Researcher finds key clues about “betel nut” addiction that plagues millions worldwide
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer. Now, new findings by a University of Florida Health researcher reveal how the nut’s psychoactive chemical works in the brain and suggest that an addiction treatment may already exist.
The betel nut, a seed of the areca palm, is grown and used throughout India, parts of China and much of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and most of the Pacific islands. Chewing the betel quid - a mixture of areca nut, spices and slaked lime wrapped in betel vine leaves - has been a cultural tradition in those regions for centuries. In small doses, it creates a sense of euphoria and alertness. Prolonged use can create addiction and the World Health Organization classifies the betel nut as a carcinogen.
Findings published today (Oct. 21) in the journal PLOS One show that the nut’s active ingredient, arecoline, acts on the same receptor proteins in the brain as nicotine. This raises the possibility that prescription drugs now used to break nicotine dependence could also be effective against betel nut addiction, said Roger L. Papke, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Medicine department of pharmacology and therapeutics.
“Without knowing why people become dependent, there was no way to help them get over the dependence. This provides a new avenue toward treating the addiction,” Papke said.
The implications of learning more about the nature of betel nut addiction are vast: One estimate puts the number of regular users at 200 million to 600 million, and betel nut is widely regarded as the world’s fourth most-used stimulant after caffeine, alcohol and tobacco.
I read a lot of research on areca. Bottom line - it appears to be considerably more carcinogenic than tobacco. The health issues re oral mucosa are horrifying in the long term also, even without cancer, the oral fobrosis causes severe and long lasting suffering. When I was younger I tried it for awhile, it ended up giving me permanent problems with dry mouth. I found the alertness effect very pleasant, it is similar to nicotine but more stimulating, without the potential nausea of tobacco. In the long term - addictive sort of like cigarettes but perhaps more so, and definitely not worth it. I wish I had never heard of the stuff. Recommendation - stay the heck away from it. Its just another one of life's problems in a pretty package.
Our ancestors has been taking this nuts for thousands of year, to settle multiple health issue, out of nowhere western perky jerk starts to give some deepshit about this holy nuts.
@@ham542877 It is NOT just researched and proven its harm in western countries. How about you do some more research and you will see that it has been researched in non western countries. -.-
@@aprilfoozeler lol 🤣 its used in medicine and healthy just don't swallow it you have to spit.
I am from rural area . Generally the people in our village consume beetle nut on daily basis even the old mans but nobody's mouth is harmed except cavity and none suffered from cancer. But now days they are saying that it will causes oral cancer etc etc so how can we believe that one....
@@sachin2842 It literally causes cancer...
Betel nut causes mouth cancer but Chantex causes depression, insomnia and suicidal tendencies.
Yeah chantex is prolly way worse for ppl in comparison
He is a good marketer for chantex, not for (farmers of) arecanut.
I got myself addicted to tobacco and stayed like that for a long time, Everytime i stop I get very strong cravings that make me relapse .
This week I never had any tobacco product because I replaced it with betel
Why bother quitting tobacco if you are going to be jumping to something more carcinogenic?
Because quitting betel nut is much easier than quitting smoking
Except people who are smoking won’t probably only be using the Areca nut but a mixture of that and tobacco. I’ve seen clinical patients who I kept telling to stop using betel nuts and they don’t. The argument that you can quit smoking using betel nut is a bad one. The OP didn’t mention anything about quitting, only replacing. So once again, what’s the point of REPLACING a bad habit for a worse one?
step down with betel slowly but steadily. Find out what else healthy diet and lifestyle suit your body and replace something not suitable for you, with something that is helpful.
@avonmoremilk1958 I don’t understand what you are trying to get at
New FDA approved schizophrenia drug Xanomeline is actually similar to arecoline. And it's great news since it doesn't have side effects as old antipsychotic drugs have.
"To better the human condition"? Yea right. Chantix costs almost 3 dollars per pill and the prescription recommends dozens... The only things such experiments and treatments are good for are dollars in your pockets.
Don’t hate the researchers, hate the system
Yea, when he said "arecoline does the same things as chantix"
The next thing I expected was, we don't need to use synthetic chantix to cure nictotine addiction,
We can just use the naturally available arecoline.
I was expecting something to do with how it can boost the economy in areaxa growing parts of the world, by using it as a medicine instead of recreation.
But no, all they want to do is push their expensive drug on new set of people...
Areca is much more dangerous physically than nicotine. If you are addicted to cigarettes the best thing to take is Swedish snus, it is the safest nicotine, no cancer risk has ever been found with snus users.@@phs125
@@phs125he said it has a similar action to Chantix in one part of the brain, not that it's intrinsically similar let alone a viable option for quitting nicotine.. I know from lots of experience
So if Chantix is used for quitting smoking.. Areca nut can also be used for quitting smoking right ?? 😂😂
I'm a police officer and i always chew betel nut before my shift. It gives me the right frame of mind before taking on the day
that makes sense. the arecoline has been used in Alzheimer's research and it seems to improve the memory of patients. The only reason they don't use it is because it is carcinogenic, but even that research is inconslusive. Heck, even this guy in the video says its an anti-inflammatory!
ben lorrain what?
And off to a big day of making arrests for the private use of other substances.. Hypocritical much?.
@@dgenerated if it's not illegal where he lives why not?
Neat
We khasi people love them. Can't live without them❤️
Edited: Betel nut, betel leaf and lime.
I know! :D It is medicinal in the right quantity, for the right person (can be taken daily in small amount - provided there are no contraindications). For that matter sugar, salt, fried foods and processed soy+corn ingredients are also carcinogenic and terribly bad for you. But there are big lobbies behind those and a tiny lobby for betel nut - so of course the research is funded accordingly.
Kwah bam kwai mynta 😅
@@syiemtdem1375 to bam noh bn syaid
Will you marry me sweetheart 💋💋💋💋
Avoiding it keeps the risks away, plus doesn't has any special nutrients, so avoiding addictive substance is best 👍💯
My mom is addicted to it and it is rally bad for her teeth
lavalord363 aqw lol same
Just beetlenut doesn't create bad teeth.
@@vijayakrishnak he means munching on the nut
Tell me about it, I fight with my family to stop them having this but I failed to make them understand that it is bad for them.
why does her teeth rally badly? where do they rally?
I love betel nut. I give up smoking by chewing betel nuts 2-3 times a day. I chew only nut not mix them with nicotine.
Thank you for bringing my attention to betelnut, i'm gonna buy some tonight.
Yo how was it, is it like coke like people say
😂 Lol
@@anthonyjohnson5311 nope. Coffee rush at best
I hope you didn’t. It causes oral cancer.
@@BunnyH-pq5jt Wrong
I really don’t understand why no one makes extract of arecoline to be used in gums like nicotine replacement therapy, people would have their kick and avoid most of the side effects that chewing the whole nut with lime create
That guy seems really nice.
its another feature is that it can remove all the acne scars
Wow really? How to use it for pimples & blemishes.
tried it for the first time in sarawak today. effect was nice but the lime liquid burned my gums terribly. hurt for the whole day.
Sir I want to extract alcohol form areca nut could you please help me
In my area there is only betel nut plantation and farming..
Is it good for skin paste?
I suppose I am an off case as I just quit smoking one day and went to e-cigs, then to sub-ohm then finally quit all together! I don't even know how long it has been perhaps like 7-8 years. I never liked smoking. The taste was horrible and always smelling like an ashtray. It was like I built up enough internal motivation to say "to hell with cigarettes".
This guy says don’t chew betel nut but got a dozen Covid vaccines!🤣
How many times I eat this but not side affect.....
0:57 yaar waise peak patriotic moment hai.
Right😂
Are there better, healthier sources of arecoline?
Areca tea is ok, but not as good
Sir, could you please tell me that continous chewing of betel nuts cause 'vitiligo' disease?
No it doesn't. Just cause it looks like it doesn't mean it causes it. Just like you will not get vitiligo from eating fish then drinking milk.
Morning , how much is one betel nut,and i you interested is buying some
chebet betty
You can notice my lip is quite red. I chewed betel nut
I tried chantix and got suicidal
what you think about avocado seed it also look the same and taste same
No where near it
It may look same. But Avacadi nut is far bigger in size than Betel nut. 4-5times bigger. Taste, color also different
There is no similarity in avocado seed and betelnut.
The advantage of chewing betel nut is you never suffer from toothache nor have any tooth decay and it freshens the mouth
Actually causes tooth decay...
From where did you got tulsi guthka
But people are having lots of financial by selling aricnut, as it is best for poor people to avoid remain poor . Cancer is possible to get even you don't eat aricnut.
Secret of long life, betel leaf and nut
How ?
Wt if I eat beetle nut alone?
You don't eat it you chew it
There's no harm in chewing only the nut, only thing is it's not very tasty without the leaf and lime
you literally get these in puja stores
It's proved now that it's not cancer causing.
It's also proved that it helps diabetic patients.
Total lies.
The Globalists want all folk-drugs banned. You can find the anti-betel propaganda videos here on YT.
Your choices in 2050 will be alcohol, caffeine and whatever your doctor has prescribed for mental health problems caused by living in a progressive prison society.
The real problem with cannabis, opium, betel, kratom etc is that they bypass the multinational companies and nor can they be patented = nothing but unwanted competition for less effective, more harmful, more expensive pharmacom products.
Same reason vaping is attacked so relentlessly. Mega Corp lobbying to keep superior and cheaper farm-to-consumer / small business to consumer, products off the market and maintain megacorp market share of legal sales at 100%...
@@forestdenizen6497 Used to buy " Globalist " reason.
But untill we know someone to sincerely represent these for us, there's only one way to find out if you so care TRY IT.
And I would definitely choose these over the "Regulated" ones.
But I know I could be terribly wrong.
Yuk! It damages mouth
Man, I remember when people were more hooked on phonics...
Talk about changing times! 😂
its medicinal and healthy but dont swallow u have to spit it after chewing.
@avonmoremilk1958 yes it's alkaline only should be taken in small amount it'll promote digestion and blood pressure under control.
I'm too addicted
Yeah it aint so bad
@@coleguitar2233 That's what smokers say
I chew tobacco so I can understand you
There's many of us in the North Eastern part of India who are addicted to chewing betel nut including me😛
U guys if u eat coconut (desiccated coconut or fresh, however you please) its a great substitute for betel nuts cause it has the same after flavour and smell as the Areca nuts cause basicailly it comes from the same family. Personally I don't see any actual problems with chewing the Areca nuts themselves so as long as it's not OTT... and another thing if you guys want a more pronounced jaw then keep chewing these b*iches cause they build up the masseter muscles in your jaw area and can make it hella pronounced (give it a year or so of constant chewing this stuff)
Intrinsically Me, what good is building up your jaw muscles when your teeth are rotting away?
@Mister Ious they could use jugs or water bottles to spit in...
@@MrErnieHanks Yes, but they don't sit down and chew. They chew while walking around or doing work. In my mother's family I only saw my auntie chewed them when I was a little boy. The Nyonyas and Indians in South East Asia like them
@@puertecitos6888 lol
I wanna try it
it looks just like a nutmeg
Am watching this video while chewing on this shitt
Tulsi ☝️😁@India
I love them😍
Then do this drug
Cuz it Drug
Omg I so fancy some sopari after watching this...
Looks like nutmeg
Give it a few more likes and we've got 666
It very addicting
In Pakistan we call this paan
I am suprised its called the same in india as well... I mean its one of the ingredient of paan ...
In Hindi it is called paan.
😍😍
Joy bangla
Tamul 😂😂
Bunch of crap
+shin gi Oh yeah? How's that?
because they are not chatting about the most serious killer which is sugar in all type of forms in all of our foods and sugar is poison compared to this.
Mother and Son Diary UK sugar is not worse than betel nuts
Mother and Son Diary UK every cell in your body runs on glucose which is sugar. Just don’t eat donuts, ice cream and white sugar and have natural sources of sugar.
You get more than enough sugar in a glass of milk.. and yes it is the number one cause of illness. Betel nut didnt come with all these warnings until it was outlawed in certain countries.. because people were spitting on the street. Not because of health concerns. SInce this crop goes back before recorded history.. and its soo dangerous, cause people have been using it for twns of thousands of years that we know of. Same reason smoking tobacco is banned here.. not because it harms people.. because someone else had a hurt pussy because it stinks.
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Very tasty
You can notice my lip is quite red. I chewed betel nut