script. Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together...
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Austronesian migrations and trade since at least 1500 BCE due to its use in betel nut chewing. It is widespread in cultivation and is considered naturalized in...
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Areca catechu (redirect from Betel nut tree)
Austronesian migrations and trade since at least 1500 BCE due to its use in betel nut chewing. It is widespread in cultivation and is considered naturalized in...
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white catkins. Betel plants are cultivated for their leaves which are most commonly used as flavoring in chewing areca nut. The term betel was derived from...
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Betel chewing in China has a long history, particularly in the southern provinces. In modern times, betel nut chewing is popular nationwide. The social...
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Though betel nuts are chewed in many regions in Southeast Asia, the betel nut beauty phenomenon is distinctly Taiwanese. The original betel nut beauties...
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Oral cancer (section Betel nut)
oral cancer than those who use neither. Other risk factors include betel nut chewing and sun exposure on the lip. HPV infection may play a limited role...
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betel nut can be stored longer. Additionally, other ingredients can be added such as Plai (Zingiber Cassamunar) or Tobacco. Before chewing on betel most...
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Areca nut (Areca catechu), a tropical crop, is popularly known as betel nut, as its common usage in the country is for mastication with betel leaves...
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spitting ban - video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. "'Scared to chew': How a betel nut chewing habit nearly cost an ARIA-award winning singer his gift". ABC...
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for profit. Betel nut chewing played a significant role in Philippine society in the past. Besides being beneficial for health, chewing betel leaf was a...
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chewing tobacco brands include: America's Best Chew Beech-Nut Copenhagen Grizzly Kodiak Levi Garrett Mail Pouch Oliver Twist Skoal Stoker's Chewing is...
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A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry...
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The Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested...
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northern Vietnam, archaeological data of some dental remains show that betel-nut chewing and tooth-blackening (nhuộm răng) were practicsed in the Núi Nấp archaeological...
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Chewing gum is a soft, cohesive substance designed to be chewed without being swallowed. Modern chewing gum is composed of gum base, sweeteners, softeners/plasticizers...
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with ingredients like betel nut and lime, forming a concoction. Studies indicate that it is one of the most dangerous forms of chewing tobacco. It comprises...
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very common outside Japan to achieve this result by continuously chewing betel nut, which gives a dark red shade instead of black, in addition to all...
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Head and neck cancer (section Betel nut)
rates, especially in smokers. Betel nut chewing is associated with an increased risk of head and neck cancer. When chewed with additional tobacco in its...
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extracted from the mountains. The city is known for its areca palms and betel nut chewing. The city is famous in Burmese history for the Toungoo dynasty which...
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leaves of betel and dried leaves of tobacco. Areca nut is also popularly referred to as betel nut because of its usage for chewing with betel leaves. In...
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expensive edible pine nut species as a form of food fraud. Some Native American tribes use the hard outer shell of the pine nut as a bead for decorative...
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that would likely be unfamiliar or alien to Muslim readers, such as betel nut chewing. Biruni claimed in the opening of the book that he was interesting...
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paper mulberry (tapa tree), breadfruit, taro, ube, areca nut (including the practice of betel chewing), ginger, turmeric, candlenut, pandan, and citruses....
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cannot grow. Consumption of kava is also believed to be the reason why betel nut chewing, ubiquitous elsewhere, was lost for Austronesians in Oceania. According...
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kankanen (sticky rice cakes), bagas (uncooked rice), boiled eggs, bua (betel nut), gawed or paan (piper leaf), apog (lime powder), basi (fermented sugarcane...
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generally concluded with the chewing of Tamul (Assamese: তামোল). Pieces of Betel nut (Areca Catechu) are eaten in combination with Betel leaf (Piper betle), edible...
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Aflatoxin B1, a frequent food contaminant, causes liver cancer. Betel nut chewing can cause oral cancer. National differences in dietary practices may...
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cancer, while drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk. Betel nut chewing causes oral cancer. Stomach cancer is more common in Japan due to...
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Areca nut is also popularly known as the supari or common chewing nut. It is not a nut but a fruit. It is the hard round seed which is used for chewing. A...
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