drink has synthetics,artificial colours,flavours,etc .These all lead to more FREE RADICALS in the body We have to increase ANTI_OXIDANTS .The irony is that all is present in fruits and vegetables.But these are grown with so much pesticides that the nutrional value has dropped almost more than 40% according to WHO.- So to all friends --PLease make sure you eat on time,have breakfast(do not miss it)exercise 40 min everyday,sleep well,think positve.The key is eat moderate,AVOID JUNK FOOD AT ALL COST. WE EARN IN YOUNG AGE AND LOOSE OUR HEALTH AND IN OLD AGE SPEND ALL MONEY TO GAIN BACK THAT HEALTH WHICH WE NEVER DO.STAY HEALTHY more
Oct 17
