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Gautam Majumdar wrote in message .uk...
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:26:10 +0100, Christopher Green wrote: 3. Betal Leaf [Paan] Chewing betel (paan, paan masala) is a significant cause of cancer in Asian countries where this is a practice. Making a steady diet of any significant amount of it would be unwise at best. A few of the items in your list are not entirely safe, but only dangerous in large quantity or long-term use. Betel (paan) is the most dangerous, but not very. Some of these are definitely inappropriate for pregnant women. Betel (Paan) leaf is not particularly carcinogenic - it is the other things those are added to make it a chewable item. Those include quicklime, betel nuts (supari), various colouring agents, sugars & finally tobacco leaf. This last one is probably the most carcinogenic as the incidence of oral cancer is similar for chewing paan with one of the tobacco preparations and the processed tobacco (jarda, docta, khaini, gundi, etc) by itself. You're right, betel preparations containing tobacco are far more carcinogenic, but there is some substantiation of betel alone being carcinogenic. The reports I've seen concentrate on the nuts rather than the leaves. -- Chris Green |
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