Arecoline is addictive. Arecoline is an alkaloid in areca catechu, which can improve the excitability of parasympathetic nerves and has strong hallucinogenicity. People will ingest a certain amount of arecoline after chewing areca catechu, which will stimulate the endogenous corticotropin in the body to release hormones, making people excited. At the same time, if they continue to chew more, they will be more likely to feel excited and happy, resulting in addiction.
Arecoline is a dangerous substance, which is addictive and highly carcinogenic. According to relevant scientific research, arecoline can make tissues and cells die rapidly, greatly increasing the risk of cell mutation.
Addictive ingredients are added in the production of betel nut. In addition to the addictive substance arecoline, betel nut in the market has also added some other addictive ingredients in the production process, such as asarum, ephedra, mint, licorice and quicklime, which will cause great stimulation to human nerves, thus increasing the degree of addiction.
Chewing betel nut to refresh one's mind Another reason why many people like chewing betel nut is that chewing betel nut can help refresh one's mind. Many people will refresh themselves by chewing betel nut when playing games at night. If you go to an Internet cafe at night, you will find that many people are chewing betel nut, which is a refreshing snack in their eyes.
In a word, chewing betel nut is a habit that is very harmful to health. Arecoline contained in betel nut itself and addictive ingredients added in post-processing are harmful to human body. If you have the habit of chewing betel nut, you must get rid of it immediately to avoid serious consequences.