The betel nut’s distinguished history dates to China’s Six Dynasties period (220-589), when it was a treasured gift for royalty. In more recent years, Taiwan has moved this royal indulgence ...

There is a downside: Chewing betel nuts can lead to red-stained teeth, drooling, oral cancer and red-splotched sidewalks. The nut’s history dates to China’s Six Dynasties period (A.D. 220-589 ...

For centuries, hundreds of millions of people across Asia, from Pakistan to Palau, have chewed the spicy date-like fruit of the betel palm for a quick buzz. Skip to main content.

This red residue is the telltale sign of the betel nut, which is chewed by millions of people across the globe. In its most basic form, betel nut is a seed of the Areca catechu, a type of palm tree.

Betel nuts, or areca nuts, have been classified as a human carcinogen, meaning that there’s sufficient evidence that they cause cancer, says Yvette Paulino, associate professor at the University ...

Liggett & Myers Tobacco, an American tobacco company, actually launched a betel nut product called Betel Morsels in 1969, but their ambitious plans came to nothing. By that point, the betel nut was no ...

Betel nut essentially helped him kick the habit of smoking cigarettes, which he began doing at a younger age. Yet he still uses tobacco and some lime powder when he chews, as often as four to six ...

The betel nuts -- the seeds and their husks -- contain a mild narcotic, but in order for the psychoactive chemicals to be released, the seeds must be chewed with lime paste (hydrated calcium oxide).

As business grew, the demand for betel nuts has increased, local traders say. And Supari Line wasn't just a business street-it represents history, right from the late 1980s.

Betel nut is known to be an addictive substance, with links to cancerous properties. In 2004, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer deemed the nut as ...